Sir Bono McSunglasses
By Erin Steele
March 29, 2007
U2 lead singer Bono became a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire today. I don't know about you, but I don't even think that's a real title. It's like how I used to refer to myself as Her Holiness of the Most Exaulted Hall of Awesomeness. It sounds cool, but carries very little weight in real life.
According to the article, "fellow U2 band members The Edge and Adam Clayton were on hand, along with Bono's wife and four children, to celebrate the laugh-filled ceremony." I'm pretty sure I'd laugh, too, though I usually do when I see a human being who willingly refers to himself as "The Edge" accompanied by a grown man in purple sunglasses. There's just something unseemly about it.
But to prove that the steady stream of accolades heaped on His Highness aren't going to his head, Bono confirmed that, because he is not a British citizen, he will not be allowed to use the title "Sir." But he came up with some equally fascinating alternatives:
"You have permission to call me anything you want except Sir, all right. Lord of lords, your demi-godness, that'll do."
I love U2, and I love saying "I love U2" mostly because it confuses, and somewhat creeps out, the person you're conversing with. But the Bono-mania is out of hand. What's next? A 50-foot Michael Jackson robot? Oh, wait.
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