Steve Jobs' Knighthood Nomination Blocked by Gordon Brown?

[franswa za]

On topic - Well, better than bending down on your knees for some other country's 'so-called queen' IMO.

i thought sir elton john was doing the sword thing............

 

[toddybody]

**** you Gordon Brown. If EJ the DJ get's knighted...then STEVE deserves to as well!

 

[franswa za]

**** you Gordon Brown. If EJ the DJ get's knighted...then STEVE deserves to as well!

haha! most politicians= corruption and incompetence

 

[NATO]

Sir Steve eh?
Too bad, that limey PM blocked it..... Quite an honour to be even considered for.

Absolutely, seems a bit petty to refuse him because he wasn't prepared to lower himself to be used for party political reasons.

Even still, as he isn't a British Citizen he can't call himself 'Sir' anyway so he's hardly losing out

 

[fps]

These honors make no sense in our day and age... And some people do insist on being called Sir or Lord... I believe Alan Sugar is hell bent on being called Lord! It's 2011 for ******* sake!

 

[Belly-laughs]

Right…

…as if the queen would ever listen to G. Brown

Go girl!

 

[vincebio]

"Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire".

gimme a bloody break...its 2011

 

[ngenerator]

Dude, who cares about this?

 

[The Great Boony]

I'm sure Steve is really losing sleep about this...

Yes, I'm sure he wouldn't have wanted to be a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire... He'd much rather be just another ignorant yank.

 

[vincenz]

Sir Steve Jobs...gotta say it does have a ring to it.

 

[Frosticus]

On topic - Well, better than bending down on your knees for some other country's 'so-called queen' IMO.

Why a "so-called queen"..?

I could have sworn she was the actual Queen... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II

It's a shame GoBo would make such a petty decision, but meh, I don't think Steve will be bothered right now somehow.

Slow news day... roll on tomorrow!!

 

[fox777]

BTW I love that pic of Steve at Stanford; just when I think I ought to shave, I stop and think...what would Steve do?

Lmao..that's pretty big sign of fanboism..

 

[koios]

Ninja is way awesomer than knight anyway!

 

[Adidas Addict]

Everytime I go to the USA everyone always addresses me as "Sir", I think americans must think we are all knights from England

 

[Gasu E.]

This is beside the point, as simple Knighthood is beneath His Steveness. I was thinking perhaps "Lord Jobs, Duke of Macintosh", but I'm not sure even that would suffice. I'm not sure it is within the power of HRH to grant a sufficently worthy title, such as "Steve I, iCEO".

Yes, I'm sure he wouldn't have wanted to be a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire... He'd much rather be just another ignorant yank.

Yes, those are surely the only two alternatives.

 

[The Great Boony]

**** Steve Jobs, he doesn't deserve a knighthood

 

[apolloa]

Im glad he was not given a knighthood. He in no way deserves one. I am sick of the way they trow them around these day's.
You IMO should only get one for doing good things for others like a fireman nearly dying to save a life. Gates got one but he deserve it IMO as he and his wife do a crap load for charity, these are people that deserve them. They should not be given out as part of deals with industry leaders or sports people for playing their sports! Christ, even John Prescott is a Lord!! WTF??

 

[Frosticus]

This is beside the point, as simple Knighthood is beneath His Steveness. I was thinking perhaps "Lord Jobs, Duke of Macintosh", but I'm not sure even that would suffice. I'm not sure it is within the power of HRH to grant a sufficently worthy title, such as "Steve I, iCEO".

Probably sounded better in your head..?

 

[Jaffa Cake]

…as if the queen would ever listen to G. Brown

Go girl!

The Prime Minister has the power to veto knighthoods and similar honours, so whether Liz likes it or not if the incumbent PM doesn't like the idea it's not going to happen.

I can only assume that I've upset the Government in some way and that's why I've not received mine yet.

Also – as others have alluded to – even if he had been knighted Jobs wouldn't be able to use the title 'Sir' unless he became a British citizen.

 

[tullys]

Everytime I go to the USA everyone always addresses me as "Sir", I think americans must think we are all knights from England

I thought we all were, well with the exception of the Lady's and the serfs. Obviously.

 

[Schizoid]

why bother?
he's already an emperor...

 

[Gasu E.]

Probably sounded better in your head..?

It's funnier if you're not a Brit.

 

[Adidas Addict]

Also – as others have alluded to – even if he had been knighted Jobs wouldn't be able to use the title 'Sir' unless he became a British citizen.

Well I did hear he was moving over here to Gods Country with a certain Mr Ives when they re-locate the whole company to England.


"Designed in Preston, Built in Wolverhampton"

 

[rdowns]

On second thought, it would be worth it to see the look on the Queen's face when he showed up in black turtleneck, jeans and sneakers.

 

[raybo]

Which One?

Which "Labour Party conference" did Bill attend?