We’ve got a Labour Peer in Britain
called Lord Adonis (he’s currently making waves about the controversial high
speed rail link – the wrong sort of waves, in my opinion.)
Where the hell did he get a title like that? Surely it can’t
be his surname. Adonis? Nah.
Sounds a bit pretentious, doesn’t it? It suggests someone with
rippling muscles, gelled hair, and reeking of aftershave. I would google him if
I could be bothered.
(And why am I using ‘to google’ as a generic verb?)
4 comments:
Went to college with a guy named Prince who had a brother named Adonis and a sister named Electra. His mother must have stopped reading old myths before getting to the Electra part.
Life Peers usually take a title based on their surname and place of birth or residence. Laurence Olivier, for example, became Lord Olivier of Brighton. That suggests 'Adonis' must be this man's surname. Parents give kids all sorts of unusual forenames, but surnames in Britain are usually pretty stable. Maybe he's Greek.
Either Greek or exceedingly camp! We'll imagine shining pectorals but maybe he looks like a slug...
Being a Labour peer, I might give him the benefit of the doubt and allow the shining pecs (unless Blair gave him the peerage...)
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