Happy St. George's Day Everyone,
Discussion
Here in Barcelona, we also celebrate St Georges day, but it's really a little like Valentines day. The men give hte ladies a rose and the ladies are supposed to give the men a book.
On my way to work, I passed at least 20 stalls selling roses in the mile it took me to get here, and I was told that half of all books sold in Barcelona are sold today (No evidence for this)
It seems St Jordi is more popular in Spain
On my way to work, I passed at least 20 stalls selling roses in the mile it took me to get here, and I was told that half of all books sold in Barcelona are sold today (No evidence for this)
It seems St Jordi is more popular in Spain
Galileo said:
Will nobody think of the Dragons?!!!
The last one, wondering along, minding it's own business, when..WHAM... straight through the heart with a chuffin great lance. Your extinct mate.
Probably stabbed him in the back too, Bloody foreigners.
We hide our red one's down the gower on st george's day but sshhhh don't tell them that!The last one, wondering along, minding it's own business, when..WHAM... straight through the heart with a chuffin great lance. Your extinct mate.
Probably stabbed him in the back too, Bloody foreigners.
Gaspode said:
I'm all up for the idea of having a 'Let's celebrate being English' day, I'm as patriotic as the next chap, but it does rankle with me a bit that we're supposed to celebrate some Palestinian who never came to England and whom we have to share with Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia. I wouldn't mind but he never even killed any bloody dragon, either.
Can't we even have our own English hero figurehead to celebrate an England day? I'd rather celebrate a King Arthur Day, myself.
You could always celebrate St. Edmund's Day on 20th November.Can't we even have our own English hero figurehead to celebrate an England day? I'd rather celebrate a King Arthur Day, myself.
madbadger said:
y2blade said:
funkyrobot said:
Hmmm.
St Patricks day - Radio 2 mentions this fact every 5 f
king minutes.
St Georges day - not a peep about this on Radio 2.
Maybe it doesn't fit into the BBC's agenda??
Happy St Georges day everyone!!!
it was on radio one earlierSt Patricks day - Radio 2 mentions this fact every 5 f
king minutes.St Georges day - not a peep about this on Radio 2.
Maybe it doesn't fit into the BBC's agenda??
Happy St Georges day everyone!!!
Chris Moyles said his bit about it
On St Patrick's day though I did hear that fact mentioned every 5 f
king minutes!Happy St George's Day.......... proud to be English.
She says sitting here listening to a German radio, typing on a Japanese laptop, planning to go out in an Italian car and drink Italian wine after a lunch from most likely the Pacific and I'm wearing clothes made in China!
That can't be right!
She says sitting here listening to a German radio, typing on a Japanese laptop, planning to go out in an Italian car and drink Italian wine after a lunch from most likely the Pacific and I'm wearing clothes made in China!
That can't be right!
Every year my local boozer organizes a little St George's Day parade. We march from the gates of RAF Northolt, down West End Road to The Bell. We have a little sing song (Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory) and a speech - this year given by the Mayor. Then we all drink beer, have a BBQ and the curry house next door lays on some 'traditional' English scoff. Hurrah!
The first year we did it I led the parade on a horse, in the worst ever St George chain mail outfit. Right up until the hoss went absolutely postal right outside Ruislip Gardens tube station, at which point I bailed out:
No politics. No nonsense. Just a lot of fun.
The first year we did it I led the parade on a horse, in the worst ever St George chain mail outfit. Right up until the hoss went absolutely postal right outside Ruislip Gardens tube station, at which point I bailed out:
No politics. No nonsense. Just a lot of fun.
RedexR said:
Amen... " For Harry, For England and St George, my home , this green and pleasant land!"
English and proud
I'm of 'immigrant stock' but celebrating nevertheless... with a bottle of English wine.
The winery is only over the road, and it makes sense (to me at least) to support a local business rather than throw money at the rest of the world.
The rosé is a tad pricey at £9.99, but it's delicious:
The winery is only over the road, and it makes sense (to me at least) to support a local business rather than throw money at the rest of the world.
The rosé is a tad pricey at £9.99, but it's delicious:
I haven't tried it since I moved north of the border ...
There was a good debate on LBC yesterday asking the question of why English people feel like it is wrong to fly, display or celebrate the flag of St George.
The majority of people who called in were saying that felt embarrassed in some way about the flag, and wouldn't wish to be associated with it. A few Scottish people phoned in to say they love flying the Saltire and cannot imagine being embarrassed in the way that English people are.
Personally, I don't mind the the Union flag, and quite like seeing it flying in the right places (context is everything) and it certainly looks resplendent when you see it hanging all the way down The Mall, and so on, but the St George cross? It's a no from me.
In my mind it has certain connotations attached to it, that I don't wish to be associated with. But thats my problem, not anyone else's.
The majority of people who called in were saying that felt embarrassed in some way about the flag, and wouldn't wish to be associated with it. A few Scottish people phoned in to say they love flying the Saltire and cannot imagine being embarrassed in the way that English people are.
Personally, I don't mind the the Union flag, and quite like seeing it flying in the right places (context is everything) and it certainly looks resplendent when you see it hanging all the way down The Mall, and so on, but the St George cross? It's a no from me.
In my mind it has certain connotations attached to it, that I don't wish to be associated with. But thats my problem, not anyone else's.
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