according to wiki answers
it is something to do with extra honours. nice work, grandpa monty.

oooh, my friend has just called her new puppy monty!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 12:45, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I see. That's not too surprising, he was a fearsome general.
(my grandad, not your friend's dog)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 12:54, Reply)

wow
that's pretty cool. did you know him?

my grandad was only a lowly captain i think, my dad has his medals up in his study.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 12:57, Reply)

I only met him a handful of times.
He was an epic bigot who came out with the greatest racist non-sequitur of all time:

'The Chinese are turning Toronto into a miniature Lebanon'

?????
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:01, Reply)

that is marvellously random
he must have had some amazing tales to tell, though
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:05, Reply)

I stand to inherit some incredible heirlooms when my father pegs it,
including a silk map* of the Rhineland with his escape route inked in a dotted line, replete with massive bloodstain from where he had his throat cut. Also WW1 cavalry spurs from HIS father, I already have his whistle and a lovely dress sword.

*sewn into the lining of his coat
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:07, Reply)

holy shit, that's amazing
and also, who cut his throat??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:10, Reply)

Ze Germanss.
He escaped by killing the sentry who cut him*, then tied his socks round his neck to staunch the blood, and swam across the Rhine.

*he'd been parachuted in behind enemy lines, right into completely the wrong place, with German soldiers all over the place
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:12, Reply)

that is like something out of a movie
or rather something they base movies on, i guess.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:15, Reply)

It is, rather.
His own father was shot to ribbons in the early stages of WW1, having gone 'over the top' armed with nothing but a cane. He only survived because at that stage they still tried to save people who were shot to pieces - six months later he'd have been left where he fell, and I WOULD NOT NOW EXIST.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:17, Reply)

what a horrifying thought
for many reasons.

but especially the bit in caps.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:34, Reply)

I NO, RITE?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)

truly terrifying
AND then no mini-monty!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)