In late 2007, George performed with his own band at a Detroit-Festival, including a persona called Sir Nose.

" Sir Nose D ’ Voidoffunk " is a character with a Pinocchio-like nose, whose moniker is a play on the name " Cyrano de Bergerac ".

Sir Nose is an antagonist within P-Funk mythology, and first appears on the album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome by Parliament.

Starchild ’ s nemesis is Sir Nose D ’ Voidoffunk (" Sir Nose Devoid of Funk " from Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome, 1977 ).

Inspired by the single " The Pinocchio Theory " by Bootsy's Rubber Band, Sir Nose attempts to end the Funk because he is too cool to dance.

), Starchild causes Sir Nose to reach Funkentelechy, and find his Funky soul.

Sir Nose ’ s return ( along with ally Rumpofsteelskin ) is detailed on the Motor Booty Affair ( 1978 ).

Here, Sir Nose is too cool to dance or swim, but Mr. Wiggles and the good citizens of Atlantis ( a place where one can swim underwater without getting wet ) cause Sir Nose to dance the Aqua Boogie.

On Gloryhallastoopid ( 1979 ), Clinton flips the script on " Theme From The Black Hole " ( later sampled by Digital Underground for " Same Song ") and allows Sir Nose to win one battle by turning Starchild into a mule.

While gloating over his victory, Sir Nose alludes to multiple songs from Funkentelechy and Clones, mockingly referencing the scat singing from " Sir Nose " (" humdrum, twiddly-dee-dum Starchild!

Sir Nose ’ s machinations are undone three tracks later by the " Big Bang Theory ", which reveals that the Funk caused the creation of the universe, though the only legible clue is the ethereal backing vocal line, " So we the clones were designed.

Punch had a poem containing the words “ When Ivo comes back with the urn ” and when Ivo Bligh wiped out the defeat Lady Clarke, wife of Sir W. J. Clarke, who entertained the English so lavishly, found a little wooden urn, burnt a bail, put the ashes in the urn, and wrapping it in a red velvet bag, put it into her husband ’ s ( Ivo Bligh ’ s ) hands.

As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesop ’ s Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, and the romances of Sir Walter Scott.

Her Journal reveals her growing sophistication as a critic as well as the influence of her father ’ s friend the artist Sir John Everett Millais who recognised Beatrix ’ s talent of observation.

The museum ’ s first notable addition towards its collection of antiquities, since its foundation, was by Sir William Hamilton ( 1730 – 1803 ), British Ambassador to Naples, who sold his collection of Greek and Roman artefacts to the museum in 1784 together with a number of other antiquities and natural history specimens.

During the Anglo-French War ( 1627 – 1629 ), under Charles I, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton Island at Baleine, Nova Scotia and Alexander ’ s son, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling established the first incarnation of “ New Scotland ” at Port Royal.

Medieval sources referred to armour of this type simply as “ mail ”, however “ chain-mail ” has become a commonly-used, if incorrect neologism first attested in Sir Walter Scott ’ s 1822 novel The Fortunes of Nigel.

Later critics of the Baroque, such as Francesco Milizia and the English architect Sir John Soane, were particularly critical of Borromini ’ s work.

Sir John Tenniel ( Bayswater, London, 28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914 ) was a British illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist whose work was prominent during the second half of England ’ s 19th century.

As British public opinion was turned against Germany, Admiral Sir John Fisher twice – in 1904 and 1908 – proposed using Britain ’ s current naval superiority to ' Copenhagen ' the German fleet, that is, to launch preemptive strikes against the Kiel and Wilhelmshaven naval bases as the Royal Navy had done against the Danish navy in 1801 and 1807.

At the next elections in 2000, Sir Anerood Jugnauth ’ s MSM, in coalition with Paul Bérenger ’ s MMM was returned to power, with Sir Anerood Jugnauth appointed as Prime Minister.

The proposal written by James Matra under the supervision of Sir Joseph Banks for establishing a settlement in New South Wales, stated that Botany Bay was: “ no further than a fortnight from New Zealand, which is covered with timber even to the water ’ s edge.

Oxford's illicit congress with Anne Vavasour resulted in an intermittent series of street battles between the Knyvet clan, led by Anne's uncle, Sir Thomas Knyvet, and Oxford ’ s men.

Oates is reported as saying to Scott, " Sir, I ’ m afraid you ’ ll come to regret not taking my advice.

Many of his government ’ s reforms were due to his Minister for Justice, John Maddison, and Attorney-General Sir Kenneth McCaw, who initiated the establishment of the Law Reform Commission of New South Wales, the introduction of consumer laws, an ombudsman, legal aid, health labels on cigarette packs, breath-testing of drivers, limits on vehicle emissions, the liberalisation of liquor laws, and compensation for victims of violent crime.

In 1531, William Tyndale published An Answer unto Sir Thomas More ’ s Dialogue in response to More ’ s Dialogue Concerning Heresies.

