One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 5

[21st Century Man]

You're Emily Thornberry aren't you?

[Jordie Barretts sock]

I've got five canvases across a wall in my lounge that make up the NZ flag. I see nothing wrong with it at all. All my visitors are complimentary too.

I don't get why you Brits are so hung up about being British. "Ooh! No! Can't be too proud of my flag or my country."

All a bit sad if you ask me.

[LR90]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

I've got five canvases across a wall in my lounge that make up the NZ flag. I see nothing wrong with it at all. All my visitors are complimentary too.

I don't get why you Brits are so hung up about being British. "Ooh! No! Can't be too proud of my flag or my country."

All a bit sad if you ask me.

I see nothing wrong with that either. Sounds great.

I’ll repeat, for the hard of thinking:

I have no issues with flags. No issues with being British. I’m happy for people being proud of their country. Good for them - there’s plenty to be proud about.

The title of this thread is “One single thing that makes you think ‘knob’”. Flagpoles in gardens are one of those for me, based on previous experience.

It’s an unfair generalisation, perhaps, but we all have our prejudices, and that’s what this thread’s about, surely?

It’s amusing to see how many flag-waving snowflakes have got their knickers in a twist over this tbh.

[Roger Irrelevant]

LR90 said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

I've got five canvases across a wall in my lounge that make up the NZ flag. I see nothing wrong with it at all. All my visitors are complimentary too.

I don't get why you Brits are so hung up about being British. "Ooh! No! Can't be too proud of my flag or my country."

All a bit sad if you ask me.

I see nothing wrong with that either. Sounds great.

I’ll repeat, for the hard of thinking:

I have no issues with flags. No issues with being British. I’m happy for people being proud of their country. Good for them - there’s plenty to be proud about.

The title of this thread is “One single thing that makes you think ‘knob’”. Flagpoles in gardens are one of those for me, based on previous experience.

It’s an unfair generalisation, perhaps, but we all have our prejudices, and that’s what this thread’s about, surely?

It’s amusing to see how many flag-waving snowflakes have got their knickers in a twist over this tbh.

I am able to read and understand what you said, and I agree with every word. For some reason people are reading 'I think anybody with a flagpole in their garden is a knob' as 'I think anybody who ever displays or likes any sort of flag anywhere, ever, is a knob'. Actually I might be a bit more moderate than you - I wouldn't necessarily think that somebody with a flagpole in their garden is a knob but I would assume they're a tiresome weirdo.

[donkmeister]

There's someone near my FIL who has a flagpole and clearly enjoys flags. Often it's linked to current affairs (eg it was flying the Ukrainian flag when Russia invaded, and flies the Irish tricolour when it's St Patrick's Day).

Sometimes he's flying a flag and I have to look up what it is - I actually learned what the Bedfordshire flag looks like from his flagpole!

I think it's odd that as a nation we seem to have allowed casual flying of our flag to be associated with flat roof pub XL Bulldog enthusiasts, whilst simultaneously feeling the need to let people express themselves through other people's flags. It's very odd indeed.

[HTP99]

Odd thing earlier on my way in to work.

I was coming off the A3 at Painshill, a car transporter and a car ahead of me, the lights were red so they were stationary, I was just coasting up to the back of them, the woman behind started beeping and gesticulating through her windscreen towards me, haven't a clue what her issue was, I stopped behind the car stationary car ahead of me, she started beeping again and gave a really sarcastic thumbs up and face as if to say "there you go, look what you've done, told you"

Really odd, it's not as if any progress could have been made, maybe it's because I didn't steam up at full pelt, slamming my brakes on at the last moment, which TBH many people do actually do.

[biggbn]

HTP99 said:

Odd thing earlier on my way in to work.

I was coming off the A3 at Painshill, a car transporter and a car ahead of me, the lights were red so they were stationary, I was just coasting up to the back of them, the woman behind started beeping and gesticulating through her windscreen towards me, haven't a clue what her issue was, I stopped behind the car stationary car ahead of me, she started beeping again and gave a really sarcastic thumbs up and face as if to say "there you go, look what you've done, told you"

Really odd, it's not as if any progress could have been made, maybe it's because I didn't steam up at full pelt, slamming my brakes on at the last moment, which TBH many people do actually do.

