Reply to: St Georges Day .. tomorrow !!!

[HairyArsedBloke]

I was just about to do my duty when I realised that I had a Guinness shirt on.

[BrilloPad]

But handy for a day off work and a piss up... unless you are English of course.

You lot have no sense of National Pride - actually it's hard for you to have pride in the flag and all that malarkey - the hooligans have made sure of that.

I am wearing my England football shirt to clientco tomorrow. Anyone who calls me a hooligan will get a shoeing. That will put em straight.

[Platypus]

cantankerous Englishmen who break up the United Kingdom.

The sooner the better - it seems to me that most scots and many welsh don't want the union. It's retained these days to get labour voted into power.

[Cyberman]

Not just our patron saint.

Also, please remember that St George didn't slay a dragon and never set foot on English soil.

Hth.

Churchill
Kt T

I really don't care to be honest. It's a good excuse for a few beers with my mates, and I'll settle for that.

[Churchill]

I will be meeting up with a load of friends tomorrow evening in a village pub for a few pints of real ale. If the weather remains like this it will be a truly memorable occasion.

I hope everybody else is going to celebrate our patron saints day, regardless of your nationality !!!!

Not just our patron saint.

Also, please remember that St George didn't slay a dragon and never set foot on English soil.

Hth.

Churchill
Kt T

[expat]

But handy for a day off work and a piss up... unless you are English of course.

You lot have no sense of National Pride - actually it's hard for you to have pride in the flag and all that malarkey - the hooligans have made sure of that.

The first problem for the English is that the rest of us celebrate our particular national identity by contrast with Britain (whether we love Britain or not). The English can't do that because, in the main, they have no sense of a difference between England and Britain. That is precisely what has always irritated the rest of us when they say England for Britain. Nowadays most right-minded English people put some effort into not making that howler, but they are stymied because they really can't tell the difference.

The second problem is that as soon as they really learn to tell the difference, they will feel English as distinct from British, and at that moment Britain is finished. It will not be rebellious Scots but cantankerous Englishmen who break up the United Kingdom.

At the moment, most of you don't believe that, don't understand it, or don't care. I'll remind you that I told you so when it comes about.

[Moscow Mule]

The whole Patron Saint thing is a load of old outdated catholic b*ll*cks.

I quite like the whole Eastern European "Name Day" thing. It's a bit like having two birthdays.

Also means that people with stupid names only get one day...

[cailin maith]

The whole Patron Saint thing is a load of old outdated catholic b*ll*cks.

But handy for a day off work and a piss up... unless you are English of course.

You lot have no sense of National Pride - actually it's hard for you to have pride in the flag and all that malarkey - the hooligans have made sure of that.

[Alf W]

The whole Patron Saint thing is a load of old outdated catholic b*ll*cks.

[darmstadt]

I believe that the patron saint of Germany, St. Boniface, is, or was, an Englishman

[Cyberman]

... and just in time to celebrate, HMG increase the cost of booze by 2% from tonight. What timing !!!!

[Pickle2]

Good idea. How about Prince Philip?

That would be so cool, but hes strictly another bubble, so no.

[BrilloPad]

Is it just me, or does anyone else St George is a bit of a crap patron saint?

I resent sharing this foreig dude with Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia, as well as the cities of Amersfoort, Beirut, Bteghrine, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana, Gozo, Pomorie, Qormi, Lod and Moscow!

Why cant we juist have some decent englishy chappy and keep him all to ourselves?

Good idea. How about Prince Philip?

[Pickle2]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think St George is a bit of a crap patron saint?

I resent sharing this foreig dude with Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia, as well as the cities of Amersfoort, Beirut, Bteghrine, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana, Gozo, Pomorie, Qormi, Lod and Moscow!

Why cant we juist have some decent english chappy and keep him all to ourselves?

[BrilloPad]

I intend to dress like a chav, annoy all the neigbours and mug a few old people.




But I will be wearing my England football shirt.