The long weekend gongs
gong: Aust and British colloq. A medal or decoration.
The Queen's birthday sees the majority of the unwashed masses getting a day off and a small amount of the top honours going to Australians in the form of the Order of Australia (AC) Companion in the General Division.
The seven recipients of the top gong are made up of three politicians, one cardinal, one socialite (already a Dame) a high ranking CEO and a humanitarian worker. Politicians and Judges seem to figure prominently as one works their way down the list of less significant awards.
Just an observation.
On appelle ça des hochets, je sais, on l'a dit déjà. Et bien, j'ai répondu que c'est avec des hochets que l'on mène les hommes. — "These are called [trinkets], I know, it has already been said. Well, I answered that it's with [trinkets] that you lead people."- Napoleon
The Queen's birthday sees the majority of the unwashed masses getting a day off and a small amount of the top honours going to Australians in the form of the Order of Australia (AC) Companion in the General Division.
The seven recipients of the top gong are made up of three politicians, one cardinal, one socialite (already a Dame) a high ranking CEO and a humanitarian worker. Politicians and Judges seem to figure prominently as one works their way down the list of less significant awards.
Just an observation.
Posted by Johnno at
12:12 pm
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Wouldn't it be great if kids were the only ones who could nominate for Order of Australia?
You'd be in for sure Spleenie.
The situation is much worse in the UK. I was speaking to an ex manager of mine who runs a govt administrative service in the UK for the DoD, (he's there as a subcontract manager or something.)There's a lot of MBA's who just sit around, not doing a great deal....waiting for their govt payout and the hope of an honour for basically just doing their job.
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