Knighted penguin promoted to brigadier by Norwegian King’s Guard

[shian]

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[quote]Standing in line for a special ceremony, uniformed soldiers of His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guard are carefully inspected — by a penguin.

Sir Nils Olav, a resident king penguin at Edinburgh Zoo, was honoured with the title of brigadier on Monday during a parade in the Scottish park. The bird is the mascot of His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guard and was made a knight in 2008.

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Under cloudy skies, Sir Nils Olav slowly made his way down the zoo’s Penguin Walk, ending his inspection with a cry and a scratch of his head. A zoo keeper then bestowed the honour on his wing.

The penguinial link between Edinburgh Zoo and Norway goes back to 1914 when a Norwegian family presented the zoo with king penguins.

In 1972, one of the zoo’s king penguins was named Nils Olav after Norwegian Major Nils Egelien, who arranged his adoption, and Norway’s then King Olav. Two others have shared the name since.[/quote]

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[editline]27th April 2017[/editline]

Bloody penguin has a higher rank than most folks

[Thelurker1234]

year old news tho

[shian]

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;52153441]year old news tho[/QUOTE]

Man, what the hell, it popped up on my fb feed as a news video from BBC

I fucked up

[MrJazzy]

This Penguin has achieved more in life than I ever will. And he did it years ago.

[ithon]

I remember this being posted, but I don't remember to joke I did.

[The bird Woman]

I'm a failure

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=shian;52153609]Man, what the hell, it popped up on my fb feed as a news video from BBC

I fucked up[/QUOTE]

I feel you man. I get downright paranoid and basically triple check the date before i post an article