Thursday quiz - who is this

[Moscow Mule]

At school he could call himself Sam.

Hmmm. Perhaps there is some persuading to do yet....

[EternalOptimist]

You only need the first name when addressing a knight.
<acceptance-speech>I wouldn't have been able to do this without Wikipedia, surely the only reference work that carries a full biography of a painted clothes peg. And DiscoStu of course, who actually got it first.</acceptance-speech>

But how come he was knighted in the 20s and again in 1948?

No, I could not accept the fat controller because it was against the rules.

I introduced some retrospective legislation because DS got it so fast. In fact in the USA , he can not be called the fat controller, he is always called sir Toppham. Because calling some one 'fat' is a major insult.

He was knighted twice because Burkes Peerage (2006) allows that 'fictional characters and animated , marionetted, or painted clothes pegs, are exempt from the rules governing the real world'

[mudskipper]

In fact in the USA , he can not be called the fat controller, because all the obese Americans wonder why they keep calling that little skinny guy fat.

FTFY

[thunderlizard]

And yet they don't mind calling people "retarded", which doesn't really wash over here.

[shaunbhoy]

IIn fact in the USA , he can not be called the fat controller, he is always called sir Toppham. Because calling some one 'fat' is a major insult.

What, worse than calling them "American"??