I know someone will bite on this line...

**tundramanq** · 22nd May 14, 06:41 AM

I seems like that if you aren't receiving a tax bill on the land, you don't own it.

**Tobus** · 22nd May 14, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by tundramanq

I seems like that if you aren't receiving a tax bill on the land, you don't own it.

Heh, I actually see it as the opposite. If they can charge you a tax on something you think you own, and take it away from you if you fail to pay it, then you're only a renter. Not an owner.

**Mike_Oettle** · 26th May 14, 12:06 PM

Quite aside from the ludicrousness of claiming any title at all from the “ownership” of a piddling plot of land, there is also the spurious argument that a laird may call himself “Lord” So-and-So.
Then there is the fact that when one uses the title Lord with one’s given name, one is laying claim to being the son of a duke or marquess. Most folk are unaware of this technicality.

**WillowEstate** · 27th May 14, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle

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Then there is the fact that when one uses the title Lord with one’s given name, one is laying claim to being the son of a duke or marquess. Most folk are unaware of this technicality.

I think, Mike, you refer to hereditary peers, various titles can (and were by the last UK government) be bestowed as life peerages. But you are right, this clown cannot assume the title "Lord" from this scam.

**Mike_Oettle** · 29th May 14, 12:10 PM

I am well aware, WillowEstate, that most (all?) of the peers sitting in the House of Lords nowadays are life peers. However the rule about using “Lord” with the given name is not applicable to them. They are entitled only to style themselves as Lord X, X being the title adopted on being created a peer.
That said, many of these folk are ignorant of the rules, and gaily refer to themselves as Lord John X or Lady Jane X.
The style of “Lord” plus the given name is, according to Debrett’s, only applicable to the sons of dukes and marquesses, and to the eldest sons of earls. But since an earl almost invariably has a secondary title, which is used by his eldest son as a courtesy title, this application of the rule is a dead letter.
Women have a bit more leeway, since all of an earl’s daughters (and the daughters of dukes and marquesses) style themselves “Lady” plus the given name. They also get to keep the style when they marry, adding their husband’s surname at the end. The exception here is that when a Lady X marries the holder of a peerage title (a life peerage or a hereditary one), she will drop her first name and use her husband’s title after Lady.
Regards,
Mike

**Jack Daw** · 30th May 14, 10:50 AM

Morgan Spurlock is an American humorist and documentary filmmaker. This is to poke fun. McClef makes a tip-off reference to his doc, "Supersize Me," which covered how your health would be damaged on a steady diet of McDonald's fast-food.

**McClef** · 30th May 14, 12:30 PM

This has also been debunked, I hasten to add as they actually tried to replicate the results that Spurlock claimed and could not.

So perhaps in both cases it's more a case of Morgan Spurious?

**TheOfficialBren** · 30th May 14, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

This has also been debunked, I hasten to add as they actually tried to replicate the results that Spurlock claimed and could not.

So perhaps in both cases it's more a case of Morgan Spurious?

ZING!!!

Give that man a Starbucks card for first prize!

**McClef** · 30th May 14, 12:47 PM

**Jack Daw** · 3rd June 14, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

This has also been debunked, I hasten to add as they actually tried to replicate the results that Spurlock claimed and could not.

So perhaps in both cases it's more a case of Morgan Spurious?

I watched "Supersize Me", which seemed more exaggerated, than debunked, primarily because of the doctors' ridiculous reports. Regardless, I wouldn't eat that junk on a regular basis.