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New Year Awards, if you were offered one, would you accept it?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Danny Boyle turned his gong down.
Lennon sent his MBE back.
In the unlikely event of ever being offered one, I would refuse it as well. I dont really get how you can be a OBE, MBE, CBE, KBE of an Empire that doesnt exist. Its all a bit imperialistic for my liking
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"how did john lennon manage to refuse?...flummoxed here  "
The Fab Four were invested as Members of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1965, after topping record charts around the world.
But later Lennon decided that he had sold out to the Establishment and returned his MBE to Her Majesty 25th November 1969 as part of ongoing peace protests masterminded with Yoko Ono.
In an accompanying letter Lennon said: "Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts. With Love, John Lennon."
Years later he was quoted as saying: "Lots of people who complained about us getting the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war.
"They got them for killing people. We deserved ours for not killing people. In a way it was hypocritical of me to accept it.
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By *am123Man
over a year ago
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"in those pants
patriotism and imperialism are very different things! 
Darth Vadar wore Death Star pants... imperialistic dick! "
i know the meanings thanku, and vadar wore death star pants interesting. it ws a joke mate,and wearing those pants id of thought u wld have a sense of humour oops how wrong  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i would only accept it if it was for a valid reason.
everyone has different reasons of course but for me it would have to be saving a life,rescuing someone from danger etc.
something which isnt everyday not a sport which you are good at.
only thing is when i disarmed a guy holding up a shop i did get a letter of thanks and in the paper but i was arrested for using excessive force at the time.
and then had to go through the whole court thing with his mates making further threats.
it did make me think is it all worth it but again if someone was in danger and i could do something about it i would.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"i would only accept it if it was for a valid reason.
everyone has different reasons of course but for me it would have to be saving a life,rescuing someone from danger etc.
something which isnt everyday not a sport which you are good at.
only thing is when i disarmed a guy holding up a shop i did get a letter of thanks and in the paper but i was arrested for using excessive force at the time.
and then had to go through the whole court thing with his mates making further threats.
it did make me think is it all worth it but again if someone was in danger and i could do something about it i would.
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Well done, a lot of people would not have intervened. Shame what happened afterwards |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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bearing in mind they tend to be given for charity and social work I would accept it.... I don't see a problem as long as some political capital isn't made out of it...
I don't think this is the last time he will be offered, it is well known he is not a fan of the coalition.. and the homage to the NHS he did in the opening ceremony, brilliantly done.. was kinda two fingers stuck up to the conservatives...
if and when labour get back in.. and they re-offer.. at that point I think he takes it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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hahhaah...dunno why I thought the lennon mentioned was the current celtic manager lol-shows u I know feck all about the past lol
I doubt of course he'd accept a knighthood right enough lol |
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I think I deserve a full on knighthood. Not one of these give us 250k and will get you one... A proper hereditary knighthood with a 50k acre estate and castle taken from somebody who had pissed off the queen. Like in the good old days when we had an empire....  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I’d accpet….
Hey it would look really good on my sideboard next to the Nobel Peace Prize and my Cycling Proficiency Certificate….!.   "
You have a Cycling Proficiency Certificate? Well done! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I’d accpet….
Hey it would look really good on my sideboard next to the Nobel Peace Prize and my Cycling Proficiency Certificate….!.
You have a Cycling Proficiency Certificate? Well done!"
Thank-you.... but it was touch and go whether I'd passed , I think they gave me the benefit of the doubt because the pink tassels on the handle-bars of my bike got caught in the wheel-spokes during the stopping test and made me fall and scuff my knee....  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I’d accpet….
Hey it would look really good on my sideboard next to the Nobel Peace Prize and my Cycling Proficiency Certificate….!.
You have a Cycling Proficiency Certificate? Well done!
Thank-you.... but it was touch and go whether I'd passed , I think they gave me the benefit of the doubt because the pink tassels on the handle-bars of my bike got caught in the wheel-spokes during the stopping test and made me fall and scuff my knee.... "
I hope they had a First Aid box with a Barbie plaster in there for your bo-bo |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I’d accpet….
Hey it would look really good on my sideboard next to the Nobel Peace Prize and my Cycling Proficiency Certificate….!.
You have a Cycling Proficiency Certificate? Well done!
Thank-you.... but it was touch and go whether I'd passed , I think they gave me the benefit of the doubt because the pink tassels on the handle-bars of my bike got caught in the wheel-spokes during the stopping test and made me fall and scuff my knee....
I hope they had a First Aid box with a Barbie plaster in there for your bo-bo "
No I just picked-out the embedded grit with a sharpened lollie-stick and tied a hankie around the wound….!.
I’d learned how to do that before I was expelled from the Brownies …. |
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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago
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"My stepdads godfather was a sir, he was sir henry tate from tate and lyle suger
A very sweet man was Sir Henry
ha ha ha, you nearly got me there i was just about to say did you know him  "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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An OBE would be nice.
Oh yes I'd accept, then change my user name on here to 'ThisWayIn OBE', looks quite good I think. Could fabswingers devise a new badge to put on my profile?
And of course you do know that OBE stands for 'Oldest Bloke in Eastbourne', don't you?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My uncle has an MBE but has to pay a fee i think to keep his 'title' "
Really, that's unbelievable. So the government gives you an award, and you have to pay for it. I'll send my OBE back.
PS. I not really the oldest bloke in Eastbourne |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My uncle has an MBE but has to pay a fee i think to keep his 'title'
Really, that's unbelievable. So the government gives you an award, and you have to pay for it. I'll send my OBE back.
PS. I not really the oldest bloke in Eastbourne"
He was awarded it back in 98 so not sure if its changed but apparently it was so that his daughter or son could if they wish get married in the Chapel of Westminster Abbey.. im trying to google info on it (i'm dammed sure thats what he said at the time) but google isn't coming up with anything. Still he is a business owner and doesn't have the MBE after his name anymore |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If anyone else has an MBE feel free to correct me, cos i can't find shit on google regarding what ive stated in a previous post. So now doubting it is indeed correct and he was pulling my leg. |
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"If anyone else has an MBE feel free to correct me, cos i can't find shit on google regarding what ive stated in a previous post. So now doubting it is indeed correct and he was pulling my leg. "
My friends dad has one and i know she can get married in westminster abbey if she wants. Hes had it donkies years but dont know anything about paying to keep it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Right just phoned my grandmother.. she said it was a fee they pay each year not to keep the title but to maintain the chapel of Westminster Abbey should his children want to get married there.
So he keeps his title regardless if he pays it. Apparently its not a large amount and its taken from his Army pension |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"My uncle has an MBE but has to pay a fee i think to keep his 'title'
Really, that's unbelievable. So the government gives you an award, and you have to pay for it. I'll send my OBE back.
PS. I not really the oldest bloke in Eastbourne"
no wonder Lennon told them to poke it |
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