Traité de legislation civile et pénale was published in 1802 and then later retranslated back into English by Hildreth as The Theory of Legislation, although by this time significant portions of Dumont ’ s work had already been retranslated and incorporated into Sir John Bowring's edition of Bentham's works, which was issued in parts between 1838 and 1843.

Nevile ’ s Court was completed in the late 17th century when the Wren Library, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was built.

Lacerda died within a few weeks of arriving at Kazembe ’ s but left a valuable journal which was carried back to Tete by his priest and which was later translated into English by the explorer Sir Richard Burton.

He had an unsuccessful love suit with Williamina Belsches of Fettercairn, who married Scott ´ s friend Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet.

Around the time of the marriage, Sir Michael ’ s nephew, barrister Robert Audley, welcomes back to England his old friend, George Talboys, who has returned after three years of gold prospecting in Australia.

He suggested offering half to Sir Edward, fearing lest `` he shall thinke it to good for us and procure it for himselfe, as he served us the last time ''.

This setback for Parliament in Cornwall, and the last major victory for the Royalists, was reversed by Sir Thomas Fairfax leading the New Model Army at or near Tresillian Bridge, close to Truro on 12 March 1645.

Sir Edmund Blackadder and his servant, Baldrick, are the last two men loyal to the defeated King Charles I of England ( played by Stephen Fry, portrayed as a soft-spoken, ineffective, slightly dim character, with the voice and mannerisms of Charles I's namesake, the current Prince of Wales ).

The character continued to appear over the next 250 years, appearing as Sir Christmas, Lord Christmas or Father Christmas, the last becoming the most common.

It was as the last character in Love for Love that Sir Joshua Reynolds painted his best portrait of her.

The advice given by the Cabinet is, in order to ensure the stability of government, typically binding ; both the Queen and her viceroy, however, may in exceptional circumstances invoke the reserve powers, which remain the Crown's final check against a ministry's abuse of power, this was last fully exercised in 1932, when Sir Philip Game dismissed Premier Jack Lang.

The last Governor, Sir John Shaw Rennie served as the first Governor-General until 27 August 1968.

Mauritius became a republic on 12 March 1992, with the last Governor General, Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, as interim President.

The last Governor-General, Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, became President under a transitional arrangement, before stepping down three months later in favour of Cassam Uteem, a former government minister.

After the British invasion following the killing of Sir Louis Cavagnari in 1879, Yaqub Khan, Yahya Khan and his sons, Princes Mohammad Yusuf Khan and Mohammad Asef Khan, were seized by the British and transferred under custody to the British Raj, where they forcibly remained until the two princes were invited back to Afghanistan by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan in the last year of his reign ( 1901 ).

Following the 1919 Nickle Resolution, however, it was against non-binding policy for the sovereign to grant such honorific titles to Canadians ; the last prime minister to be knighted was Sir Robert Borden, who was premier at the time the Nickle Resolution was debated in the House of Commons.

However, the household was a literate one, subscribing to three newspapers. They were strong Conservatives ; indeed one of the largest and last ships launched by the Bennett shipyard ( in 1869 ) was the Sir John A. Macdonald.

Askin's last intervention was to support his Minister for Lands, Thomas Lewis, in his bid to be Askin's successor instead of the Deputy Leader and Minister for Education, Sir Eric Willis.

... how early this basic truth was recognized by the sages of India, since it appears as the fundamental tenet of the Vedânta philosophy ascribed to Vyasa, is proved by Sir William Jones in the last of his essays: " On the Philosophy of the Asiatics " ( Asiatic Researches, vol.

On 1 August 1976, the country became a republic, and the last Governor-General, Sir Ellis Clarke, became the first President.

When trade is at stake, it is your last entrenchment ; you must defend it, or perish ... Sir, Spain knows the consequence of a war in America ; whoever gains, it must prove fatal to her ... is this any longer a nation?

Dale, having been recalled under criticism, writes A True Relation of the State of Virginia, Left by Sir Thomas Dale, Knight, in May last, 1616 in a successful effort to redeem his leadership.

* July 19 – Battle of Halidon Hill: Edward III defeats Sir Archibald Douglas, during the last of the Wars of Scottish Independence.

Through a package of constitutional reforms agreed to with the Nationalist opposition, Malta became a republic on 13 December 1974, with the last Governor-General, Sir Anthony Mamo, as its first President.

* Sir Provo Wallis ( 1791 – 1892 ) was the last Royal Navy officer.

It would prove to be his last ever game with United as Sir Alex Ferguson's patience had finally run out.

Sir Christopher Wren who died on Monday last in the 91st year of his age, was the only son of

The last major architect who admitted to being dependent on him was Sir Edwin Lutyens, who died in 1944.

The colony's third and last governor, Sir Arthur Kennedy oversaw the union of the two colonies in 1866.

Inside the Mausoleum itself are the remains of the last four sultans, Haji Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddin ( 1950 – 1967 ), who died in 1986, Ahmad Tajuddin Ibnu Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam ( 1924 – 1950 ), Muhammad Jamalul Alam Ibnu Sultan Hashim ( 1906 – 1924 ), and Hashim Jalilul Alam Putera Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin II ( 1885 – 1906 ).