Didn't you know? The queen regularly uses a bat'leth to knight her subjects. She's often heard to mutter 'qapla!' under her breath whilst doing it.
Say anything other than "Thank you, mum," and she'll lop your head off with one swift stroke, you worthless hadI'bAch!
nonono We pronounce 'mum' like mum. Ma'am is pronounced something like 'Maaarrrrrrrm'. If you don't refer to her as 'Maaarrrrrrrm', it could be taken as a treasonous offence....
To be completely accurate, the proper protocol is "your majesty" upon first address and then "ma'am" thereafter.
I see that James Cordon had a fight with the good captain lastnight. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10272333.stm I always liked Cordon too. Appears he has no respect!
Stewart started it really, but Corden's response was stupid, considering he was the host. But I can't completely blame Stewart, he must be like most Brits - fed up of seeing the unfunny tubster all over the telly.
Cordon is a know boozer, and no doubt also a junkie, so one might suspect he was on the sauce at the time. Also, he's everywhere at the moment so quite possibly he thinks he's "it". That said, I have encountered Sir Patrick on 4-5 occasions outside of Trek events and on at least two of those occasions he seemed quite wound up. Maybe he was just having bad nights..........but, to be fair to him I get the impression that he was initially making a joke, which Cordon couldn't take, and then Cordon's rather nasty response struck a nerve. I don't get the Jonas Brothers joke though....
Perhaps they could wrestle over the worst movie, Nemesis or Vampire Lesbian Killers? Both seem a bit up their own arses for different reasons, although since Corden was formed from Nick Frosts infected foreskin, he does lose on the basis he has the least to be self-colonically adventurous about.
In fairness, the Corden incident was entirely Stewarts fault. You don't come up on stage and start criticising the host. Even if you are Captain Picard.
I can't stand James Corden. Just another one of those vapid 'geezer' types that have become mainstream and adored by the red top reading braindead. The Jonas Brothers thing came about from Corden saying how much he fancied them earlier in the ceremony. But yeah, to me, it seemed like Patrick Stewart started by having a joke and Corden took it the wrong way. Bring on the handbags.
