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Terry Pratchett Knighted

Posted by samzenpus on from the sir-discworld dept.

ackthpt writes "Headlines have been popping up on Google News: 'Terry Pratchett declared himself "flabbergasted" to receive a knighthood as he led a group of writers, actors and performers honoured today.' The Discworld author and stalwart adversary of Alzheimers Disease has been a member of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Services to Literature since 1998. He will be entering the new year as Knight Commander. Well done and Oook, Sir Terry."

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  1. Re:flabbergasted?! by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How exactly can one be a "stalwart adversary of Alzheimers Disease"?

    I mean, other than the classic "I will die young, thus depriving it of another victim."...

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  2. Congratulations, Sir Terry! by techno-vampire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Congratulations! I'm glad to see that you didn't settle for a new dartboard, even if Detritus does ruin them.

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  3. Re:Services to literature since 1998? by Kokuyo · · Score: 5, Funny

    You checked her vagina?!

  4. Re:Services to literature since 1998? by Plutonite · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why not, we all know she's a dirty old woman anyway: http://bash.org/?111338

  5. Re:Who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's not American.

  6. Re:It's a shame ... by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or end up suing himself for copyright infringement.

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  7. Re:Who? by jeremyp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. We wouldn't want a high signal to noise ratio on Slashdot.

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  8. Re:Just for the record, only UK subjects by drsquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry if we republican (small r) Americans find the whole royalty thing anachronistic, not to mention flying in the face of the concepts of equality and consent of the governed.

    Maybe we could instead have a Senate, and sell seats in it. Imagine the revenue it would bring in.

  9. Re:2nd amendment very different to a monarchy by RodgerDodger · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the USA they had a revolution 200 years or so back because they didn't like unelected hereditary leaders from outside telling them what to do.

    And a couple of hundred years before that, England had a revolution as well. Having put in a ruthless military dictator and El-Presidente-For-Life, they waited for him to die, put the monarchy back in, and dug Cromwell up from his grave so that they could execute him posthumously! (Well, points for effort, guys, but as the assignment was handed in late...)

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