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SM Sunset Mike Tiki Socialite Sunset Beach, California Joined: Jul 08, 2009 Posts: 555	SM Sunset Mike Posted posted on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 7:02 PM "Grand Poobah" as defined by Wikipedia Grand Poobah is a term derived from the name of the haughty character Pooh-Bah in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (1885).[1] In this comic opera, Pooh-Bah holds numerous exalted offices, including "First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral... Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor" and Lord High Everything Else. The name has come to be used as a mocking title for someone self-important or high-ranking and who either exhibits an inflated self-regard or who has limited authority while taking impressive titles.[2] The formal term for the practice of holding multiple offices is "dual mandate I wasn,t thinking of that when I horned the Ponderosa pine fella, but hey, I think it works! [ Edited by: Sunset Mike 2014-01-25 19:07 ] [ Edited by: Sunset Mike 2014-01-25 19:08 ]

"Grand Poobah" as defined by Wikipedia

Grand Poobah is a term derived from the name of the haughty character Pooh-Bah in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (1885).[1] In this comic opera, Pooh-Bah holds numerous exalted offices, including "First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral... Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor" and Lord High Everything Else. The name has come to be used as a mocking title for someone self-important or high-ranking and who either exhibits an inflated self-regard or who has limited authority while taking impressive titles.[2] The formal term for the practice of holding multiple offices is "dual mandate

I wasn,t thinking of that when I horned the Ponderosa pine fella, but hey, I think it works!

[ Edited by: Sunset Mike 2014-01-25 19:07 ]

[ Edited by: Sunset Mike 2014-01-25 19:08 ]

Post #705734 by Sunset Mike on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 7:02 PM