At his meeting with Queen Elizabeth recently, the Aussie Prime
Minister, John Howard, ardent royalist and general ass kisser,
turned to the Queen and said, "As I'm the Prime Minister, I'm
thinking of changing how my great country is referred to, and
I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom."
The Queen replied, "I'm sorry Mr. Howard, but to be a Kingdom,
you have to have a King in charge - and you're not a King."
John Howard thought a while and then said, "How about a
Principality then?"
To which the Queen replied, "Again, to be a Principality you
have to be a Prince--and you're not a Prince, Mr. Howard."
Howard thought long and hard and came up with, "How about an
Empire then?"
The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, replied, "Sorry
again, Mr. Howard, but to be an Empire you must have an
Emperor in charge and you are not an Emperor."
Before Howard could utter another word, The Queen said, "I
think you're doing quite nicely as a Country."
Minister, John Howard, ardent royalist and general ass kisser,
turned to the Queen and said, "As I'm the Prime Minister, I'm
thinking of changing how my great country is referred to, and
I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom."
The Queen replied, "I'm sorry Mr. Howard, but to be a Kingdom,
you have to have a King in charge - and you're not a King."
John Howard thought a while and then said, "How about a
Principality then?"
To which the Queen replied, "Again, to be a Principality you
have to be a Prince--and you're not a Prince, Mr. Howard."
Howard thought long and hard and came up with, "How about an
Empire then?"
The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, replied, "Sorry
again, Mr. Howard, but to be an Empire you must have an
Emperor in charge and you are not an Emperor."
Before Howard could utter another word, The Queen said, "I
think you're doing quite nicely as a Country."