Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire
Android User/British Citizen: “CBE. Commander of the Order of the British Empire.”
Blackberry User/American Citizen: “I know OBE is Order of the British Empire…”
AU/BC: “Commander is one step under Knight. Interesting. OBE is the next one down, and plain Member is under that.”
BU/AC: “So could Jobs get knighted?”
AU/BC: “Nope, it says Honorary knighthoods, given to individuals who are not nationals of a realm where Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is Head of State. And there’s something about other titles in the Commonwealth. Hmm. I think I get special privileges in the Commonwealth states…”
BU/AC: “Which are…?”
AU/BC: “Anything once under the British crown, I think or maybe—”
BU/AC: “That’s a lot of countries. And a lot of special privileges.”
AU/BC: “But well-deserved ones.”
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There’s a lot of complications here, a lot of ins and outs. Rules and regulations. Pomp and circumstance. Just how the British like it.
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