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Posted by satchmo on Fri Mar 4th at 7:23pm 2005

Queen of England has recently knighted this ruler of the world's computer empire. So he is also known as "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire" from now on.

How do you Brits feel about being ruled by a geeky evil American?
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Posted by Spartan on Fri Mar 4th at 7:25pm 2005

? quoting satchmo
Queen of England has recently knighted this ruler of the world's computer empire. So he is also known as "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire" from now on.

How do you Brits feel about being ruled by a geeky evil American?

I remember seeing this in he news about a week ago.

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Posted by Leperous on Sat Mar 5th at 1:42am 2005

Er, he's won an honorary award for his business and charity work, both of which he's done exceedingly well at (by anyone's standard). We're not "ruled" by him in anyway, and I think he deserves it. If anything, I'm hating the government right now for some of their other choices- it's down to them and not the Queen etc. who gets these...



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Posted by satchmo on Sat Mar 5th at 2:24am 2005

I was just kidding, of course.

I think the Royal Family gets way too much crap from the media. They're really decent people, deserving much more respect.

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Posted by fishy on Sat Mar 5th at 2:26am 2005

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How do you Brits feel about being ruled by a geeky evil American?

i quite like george, tbh, but i don't think he should be in charge.

I think the Royal Family gets way too much crap from the media. They're really decent people, deserving much more respect.

you're ripping the arse out of it with that one though.

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Posted by Gwil on Sat Mar 5th at 2:31am 2005

Heh, that's closer to the truth than anything else

Doesn't bother me if Mr Gates has been made a Knight of the Realm, I feel it should be for Brits only but even then it doesn't really get my back up because it doesn't bestow any great importance on people.

Good kudos for his charity work though, not so sure about his "contribution" to the computing world Although, the advent of Windows accelerated the whole market and technology ten fold, so it has to count for something.

As for the Royals, I don't care much for them - but they don't actually use a great deal of our tax, and bring in revenue from tourism so I guess they're not so bad. Just a little inbred.
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Posted by fraggard on Sat Mar 5th at 2:32am 2005

He can't call himself "Sir Bill Gates". He gets to call himself "Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire".



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Posted by Leperous on Sat Mar 5th at 1:36pm 2005

Ah big deal, I call myself that anyway, and shoot people who don't.





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Posted by Dark Tree on Sun Mar 6th at 8:50am 2005

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Ah big deal, I call myself that anyway, and shoot people who don't.

You call yourself Sir Bill Gates?

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Posted by satchmo on Mon Mar 7th at 2:06pm 2005

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and shoot people who don't.


I don't think it's right to shoot them. It's better to tickle them to death.
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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Mar 8th at 11:29am 2005

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I don't think it's right to shoot them. It's better to tickle them to death.

then hide the feather. leave everyone wondering exactly how it was done.

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