royal greeter?

"She [the queen] has no real powers but she does serve as a diplomatic center, a meeter and greeter if you will"

Man, I'm so going to hell. I just hope the person that wrote that line isn't too pissed at me for defacing her royalty. And poorly, no less. But I read "meeter and greeter" and the first thing that jumped into my mind was "the Queen is the geopolitical equivalent of a wal-mart greeter".

In my own defense, it could've been alot worse.

For background and a must-read essay on the function of modern British royalty from a modern Briton herself, go here.

She also links to this webpage where one can apparently buy a title. Which is weird, because just a little while ago I was talking about how I thought it'd be cool to be a Baron. Why? Just because.

"Baron" just has a nice ring to it. Slightly intimidating, like "Land Baron" or "Oil Baron", but still obscure enough that nobody seems to know exactly what the function of a Baron is. Dick Cheney should be a Baron, he has that aura of intimidating, powerful high-level functionary about him. Not the king or emperor or somesuch, but the guy that does the dirty work while the King is eating crumpets with other kings. I think that's one of the reasons I like good old Darth Cheney so much.

(tip to Sadie, who inspired the explination in the first place)  ¶ 4:22 PM