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Matilda

(6,384 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2012, 12:08 AM Jan 2012

Some pithy comments on John Howard's Order of Merit

Here's a link to the Letters page of the Sydney Morning Herald, with some amusing comments on Howard's reward for good behaviour from the Queen.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/letters/in-recognition-of-a-life-that-embraced-the-past-20120102-1pi8z.html

I just give thanks that we no longer have knighthoods – the thought of Sir John and Lady Janette swanning around would make me ill. Bet that's something that really pisses Janette off.