Daniel Day-Lewis to be knighted

Dave!

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/daniel-day-lewis-to-be-knighted-by-queen-elizabeth-1.1831985

Multi-award-winning actor, and Wicklow resident, Daniel Day-Lewis is to be knighted.
He is one of more than 1,100 people from the UK and beyond to be recognised in Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday Honours list.

1,100 people, jayzus! Feeling kinda sh*tty that I didn't make the list tbh.

However having said that, I would probably say "thanks, but I'm grand" if I was offered. What about ye – would you accept a knighthood?

I don't have any particularly strong views on monarchy, nor even any hugely nationalist leanings, but I just think it's a bit silly and archaic really.

Also – has anyone (in the last, say, 30 years) turned down a knighthood?

dee_mc

Danny Boyle turned something like this down last year, and David Bowie a few years ago I think?

Sh1tbag OToole

Jeez you'd have to be a right ould drip to turn down a knighthood, it would be an experience anyway

mike65

Dave! wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/daniel-day-lewis-to-be-knighted-by-queen-elizabeth-1.1831985



1,100 people, jayzus! Feeling kinda sh*tty that I didn't make the list tbh.

However having said that, I would probably say "thanks, but I'm grand" if I was offered. What about ye – would you accept a knighthood?

I don't have any particularly strong views on monarchy, nor even any hugely nationalist leanings, but I just think it's a bit silly and archaic really.

Also – has anyone (in the last, say, 30 years) turned down a knighthood?

Loads have over the years, there is probably a wiki list! Most of that 1,100 are people you have never heard of as they work in the public sector or civil service. The famous sport/showbiz types are only a relative handful

wazky

I'd only accept it if it meant I could ponce around Buckingham Palace in just my jocks and crown and have Liz make the tae for me.

Sky King

Yeah there's a wiki list people people who have declined one. Edit here it is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declining_a_British_honour#Knighthood

I would accept it but only if I also got the armour and a horse.

everdead.ie

mike65 wrote: »

Loads have over the years, there is probably a wiki list! Most of that 1,100 are people you have never heard of as they work in the public sector or civil service. The famous sports/showiz types are only a relative handful

There is an english artist Lowry(?) i think he turned several down.

Micky Dolenz

Fair play to him.

Adamantium

Daniel Day Lewis in a mental hospital: "But I AM King Arthur and always have been, where did you put Excalibur?"
Doctors: I'm sure it feels very real to you.
Lewis: Come Summer 2016, it's gonna feel pretty ****ing real to you too. Anybody not wearing hardened chainmail is gonna have a real bad day. Get it?!

Karl Stein

Does he get a big sword and a horse and a couple of wenches?

Jonny Blaze

Will he be able to keep the black knight at bay though?

Busted Flat.

He must the most depressing actor of all times, most of his movies are nearly in the dark. I will give him something in his favor as regards being an actor, and only one, The last of the Mochiens, Spell check down.

Tail Docker

Busted Flat. wrote: »

He must the most depressing actor of all times, most of his movies are nearly in the dark. I will give him something in his favor as regards being an actor, and only one, The last of the Mochiens, Spell check down.

I think it is spelled Mochachinians.

The Diabolical Monocle

Kind of easy to say that you'd say 'no' when you're just waffling on-line.

My inner provo is telling me in such a situation to say 'no stuff it up your crown Liz ...something something 800 years'.

But theres got to be some nice perks to having it. Not to go on about the north too much but you'd probably be well liked in unionist towns, they'd probably give you a place at the head of the table when their barbecues roll round.

Free bbq is good.

AndonHandon

A knighthood is bestowed by a people who are hardly what one would call 'bad people'. It is awarded for significant contributions to whatever. Declining purely on the basis of an anti-royal sentiment is justifiable IMO, but I am not anti-royal for this reason alone (and the same reason I am in favour of a president); the role is important as the King/Queen represents the people, their spirit, their dreams, their ideals, their hopes and ambitions as well as how they hope to be seen around the World. They are purely figureheads, physical manifestations of a sovereign and united spirit.

However, I have a preference for a democratically elected president over an inherited King/Queen role as it is the people of the current time that elect their president so the president is more in touch with the current population's morale, psyche, personality and feeling (although I cringe at Michael D Higgins being our president!).

Essentially, therefore, because I hold nothing significant against the British and their monarchical system, I would be honoured to receive a knighthood from their Queen.

uck51js9zml2yt

Now he'll be Knight and Day. Must get very confusing

Lux23

Can I be a Countess instead?

Riddle101

I'd do what Bart Simpson did in Australia. I'd say yes to being knighted but during my knighting ceremony when the Queen is about to knight me. I would turn around, bend over, drop my trousers and moon her. I'd even have an Irish flag painted on my arse to add insult to injury. That'll show them Brits.

AndonHandon

Maci Sweet Radish wrote: »

Now he'll be Knight and Day. Must get very confusing

They should make a movie about it!

I'd do it purely so I can book flights using the title 'Lady' and so maximise the likelihood of a free upgrade.

uch

I'd be sofa king happy if I was asked, my grandad was in Dunkirk and survived

DEFTLEFTHAND

I suppose we're small four nations in the North Atlantic who share culture and history, 3 of us Irish, Scots and Welsh traditionally hate the English :pac:. So why not take a knighthood? The Irish especially played a part in laying down the groundwork in wildlands. An integral part of the building of the empire.

