Back in the day one would have to slaughter a load of natives armed only with pointy sticks and steal their county to get a knighthood. Pah...ompus:
there was a wee program about it as i drove in this morning, the debate had just got started but it seems people whern't to chuffed about people getting honerd for doing a payed job over volunteers. and nether am i D.B. i was 15st when i was plying rugby (badly):smile:
when it comes to spelling i gave up in kindergarten. when it came to MATH (you listening exige) i gave up in second year due to constant allegations of cheating, piss easy didnt need to show workings. when it came to school i gave up at the beginning of 3rd year because they wouldn't let me do tech drawing, even tho i was shit hot at it. school sucks. (on and off the pitch)
not quite, just kept a low profile. loosely translated= i was doon the old railway on one of my bikes.
BBC News - NY Honours for poppy duo, Joan Collins, and John Hurt In another article I read on the BBC website this morning, (which I now can't find) it said that scientists reaped about 3% of the honours this time around. Tells you everything, really.