Get Homer Simpson a Knighthood!
BeanoChris
03-02-2005, 19:12
Sign the petition here...
http://www.petitiononline.com/chrisb/
Metwonia
03-02-2005, 19:15
Surely the correct way to address HM the Queen is "Your Majesty"?
Foxstenikopolis
03-02-2005, 19:19
I signed! Homer Rules!
All of the sudden knighthood is looking pretty dim...
BeanoChris
03-02-2005, 19:21
Surely the correct way to address HM the Queen is "Your Majesty"?
Damn! Do you think she'll ignore everything after that?
Heatharia
03-02-2005, 19:22
Wtf is with everyone being knighted? Elton John and all these people never really did anything important. Only soldiers and other people who actually do something should be knighted. I'm sure theres many a soldier in Iraq right now that deserve to be knighted more than Homer Simpson.
Pure Metal
03-02-2005, 19:24
i signed but mostly because i want to help make Knighthood and her majesty's archaic system even more of a joke
(wow i sound like im 13 again...)
Damn! Do you think she'll ignore everything after that?
probably
first time you speak its "Your Majesty" everything after that is "mam"
Silly Sharks
03-02-2005, 19:31
probably
first time you speak its "Your Majesty" everything after that is "mam"
It's spelt ma'am, I think.
Xandothrak
03-02-2005, 19:32
'mam'? i thought it was 'mum'. :confused:
It's spelt ma'am, I think.
probably...but mam is more....homely....fuck ok, i just spelled it wrong...:p
Frangland
03-02-2005, 19:40
It's spelt ma'am, I think.
In turn, it's spelled "spelled" I think.
hehe
In turn, it's spelled "spelled" I think.
hehe
true....
comma... oops, how ironic
The Dylanites
03-02-2005, 19:46
well, actualy you have to be of British decent to recive a Knighthood. All Americans that have been 'Knighted' are not ACTUAL knights. there are just considered 'Honorary Knights'. they do not become Knights of the British empire, as they are not actualy British at all. So, technically Homer Simpson, if he wasnt totaly fictional, couldnt become a knight. At all.
it would be worth a laugh to see someone read it out to her though. hehehe!
Jokes 2 u
03-02-2005, 19:47
Join the Paradise region
Frangland
03-02-2005, 19:47
okay... since we have here an amalgam of folks from Erin, Britain, etc...
I understand that the American "cookie" is the British "biscuit"
What does a Brit call a baking powder biscuit... the type eaten for breakfast in America (often with butter or smothered in sausage/milk gravy)?
Americans refer to these as "biscuits"
Keruvalia
03-02-2005, 19:50
Well ... let's see ...
Homer Simpson is not only a cartoon, but an American ... while I know QE has knighted Americans, I'm not sure she'd go for knighting a cartoon.
Not that it matters anyway ... wanna know how to go about getting the title "Sir" in front of your name in the US? Put it there!
Yep ... that's it ... any title of nobility you want ... take it. It doesn't mean dick in the US.
you eat biscuits for breakfast??? (typical)
you eat biscuits for breakfast??? (typical)
"you eat shit for breakfast?"
sorry....
over here...anything thats biscuity, including cookies, are biscuits
its just easier
Silly Sharks
03-02-2005, 19:57
probably...but mam is more....homely....fuck ok, i just spelled it wrong...:p
Relax... you're probably still better at everything else than me.
Frangland
03-02-2005, 19:57
you eat biscuits for breakfast??? (typical)
only occasionally... usually cut in half with a piece of sausage in the middle (eg, at McDonald's). lol
Frangland
03-02-2005, 19:58
I think that it's spelled "ma'am" because the apostrophe (') takes the place of the "d" in "madam"
BeanoChris
03-02-2005, 20:02
Yep ... that's it ... any title of nobility you want ... take it. It doesn't mean dick in the US.
If it was Homer Simpson, it would mean a whole lot more.
Kradlumania
03-02-2005, 20:03
In turn, it's spelled "spelled" I think.
hehe
No, it's spelt "spelt". It's derived the same way as slept, dreamt, learnt, leant, meant and many other english verbs, some of which, like stopt, have fallen out of use, but all the ones I've listed are common spellings.
BeanoChris
03-02-2005, 20:08
Well, since I posted this an hour ago, the amount of signatures has almost doubled. Keep up the good work guys/gals!
Mattikistan
03-02-2005, 20:10
A) Homer Simpson isn't real. What, is she going to knight a bloke dressed as Homer? Seriously, choose either the writers, the creator or the actor. The Queen is NOT going to knight a cartoon character.
B) Homer Simpson hasn't really done anything. He makes people laugh. He hasn't actually had that much of an effect on people, other than people occasionally copying some things he says, traditionally 'd'oh!'.
C) Homer Simpson is a bigger idiot than most people who receive knighthoods these days, and that's saying something.
D) I don't think the Queen is likely to knight Homer because a gang of Yanks signed an internet petition.
E) I don't think Her Majesty surfs the 'net. I wonder which nation on NS would be hers if she did?
Relax... you're probably still better at everything else than me.
ill sleep well tonight
Fahrsburg
03-02-2005, 21:00
A) Homer Simpson isn't real. What, is she going to knight a bloke dressed as Homer? Seriously, choose either the writers, the creator or the actor. The Queen is NOT going to knight a cartoon character.
B) Homer Simpson hasn't really done anything. He makes people laugh. He hasn't actually had that much of an effect on people, other than people occasionally copying some things he says, traditionally 'd'oh!'.
C) Homer Simpson is a bigger idiot than most people who receive knighthoods these days, and that's saying something.
D) I don't think the Queen is likely to knight Homer because a gang of Yanks signed an internet petition.
E) I don't think Her Majesty surfs the 'net. I wonder which nation on NS would be hers if she did?
A) Why not knight one? She gave birth to one that may someday be king, afterall.
B) A good number of people with knighthoods havben't done much but make people laugh, smile or otherwise be entertained. Look at the actors, singers and entertainers that already have knighthoods.
C) A matter of opinion, to be sure. Some would place him as a good deal smarter than the House of Lords...
D) I'd wager most of the people signing the petition aren't a "bunch of yanks," given the folks on this board.
E) Now there we agree. I wonder if she can even use a computer, as sheltered as she's been.
Legless Pirates
03-02-2005, 21:10
This is probably one of THE most absurd ideas EVER
Hockey Canada
03-02-2005, 21:58
<homer getting knighted the queen smacks him with the sword>
D'OH!
BeanoChris
03-02-2005, 23:39
IF Steven Spielberg can get Knighted, so can Homer (as I've stated before)
BeanoChris
04-02-2005, 09:21
Keep those signatures coming in! The total doubled overnight, so gets yours in!
okay... since we have here an amalgam of folks from Erin, Britain, etc...
I understand that the American "cookie" is the British "biscuit"
What does a Brit call a baking powder biscuit... the type eaten for breakfast in America (often with butter or smothered in sausage/milk gravy)?
Americans refer to these as "biscuits"
Scones?