Any student of history will know of the 'true Gael' bull propagated by Nationalists from the mid to late 19th century. (Separate from the Home Rule Statesmen like Parnell and Dillon) The Irish and Scots aren't Celts, the celts were mainland Europe and traded in the British isles, look up the depiction of a true Celt, sallow skin, brown eyes, pointy nose, dark brown or black hair.

We're all pretty much the same on these islands.

Badly Drunk Boy

Candie wrote: »

I'd do it purely so I can book flights using the title 'Lady' and so maximise the likelihood of a free upgrade.

If your Irish (or rather, not a member of the Commonwealth), you're not entitled to use 'Sir' or 'Lady'. It'd only be an honorary knighthood.

Hank Scorpio

Legendary actor, there will be blood is a masterpiece and his performance is like nothing I've seen in film

Nodin

Dave! wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/daniel-day-lewis-to-be-knighted-by-queen-elizabeth-1.1831985



1,100 people, jayzus! Feeling kinda sh*tty that I didn't make the list tbh.

However having said that, I would probably say "thanks, but I'm grand" if I was offered. What about ye – would you accept a knighthood?

It was a method for co-opting people into the Empire in many ways, though more the establishment now. I'd accept a dose of the pox quicker.

Nodin

Candie wrote: »

I'd do it purely so I can book flights using the title 'Lady' and so maximise the likelihood of a free upgrade.

You will be surrounded by brown nosers. And I don't just mean the usual perverts that come out in summer.

Skill Magill

you're jousting?

whiskeyman

I often get the luas after 9pm

Tabnabs

Titles and nobility really brings out the republican in me. I'm the citizen of a Republic and the constitution of my country does not allow for such nonsense. Besides, "celebrities" have done a service to their country how?

A big fat NO to any foreign State from me...

umop.episdn

uch wrote: »

I'd be sofa king happy if I was asked, my grandad was in Dunkirk and survived

Yeah, but he was German

Sir Osis of Liver.

Often wondered do the good people in Limerick refer to Terry Wogan as Sir Terence when he's home.

Skill Magill

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

My inner provo is telling me in such a situation to say 'no stuff it up your crown Liz ...something something 800 years'.

is good.

TDM thats a thread starter My inner provo :pac:

Sunnyisland

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Often wondered do the good people in Limerick refer to Terry Wogan as Sir Terence when he's home.

Who gave you your knighthood :-) James Jameson

mike65

That lad with cancer who raised about 4 million quid has been awarded a CBE, which is nice. In Ireland he'd get the right to graze sheep (or is it goats?) in Stephens Green.

Angelina Jolie is now a Dame!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Often wondered do the good people in Limerick refer to Terry Wogan as Sir Terence when he's home.

It kind of looks petty if you don't address the man with his title.

IamtheWalrus

mike65 wrote: »

Angelina Jolie is now a Dame!

Why the '!'?

Skill Magill

^^
Have you ever seen sammy sausages?

Dave!

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Why the '!'?

Because Dddaaaaaammmmmeee! She is fiiiiinnnnnneee!

eyescreamcone

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

If your Irish (or rather, not a member of the Commonwealth), you're not entitled to use 'Sir' or 'Lady'. It'd only be an honorary knighthood.

I think you'll find anybody can refer to themselves as Sir, Lady, Baron etc

And why not??

eyescreamcone

I found it hilarious when Rafa Benitez refered to Alex Ferguson as Mr. Ferguson instead of Sir Alex.
Pure wind up!

Busted Flat.

Tail Docker wrote: »

I think it is spelled Mochachinians.

Thanks, I did say my spell checker was down.


Correct spelling.
Mochicians.

Soft Falling Rain

I'd take a Knighthood, if for no other reason than insisting I be referred to by my proper title. You shall call me Sir or off to the gallows with ye you bleeding miscreants. :mad:

lee_baby_simms

He's now in the company of greats such as David Hasselhoff and Lionel Blair.

preston johnny

Is this a poll or a Sir vey?

Dirty Dingus McGee

nuxxx wrote: »

Legendary actor, there will be blood is a masterpiece and his performance is like nothing I've seen in film

You obviously didn't see John Huston in Chinatown.

Lingua Franca

Titles, knighthoods, nobility, hereditary peerage, monarchy... all ridiculously outmoded concepts from the dark ages that should be rendered obsolete but the great and the good just can't resist stroking themselves in public.

FreshKnickers

Candie wrote: »

I'd do it purely so I can book flights using the title 'Lady' and so maximise the likelihood of a free upgrade.

Sorry, lady, but I think you'd be a Dame. Arise Dame Candie of After Hours!

eyescreamcone

On Irish passports you're not allowed to use Rev, Sister, Dr, Prof etc
Certainly not Sir, Duke, baron etc

Fratton Fred

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Titles, knighthoods, nobility, hereditary peerage, monarchy... all ridiculously outmoded concepts from the dark ages that should be rendered obsolete but the great and the good just can't resist stroking themselves in public.

It's just a country acknowledging someone's achievements, that's all. No biggy.

One of my old neighbours got an OBE for running a netball club for over thirty years. It was awarded because the people who had benefited from her work nominated her for an award. It's good that people who do voluntary work get recognised.

Badly Drunk Boy

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

If your Irish (or rather, not a member of the Commonwealth), you're not entitled to use 'Sir' or 'Lady'. It'd only be an honorary knighthood.

No, I can use the title alright.

All I have to do now is earn one by making a substantial contribution to art, education, business and enterprise, or public life.

That's the problematic bit .

popolive

what are the advantages and disadvantages ? is it worth anything ?