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Re: missing no more

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nylon netMay 2, 2009
 

 
I think the classic line comes from The Goodies:

"I want to be an Earl *and* have an OBE!"
"That would make you an earlobe."

Mark
I wish we still had knighthoods. The 'Order of Australia' sounds like a request in a restaurant.

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nylon@...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dbedford@...
> Sent: Fri, 1 May 2009 19:32:47 +1200
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Re: missing no more
>
> New Zealand does have knighthoods (recently reintroduced after we
> stopped giving them out for a bit) but they were abandoned in Australia
> in the early 70s.
>
>
> On Friday, May 1, 2009, at 07:03 PM, lapsedcat wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> It is very well known for non-Brits to be enobled. Correct me if I'm
>> wrong, but didn't Hillary pick up a K? And surely Roger Douglas has
>> garnered at least a baronial title?

 
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