Bono Vox, of the knights of the round table

I see where Bono of U2 has been named an "Honorary" Knight by Her Majesty(why honorary? Because since he is an Irish citizen, he can't be an official knight...I guess this means he won't be out in armour with a broadsword, killing Saracens, anytime soon).

This hearkened me back to a few years ago when Mick Jagger was made a knight and Keith Richards called the whole thing "rubbish". There are actually a lot of people who turn down the offer of a knighting, for whatever reason...this list includes Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese and David Bowie, three guys who it isn't a shame to hang with.

Honor Blackman, the actress best known as Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger" is also know to have turned the honor down when it was offered, as was actor Albert Finney and author Aldous Huxley. About 2% of those offered the honor turn it down.

But, in any case, congrats to Bono, who has proven that a man with a conscience and a microphone can move mountains while the rest of the world seems content to watch children die so that they don't miss this week's NASCAR highlights on Fox News.

Keep it up, brother.