Unicorn Pursuivant

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I don’t read the Wall Street Journal a lot. I find the articles boring and I don’t agree with most of their politics. But the daily front page human interest story is, in fact, often of interest to this human, and occasionally I’ll come across a gem. Like today’s article on Scotland and unicorns, which introduced me to the best job title in the world.

Unicorn Pursuivant.

Yes, that is a real thing that a real human being calls himself. (The current Unicorn is named Liam Devlin). It’s “an ancient post that helps determine which families should be allowed to call themselves clans.”

Imagine. Someone asks you what you do for a living. You whip out your business card, and there it is, in black and white (or according to your preference, pink sparkles).* Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary*. Your companion reads the, wrinkles their brow, reads it again. Stares at you in amazement, and perhaps not a little bit of confusion.

Thank you, WSJ, for this priceless knowledge. You’ve made my day. Unicorn Pursuivant.

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He is an officer in “the Court of Lord Lyon”.

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What do his friends call him for short?

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That’s a pretty cool job title, but I’d still rather be the Planetary Protection Officer.

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Okay, you win.

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A colleague used to be in the British Army and he told me this story, a friend of his remained in service after he left and eventually had to decide if he wanted a ‘desk job’ or one that was more active, he had a lot of trouble choosing but eventually went with the desk job for the title only.

‘Master of War’.

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It would possibly be an overwhelming surplus of cool if Sergeant Max Fightmaster was also Master of War.

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Sounds about right :wink:

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President Harry Truman once said on a campaign swing through Pennsylvania that he thought this was the best governmental title in the country: http://www.pacourts.us/courts/superior-court/prothonotarys-addresses