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Would you take a Knighthood of the queen

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  • 04-07-2014 03:13PM
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    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    I was discussing their with my mam after reading steve jobs rejected one in 2009.
    She said she would reject it, but I would take one.

    So would you take it or reject it ?


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    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Hollister11 wrote: »
    I was discussing their with my mam after reading steve jobs rejected one in 2009.
    She said she would reject it, but I would take one.

    So would you take it or reject it ?

    Sorry?


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    #3
    Spunge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭Spunge


    Would look good on the ol' CV


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    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Why not! Not that she'd give me one! Sir efb for services to sloth


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    #5
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Sure why not? A day out to Buckingham Palace sounds grand and I'd say it'd help with the 'ould restaurant reservations...

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    #6
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Be a Sir? F*ck yeah!


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    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,460 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    Of course I would, who wouldn't?

    It would be a great honour, and it would be nice to be recognised for my achievements by another nation.


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    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    I would. Can't see any reason not to. Just view it as a reward that cones with a title.


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    #9
    floggg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,821 ✭✭✭floggg


    No.

    I'm not English.

    I believe in equality.

    I believe monarchy and titles of nobility are offensive to the idea of a monarchy.

    I dislike Betty and what she represents.

    And she's A queen, not the queen.


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    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    It depends you know. If I had international dealings I wouldn't. If I was just confined to Ireland and the UK I would.


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    #11
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    I always promote to queen, never to a knight.

    Chess is a great game.

    That's what we're talking about, isn't it?


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    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,081 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Definitely. I'm getting a little bored of my normal title


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    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,625 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    I'm not too sure. It's a good question though.


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    RFOLEY1990
    Closed Accounts Posts: 302 ✭✭RFOLEY1990


    no, I wouldn't take one.


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    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Why not? Always nice to have a society offer you their highest award. Would you refuse a trip to Paris to pick up the Légion d'honneur?


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    131spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭131spanner


    I don't think I would, it'd be pretty meaningless to me. The royals and extended monarchs are only there to be photographed at this stage.


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    #17
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,783 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    No.


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    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,163 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    Not a fan of queens pinning things into me.
    (Probably not a good week to say that :pac:)


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    elefant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,697 ✭✭✭elefant


    I think I would not.

    However, if push came to shove and I was a jaunt to London away from being called Sir forever, the strength of my conviction against the whole Knighthood nonsense might be compromised. :pac:


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    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    I dont know if I would or would not.
    I suspect it is a problem I will sadly never have to wrestle with.


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    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire sounds like a gang of pot smoking English surfers.


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    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,625 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    elefant wrote: »
    I think I would not.

    However, if push came to shove and I was a jaunt to London away from being called Sir forever, the strength of my conviction against the whole Knighthood nonsense might be compromised. :pac:

    Yeah, I agree with you here. It's easy to say when you're 99% sure that it's implausible.

    If it was on the table on front of you though, it may be hard not to compromise your views. It's not like you'd be joining an exclusive list of rebels by declining either: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declining_a_British_honour#Knighthood


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    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,485 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    The Mustard wrote: »
    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire sounds like a gang of pot smoking English surfers.

    And order of the garter always sounded a bit dirty


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    #24
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Can someone at boards update my username please! :P


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    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Grayson wrote: »
    And order of the garter always sounded a bit dirty

    Makes me think of a young Barbara Windsor.


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    #26
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    I should have one too for being a real Prince of Wales.


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    #27
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,420 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Absolutely not, an earldom is as low as I'd be prepared to accept.


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    Lone Stone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Lone Stone


    I dont think i would qualify, the trend for knighthood seems to require one to be a pedophile.


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    #29
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Yes, and I would drive around in a sentient car solving crimes to an 80's synth track.


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    #30
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Nope. The very idea of a monarchy and titled gentry is just the personification of inequality and systemic injustice.

    She's just a granny who lives in a big house, I'm not bowing to anyone, especially some old woman who's never earned a thing in her life and has spent all of her life living in luxury off of the hard work of ordinary citizens.


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    Buzz Killington the third
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Buzz Killington the third


    Hollister11 wrote: »
    I was discussing their with my mam after reading steve jobs rejected one in 2009.

    Sure why would he want some silly old bint that he could buy out 10 times over, from a country that has nothing to do with him, to tell him he can now call himself 'Sir'?

    He could have bought his own planet and call himself the Overloard.


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