You Can Now Become A Lord - For $76

[matcom]

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THE British aristocracy has long been an exclusive club but now anyone can become a Lord or Lady - for as little as £30 ($76).

A raft of British websites are offering one square foot of the Glencairn Estate in north-east Scotland and with it, access to the prestigious-sounding title of Lord/Laird and Lady of Glencairn.

Buyagift.co.uk is offering the "fun" title as the "ideal gift for anyone who aspires to greatness" for £29.99 ($76).

The "gift" includes a deed of ownership, a map of the Glencairn estate and a card which proves their title.

One incensed aristocrat is fighting back at what he sees is a scam and is warning potential shoppers that buying the title of Lord, Viscountess, Baron or Earl is meaningless.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11685329%255E13762,00.html

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. So Old Lord Glencairn had to cover his gambling markers, eh?

[rpannier]

2. Sounds good to me...

Now we can annoy the snooty upperclass of British society with our titles.

[tjwmason]

4. Not really

>>>Now we can annoy the snooty upperclass of British society with our titles.<<<

The true aristos have the class and breading not to care at all, the snooty parts of British society are pretty much all members of the middle-classes.

Anyway, people who know anything about titles realise that these Scottish 'lairdships' are nothing to do with genuine titles; they tend to laugh at those who buy them, forgive me for saying so, especially Americans.

[rpannier]

7. To quote from Bart Simpson...

"You obviously have no experience causing a scene." I am very good at getting under people's skin. I work overseas and have been in Britain on several occassions. I can be extremely caustic when I try. I could find a hundred ways to aggrevate people with a title.

[LynneSin]

8. Yeah but Americans seem to be obsessed over them

go figure

:shrug:

[robbedvoter]

12. The true aristos, huh?

Well, I am so impressed, I have to take a dump. (a big American one). For free.

[izzie]

3. What about Queen? that sounds like more fun.

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[lateo]

5. Elton John has that one locked up.

[DS1]

10. As does George Michael and the title, nay nickname,

Throne :7

[TlalocW]

6. Michael Moore is one

He did that on one of his television shows and went over there and introduced himself to his new subjects. It was a rather rundown part of a fairly large city if I remember right. He took a bunch of them to the pub for drinks.

TlalocW

[HEyHEY]

9. Dibs on "Lord of the dance"

[catzies]

11. It's the trifecta of scams!

1) It's meaningless, and

2) You're buying useless real estate, and

3) It's sexist because it's marketed to "Lords!"

:D