Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for December 13, 2024

Probably the pack of cards comes with bubblegum, too, Satch.

Unnecessary Pedantry:

Correctly, he’d be (e.g.) “Stephen King KBE”.

Oddly, the one thing you never put after “Sir” is a surname. Given name, yes; full name yes; surname, no. So “Sir Stephen” or “Sir Stephen King”, but never “Sir King”.

Except in this case you wouldn’t. Not being a subject of the UK or one of the relevant Commonwealth realms, he would only be awarded an honorary knighthood. That would entitle him to use the relevant letters after his name, but not to use the style “Sir”. The most common award for Arts and Entertainment is “Knight/Dame Commander of the British Empire”, so that would entitle him (along with people like Kevin Spacey and Stephen Spielberg) to the letters “KBE”.

To be fair, it’s a common mistake that Americans seem to make. You’d hope that, as “a Canadian”, Satchel might know better (Canada became broadly independent from the UK in 1947, but not fully independent until as late as 1982). But realistically – even then, he’s way too young.

Satchel, watch out Bucky doesn’t “crown” you!

Then you run into an Ace like me.

Satchel reminds me of what my buddy used to say in college: “What do you call the last guy in a graduating class of doctors? Doctor.”

Satchel seems to not be aware of King Charles

He thinks of everything

Joker is in a pack of cards Satchel, not The Fool: trust me on this one.

To me, a dog card would be the highest card in the deck.

Actually, he would be “Sir Stephen.” The problem would be mors acute with Duke Ellington.

I say we knight Mr Charge.

Yes, and when King Charles goes to the loo and finishes, he does a royal flush.

I guess that what some call “jacks” in a deck of cards are called “knaves” by others. I wonder what the rationale for the “ranking” of suits in bridge is.

“I bet you know a lot of my friends. Ooh! Like, uh, Duke of Ellington, Count of Basie, Earl of Hines, Cab of Calloway, Satchmo of Armstrong.” – Bugs Bunny

He’s NEW English.

A deck of playing cards with the animals and Pinkie as the Joker would be fun.

So what you’re saying is, King Charles isn’t really in charge. Astounding!

Would he outrank Martin Luther? Is a Sir King higher ranking than a Dr. King?

Trumps a Trump anyways!

Neither Satch or Bucky are playing with a full deck.