I have to post this story before Phil does.
Nils Olav already has medals for good conduct and long service. He made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King’s Guard in 2005. And on Friday he was knighted.
Not bad for a 3-foot tall penguin — actually, three of them.
Clearly, species discrimination is no barrier to social advancement in the land of my fathers.
My hopes of eventually receiving the Order of St. Olav have just increased.
Or perhaps the Order of St. Opus.
The Honorable Lars Walker hath spoken. Who can say more?
*That’s a rhetorical question, son. Sit down.*
This is one of those stories that a satirist couldn’t dream of. (Well, maybe Jonathon Swift.)This of course is what socialism does to a people :=)(Whether they have fierce Viking blood in them or not.) I still remember a story from a few years ago where the country roused itself to save a very old (blind) cod from meeting its normal end. It kept blundering into a fellow’s net; he would have to take it out and set it free… and eventually it was rescued’ by some aquarium… became a national celebrity… and within a week or so promptly died.
– p.s. Norway doesn’t have penguins does it? (I guess there’s a message in that :=)
I believe they have territory in Antarctica (courtesy of Roald Amundsen). There might be penguins there.