Irregular Webcomic!

Archive     Blog     Cast     Forum     RSS     Books!     Poll Results     About     Search     Fan Art     Podcast     More Stuff     Random     Support on Patreon
New comics Mon-Fri; reruns Sat-Sun
<   No. 1330   2006-09-17   >

Comic #1330

1 Haken: ...Doktor Doktor Jones, CBE. Are you ready to meet your maker?
1 Minnesota Jones: Distinguished Conduct Medal. Boer War, you know?
2 Haken: Herr Schliemannian Chair Professor Doktor Doktor Jones, CBE, DCM...
2 Minnesota Jones: And my father was a viscount.
3 Haken: Ach. So that makes you, what... a "Right Honourable"?
4 Minnesota Jones: Hardly! Maybe if I'd been a member of the Privy Council! No, it's just "The Honourable".
4 Prof. Jones: A gentleman would know these things...

First (1) | Previous (1329) | Next (1331) || Latest Rerun (2569) | Latest New (5164)
First 5 | Previous 5 | Next 5 | Latest 5
Cliffhangers theme: First | Previous | Next | Latest || First 5 | Previous 5 | Next 5 | Latest 5
This strip's permanent URL: http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1330.html
Annotations off: turn on
Annotations on: turn off

The rules of styles of address are arcane and bizarre. Indeed, the children of viscounts are entitled to be addressed as The Honourable such-and-such.

It occurs to me that some readers may be wondering how Schliemannian Chair of Archaeology Minnesota Jones qualifies for British honours and aristocratic titles, when it seems likely that his family has been American for about as far back as can reasonably be expected. Remember though that the Schliemannian Chair is a position at Oxford University, so he obviously lived in the UK for some time. There may be further revelations on the Jones family history in the future. Or maybe not.


2016-03-23 Rerun commentary: It's interesting how you can be "The Honourable" even if you're a downright scoundrel.

Much like the politicians in the Australian and UK Parliaments.

LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO Group of companies, which does not sponsor, authorise, or endorse this site.
This material is presented in accordance with the LEGO® Fair Play Guidelines.

My comics: Irregular Webcomic! | Darths & Droids | Eavesdropper | Planet of Hats | The Dinosaur Whiteboard | mezzacotta
My blogs: dangermouse.net (daily updates) | 100 Proofs that the Earth is a Globe (science!) | Carpe DMM (long form posts) | Snot Block & Roll (food reviews)
More comics I host: The Prisoner of Monty Hall | Lightning Made of Owls | Square Root of Minus Garfield | iToons | Comments on a Postcard | Awkward Fumbles
Last Modified: Wednesday, 23 March 2016; 03:11:05 PST.
© 2002-2024 Creative Commons License
This work is copyright and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Licence by David Morgan-Mar. dmm@irregularwebcomic.net