Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Steve Jobs was Denied a Knighthood

According to the Telegraph, in 2009, Steve Jobs was to be knighted by my very own Queen of England, but the plans fell through, as he had refused an invitation to speak at a Labour Party conference.


He was to be knighted for his services to technology, but failing to attend the conference, the government apparently decided to block his knighthood. However, as he is an American citizen, he would not have been known as Sir Steve Jobs, as this title is reserved for British citizens only.


It all seems a little childish to me.
As for his leave of absence, no comments have been released and all news is hearsay.


On another note, it's March 2nd tomorrow which means the Proverbial iPad 2 launch is nearly upon us.


What are everyone's hopes for tomorrow's conference/keynote?


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16 comments:

  1. GFTM1 March 2011 at 18:28

    LMAO, oh silly Steve, knighthood is for heros.

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  2. Daemon1 March 2011 at 18:30

    Man the weirdest shit happens all the time rofl makes you wonderh ow weird it really is :P (+Follow!)

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  3. Sarado1 March 2011 at 18:45

    Haha yeah, that guy is just silly. why would you not go to your own knighting? -_-

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  4. TheLake1 March 2011 at 18:53

    Not quite sure whether he actually deserved one anyway myself :P

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  5. Fourra1 March 2011 at 19:48

    yh kinda stupid, still doesnt change much...

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  6. SKS FKF1 March 2011 at 21:14

    I didn't truly realize what a strange place the world was until the idea of computer designers/spokesmen getting knighted came up. o.O

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  7. Have fun!1 March 2011 at 22:01

    yeah what a nice stuff

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  8. Colin2 March 2011 at 10:29

    The iPad 2 revealing tomorrow should be pretty exciting. I've heard it's got more RAM, a dual core CPU, and is noticeably thinner/lighter. Wish there were some cold hard facts, but we gotta wait until 1pm PST tomorrow.

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  9. Unknown2 March 2011 at 11:52

    Very good blog ! :3

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  10. Noock2 March 2011 at 12:47

    Oh Steve, I dont know what to think about you..

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  11. Stef Pelgrims2 March 2011 at 12:50

    looking forward for it :)

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  12. tetcrh2 March 2011 at 13:47

    Personally I think not attending a labour conference is a good reason TO be knighted.

    Didn't know our govt could block knighting, that's pretty silly.

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  13. Ian Maguire2 March 2011 at 13:58

    First steve smuggles shuriken onto a plane then he tries to be a knight? What next? Piracy?

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  14. JKS2 March 2011 at 14:00

    If richard branson has been knighted, I don't see why steve jobs shouldn't!

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  15. Eddie2 March 2011 at 14:02

    Hahahaha why do they knight people like this?

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  16. LunaSihne2 March 2011 at 17:21

    I just can't...
    Realllyyy?...
    This world.

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