Arise, Sir Pingwing
The BBC win the day with this video of a penguin being knighted. I love how, but for being a penguin, it could be Prince Phillip.
I have to p-p-pick them up on one little thing, though:
A penguin who was previously made a Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Army has been knighted at Edinburgh Zoo.
Penguin Nils Olav has been an honorary member and mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard since the 1972.
Over the years, he has been promoted through the ranks after being adopted by Royal Guard who visited the zoo.
then, at the end:
However, the penguin honoured on Friday is unfortunately not the original Nils Olav.
He died in the 1980s and was replaced by a two-year-old penguin at the Zoo.
Right.
Royal priorities
Plans are afoot to change the priorities of royal succession. Currently, if King William1 has a daughter, then a son, then falls off a horse, the son will become King because men = better. Some people think this needs to be changed, which seems reasonable. Having said that:
These are people who can arbitrarily pardon criminals, dismiss governments, command the army, and run out Established Christian church whose ministers get a free say in the running of the country on the basis that they were born into the right family, and you’re concerned that that might be sexist?!
- or whatever he decides to call himself - I suggest 'Kong' [↩]
Hello!
Hey, thanks for coming! I'm Andrew, and this is where my headthinks come to breed. They often meander around humanism and photography, but they're flighty and you can't trust them, so anything is possible.
Do feel free to email me - I get lonely:
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Recent Comments
- vicky: going up this weekend having done all the welsh peaks except 4 snowdon, cant wait
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: what, how can u live in the 21 c and say that, probably a sexist thing
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: da iawn laura, cant believe what im hearing, all this fuss, anyway love the site, and i agree, normal people who swear and curse clomb mountains cos we live in the...
on Climbing Snowdon. - Andrew: Did a few quick test shots to check the light levels, then balanced the camera on the arm of a bench, set it for a 20s exposure and hoped for the best
on ISS. - lynsey: Wow, how did you take that photograph?
on ISS.
