'Sir' title...

Are there any clear rules to whom it is given?

Coz for example most of the actors who has played bond have it, also some Beatles members, and now Bill Gates and he isn't even british...

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Sir Finti

Bill Gates received the honorary knighthood from the Queen in recognition of his contribution to enterprise, employment and charities in the UK.

Titles are parasitic...they imply that the person with the particular title is better than the average person.

I wonder if that guy Sir Mix A Lot was knighted for his infamous song "Baby Got Back!" 😕

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Bad joke, Wind....😛

Bill Gates isn't a sir, he's a KBE.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Bill Gates isn't a sir, he's a KBE.

Well, it answers your question! He's not Sir Bill gates at all! So the clear rule is, you have to be a Commonwealth member.

And even if it wasn't, I believe US citizens are de-barred by law (US law, not UK) from holding such offices- not from the UK especially, but from anywhere else.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Well, it answers your question! He's not Sir Bill gates at all! So the clear rule is, you have to be a Commonwealth member.

And even if it wasn't, I believe US citizens are de-barred by law (US law, not UK) from holding such offices- not from the UK especially, but from anywhere else.

I haven't heard of any such law.

I haven't heard of any such law

I THINK I've heard of such a law existing in the US...I'd have to check on it, though.

Originally posted by WindDancer
I wonder if that guy Sir Mix A Lot was knighted for his infamous song "Baby Got Back!" 😕

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Oh my god! Silver, look at her butt!
It is SO big. She looks like, ...one of those rap guys' girlfriends.
But, y'know, who understands those rap guys?
They only talk to her, because, ...she looks like a total prostitute, 'kay?
I mean, her butt, is just so big. I can't believe it's just so round, it's like,
OUT THERE, I mean ... gross. Look!
She's just so ... black!

I like big butts and I can not lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung, wanna pull out your tongue
'Cause you notice that butt was stuffed
Deep in the jeans she's wearing
I'm hooked and I can't stop staring
Oh baby, I wanna get wit'cha
And take your picture
My homeboys tried to warn me
But with that butt you got makes me feel so horny
Ooh, Rump-o'-smooth-skin
You say you wanna get in my Benz?
Well, use me, use me
'Cause you ain't that average groupy
I've seen them dancin'
The hell with romancin'
She's sweat, wet,
Got it goin' like a turbo 'Vette
I'm tired of magazines
Sayin' flat butts are the thing
Take the average black man and ask him that
She gotta pack much back
So, fellas! (Yeah!) Fellas! (Yeah!)
Has your girlfriend got the butt? (Hell yeah!)
Tell 'em to shake it! (Shake it!) Shake it! (Shake it!)
Shake that healthy butt!
Baby got back!

(and yes, I know it from the top of my head)

Wasn't Norman Schwartzkopf knighted, after Desert Storm?

Possibly, why?

Because he is an American.

And?

Didn't someone say that Americans weren't allowed to be Knighted...or am I confused?

No, no-one said that. It was said that they could not have the title 'Sir'.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
No, no-one said that. It was said that they could not have the title 'Sir'.