Knighthoods For All

[goodgoalie]

Blimey, anyone well known NOT received a knight or damehood?!

[ChillDoubt]

Congrats to all, no major gripes bar the one for Beckham 's stick insect.

[Zacs-Master]

I agree Naomi. Long overdue. Some of his lyrics were profound yet witty.

[ichkeria]

I don't really give a damn about honours but Ray Davies is as deserving as any. Great songwriter

[sunny-dave]

I also agree - the honours system is a load of botox.

But Ray Davies is a witty and clever songwriter - so, if you must knight people, he'll do.

Betjeman couldn't do much better than this wry ode :

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/kinks/celluloid+heroes_20079243.html

[anneasquith]

I thought ken Dodd was dead .!!!!

[tonyav]

Noooooo anne.

[Prudie]

All watered down and meaningless these days. Andy Murray js too young to be a Sir and Posh getting one irritates me too.

[melv16]

Which ABer could be lady muck?:-)

[tonyav]

snigger

[Peter Pedant]

// Sir Ray Davies. What??//

who... I think

it is better than Sir Tufton Bufton who has trooped into the govt lobbies in the commons for 35 y. Altho I notice Sir Scrowden Bowden was squeeeezed in between an Olympian and a charity worker.The soon to be Sir Scrowden did valuable work on european tea break schedules before Brexit and should NOT be forgotten

[ichkeria]

It's Ken Dodd's dad's dog that's dead

[Peter Pedant]

and I was gonna say he was convicted of tax fraud ( DOddy)
but in fact he was acquitted.
Famous defence by George Carman QC - who fed him lines and Doddy completed the two-liner and made the jury roar with laughter
Judge complained that it was a court he was in and not a hoor-house

( Doddy had to pay the back tax ( a cool £1m) and also interest ( on a mill not a small amount) and pains and penalties ( civil ) of another million)

so he cheated the slammer but didnt quite get a way with it

[tonyav]

Yeah I remember that he had to cough up, PP.
He uses it in his act now.

[Mamyalynne]

I like reading about those who did meaningful things too,,,


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38467858

[jno]

melv, this one

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/ladymuck/

[anneasquith]

Ken Dodds dog is dead ?

[tonyav]

Noooooo anne, his dads dog.

[anneasquith]

His dads dead awe !!

[tonyav]

Probably anne, he'd be about 115 now.

[Unsureme]

Ken Dodd's dad's dog died the same day as Dodie and Di died.