England flags on your car.......
Discussion
iwantanalfa said:
Sums it up I think.
Most countries are proud of their flag. So, if we leave ours to 'chavs and casual racists' all we do is (further) diminish our reputation on the international stage.
el stovey said:
All over the world, people will be putting up dodgy cheapo nylon and plastic national flags, i'm not sure why in the U.K. it's something to be so sniffy about.
...You don't know?. Well, let me explain. You're in England, a nation with more snobs and pernicious tossers per sq ft than any other nation on the planet. Class ridden tossers that bemoan Zafiras with England flags despite the fact that most Zafiras are bought by families with kids; you know kids that think 'Hey! it's the world cup and my country is playing in it, Dad can we put a flag on the car' which seems to a kid to be an utterly innocent and logical thing to do, so Dad put's a flag on the car, his kids are happy, they'll follow their team, cheer, laugh and cry until the inevitable happens; but providing their team gave a good account of themselves, they'll have been proud to have the flag on the family mpv. And who knows?, one day they may grow up and want to represent their country in an activity of some kind or another, or be asked to go to a foreign field and die for it; but you will still find a cretin or another saying something like "Absolute pond life thing to do". Meanwhile we sit back and watch the multicoloured masses from around the world celebrate their teams in all kinds of ways; some sober, some extravagantly, but all Joyously, meanwhile back in humdrum, neighbourhood elitist schemers are making sure that nobody breaks the law of 'no self expression' unless it meets with approval by all the snide tossers who most likely wouldn't think twice of hosting anybody else's flag but their own.Edited by Police State on Friday 4th June 20:18
Why is it that in England you slaughter your national flag? And why are the people who 'fly the flag' instantly brandished Scum, Chav etc?
Something I always wondered, as there has always been a massive outcry against on PH when threads like these pop up.
Edit: Just read above posts. Got answer
(I need to stop posting on PH when I've had a few beers!)
Something I always wondered, as there has always been a massive outcry against on PH when threads like these pop up.
Edit: Just read above posts. Got answer
(I need to stop posting on PH when I've had a few beers!)Edited by PD9 on Friday 4th June 20:29
Police State said:
el stovey said:
All over the world, people will be putting up dodgy cheapo nylon and plastic national flags, i'm not sure why in the U.K. it's something to be so sniffy about.
...You don't know?. Well, let me explain. You're in England, a nation with more snobs and pernicious tossers per sq ft than any other nation on the planet. Class ridden tossers that bemoan Zafiras with England flags despite the fact that most Zafiras are bought by families with kids; you know kids that think 'Hey! it's the world cup and my country is playing in it, Dad can we put a flag on the car' which seems to a kid to be an utterly innocent and logical thing to do, so Dad put's a flag on the car, his kids are happy, they'll follow their team, cheer, laugh and cry until the inevitable happens; but providing their team gave a good account of themselves, they'll have been proud to have the flag on the family mpv. And who knows?, one day they may grow up and want to represent their country in an activity of some kind or another, or be asked to go to a foreign field and die for it; but you will still find a cretin or another saying something like "Absolute pond life thing to do". Meanwhile we sit back and watch the multicoloured masses from around the world celebrate their teams in all kinds of ways; some sober, some extravagantly, but all Joyously, meanwhile back in humdrum, neighbourhood elitist schemers are making sure that nobody breaks the law of 'no self expression' unless it meets with approval by all the snide tossers who most likely wouldn't think twice of hosting anybody else's flag but their own.
PD9 said:
Why is it that in England you slaughter your national flag? And why are the people who 'fly the flag' instantly brandished Scum, Chav etc?
Something I always wondered, as there has always been a massive outcry against on PH when threads like these pop up.
FWIW I permanently have a large Union Flag in the back window of my 4x4 - It's been there since I founded a GB team in my own sport, that went on to be World Champions 3 years later. So I am definitely not against National pride and the tasteful expression of it...Something I always wondered, as there has always been a massive outcry against on PH when threads like these pop up.
However, these cheap nasty tatty plastic s
tty things that are already littering some of the nicest bits of rural England (the very thing that keeps me in Britain) are exactly like the people that buy them - cheap! OK, so maybe I am a snob, but a single decent quality cloth flag would cost about the same as 20 cancer sticks and look as if you were proud to display it, instead of the football equivalent of wearing a 'kiss-me-quick' plastic hat on Blackpool beach...Went down a local street today, amd almost every house had the flags out including England bunting across the street, large flags on the front of houses, on cars etc.
Made me a bit envious that they were prepared to wear their hearts on their sleeves (or telegraph poles anyway) although our neighbour has a flag pole and flies the England or Yorkshire flag year round.
Made me a bit envious that they were prepared to wear their hearts on their sleeves (or telegraph poles anyway) although our neighbour has a flag pole and flies the England or Yorkshire flag year round.
Cock Womble 7 said:
el stovey said:
What a bunch of po-faced spoilsports.
It's the first world cup in decades that England could actually win. What's wrong with people decorating their cars with flags? If you went abroad and saw the locals doing this you'd probably think it looked great.
Just enjoy it.
fIt's the first world cup in decades that England could actually win. What's wrong with people decorating their cars with flags? If you went abroad and saw the locals doing this you'd probably think it looked great.
Just enjoy it.
k right off.It is the very epitome of chavdom. It is the worst kind of band-wagon jumping ever seen. Our proud flag has been hi-jacked by shirtless hooligans in order to "support" their national team. Or, more probably, to give them an excuse to get pissed, shout in the street and indulge in some vandalism and/or fighting.
I agree, chavs!
Glocko said:
Ayahuasca said:
Flags on your car chavvy?
Don't think so.
Even if this one is upside-down.
[pedant mode] It needs flipping horizontally as opposed to vertically![/pedant mode]Don't think so.
Even if this one is upside-down.
The point is that some people DON'T LIKE FOOTBALL and hence couldn't give a monkeys about the world cup.Forced upon them is endless speculation of how this country will do in the competition,who has won what game or not,what the tactics will be,who has been injured,who is playing in what position,how is the manager doing...AAAAAAArrg and now cars with cheap plastic flags on them that fall off and litter the countryside.It's just TOO MUCH time devoted to a fking game.
I despair.
king game.I despair.
goldblum said:
The point is that some people DON'T LIKE FOOTBALL and hence couldn't give a monkeys about the world cup.
I'd suggest it's more than 'some' people, it's probably 'most' people have no interest in football or the World Cup despite the media insisting we all behave otherwise.However, I wouldn't object to a small, quality, cotton flag on my car. But it would have to be mounted on the forward end of the bonnet - embassy style. I'd never do it though, because then people would assume I like football and expect me to know every detail of every game since 1750.
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