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savage
01-03-2005, 06:34 PM
Since news seems to be slowing down, I thought I would post a non-IT related bit of news that may get you chatting...
Just spotted this on Yahoo ('http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050301/us_nm/people_gates_dc'), it appears that Mr Gates may become a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Robert Kosek
01-03-2005, 06:46 PM
LOL! LMAO! ROFLMAO!! :lol:

And uh, why for? I derserve Knighthood more than HE does! :D :lol:

xGTx
01-03-2005, 07:13 PM
Yay, go billy! Money gets you places.

LP
01-03-2005, 08:56 PM
He might get a promotion to Knight Commander, but he'll never be a Great Warrior as his ancestors were...

lol, j/k...

Incubii
02-03-2005, 03:29 AM
now he can fulfill his Dungeon and Dragons wishes. Becoming a real Knight!

Sly
02-03-2005, 07:22 AM
Why does the title "Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" remind me of "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"?

Why does Bill Gates even qualify for one of these? He's not a British Subject.

cairnswm
02-03-2005, 07:59 AM
Note he is an Honary appointment so he cannot be addressed as Sir Billy Gates.

There is a nice explanantion here:
http://www.answers.com/topic/order-of-the-british-empire

K4Z
02-03-2005, 09:05 AM
:evil: aaarrrgh, my stomach hurts. lol LAUGHING lol TOO lol HARD lol!!!

lmao too much to type what I want to say about this :? lol

Incubii
04-03-2005, 01:47 AM
i for welcome our new Knight Commander overlord

WILL
04-03-2005, 09:06 AM
Now, now. We all know that only by being a member of PGD can to obtain such rank and titles as a Word Lord or even the all mighty Yottabyte HighLord. ;)

Everyone else will just have to handle being a 6-bit Knight :P