Has he got his K yet?

As the New Year's honours list has just been published, it's worth telling the story of the Order of St Michael and St George, which is traditionally used to reward top civil servants for their good(?) work.  It comes in three ascending flavours - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Knight Commander of the Order... (KCMG) and Knight Grand Cross of the Order... (GCMG).  Within the lower echelons of the civil service - below stairs, as it were - CMG is referred to as "Call me God", KCMG as "Kindly call me God" and GCMG as "God calls me God".  You may have heard this in an episode of the TV comedy "Yes, Minister" but it didn't originate there - I can attest to it being in currency many years before that.