Haven't you been paying attention? You must drive at the posted limit at all times or you ARE the problem.

[LR90]

donkmeister said:

There's someone near my FIL who has a flagpole and clearly enjoys flags. Often it's linked to current affairs (eg it was flying the Ukrainian flag when Russia invaded, and flies the Irish tricolour when it's St Patrick's Day).

Sometimes he's flying a flag and I have to look up what it is - I actually learned what the Bedfordshire flag looks like from his flagpole!

I think it's odd that as a nation we seem to have allowed casual flying of our flag to be associated with flat roof pub XL Bulldog enthusiasts, whilst simultaneously feeling the need to let people express themselves through other people's flags. It's very odd indeed.

I don’t think it’s that we’ve ‘allowed’ flag-flying to be associated with these types of people, it’s that they’re the ones more likely to be flying it.

If you see the Union Jack flying above a pub, there’s a higher than average probability it will be a st flat-roof pub. I don’t think many would disagree with me on this, surely? There’s nothing wrong with the flag-flying in itself.

It’s the same with people who fly their flags in their gardens. Not all of them are knobs, obviously, but - and be honest - would you genuinely not think twice about buying a house next door to a chap who has a fifty-foot flagpole with a St George’s Cross on it in his front garden?

It is a shame, I suppose, that many of us (myself included) associate flying the flag with this stigma, but perhaps if more of us actually flew it ourselves, this would disappear.

[Glenn63]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

I've got five canvases across a wall in my lounge that make up the NZ flag. I see nothing wrong with it at all. All my visitors are complimentary too.

I don't get why you Brits are so hung up about being British. "Ooh! No! Can't be too proud of my flag or my country."

All a bit sad if you ask me.

Because it’s ‘racist’ now. If you have only an England flag then that must mean you hate all other countries who’s flag you’re not displaying.

[Blown2CV]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

I've got five canvases across a wall in my lounge that make up the NZ flag. I see nothing wrong with it at all. All my visitors are complimentary too.

I don't get why you Brits are so hung up about being British. "Ooh! No! Can't be too proud of my flag or my country."

All a bit sad if you ask me.

because unfortunately the flags in the UK have over time come to be more associated with far right groups than with the country.

what is more sad is that there seems to be no other option if you want to be proud of being british than joining the far right. Everyone else seems to be just meek, guilt-ridden, apologetic, ashamed, because this is what we've been battered over the last 30 years into believing this is what we need and deserve to be.

It comes out of the aftermath of colonial domination of the world i guess. People in other countries probably can't be expected to understand that.

[Sycamore]

Knob in a chavved up M135i revving the tits off of it in stationary traffic with the customary pop pop bang bangs, while leaning out his window recording it on his phone, presumably to put it onto Instagram or Tik Tok or to wk off to when he gets home.

Come to think of it, any sporty/quick hatchback ever falls into the knob category for me. Confirmation bias

[swisstoni]

Blown2CV said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

I've got five canvases across a wall in my lounge that make up the NZ flag. I see nothing wrong with it at all. All my visitors are complimentary too.

I don't get why you Brits are so hung up about being British. "Ooh! No! Can't be too proud of my flag or my country."

All a bit sad if you ask me.

because unfortunately the flags in the UK have over time come to be more associated with far right groups than with the country.

what is more sad is that there seems to be no other option if you want to be proud of being british than joining the far right. Everyone else seems to be just meek, guilt-ridden, apologetic, ashamed, because this is what we've been battered over the last 30 years into believing this is what we need and deserve to be.

It comes out of the aftermath of colonial domination of the world i guess. People in other countries probably can't be expected to understand that.

Yes there seems to have been a generation brought up with shame for their country and, in turn, themselves.
Now they have grown up and some are occupying positions of power and influence.

I don’t think that is a natural state. Some sense of pride in oneself and homeland is a common trait seen around the world.
They will be replaced by generations with a more balanced view of their home and themselves.

[matchmaker]

Sycamore said:

Knob in a chavved up M135i revving the tits off of it in stationary traffic with the customary pop pop bang bangs, while leaning out his window recording it on his phone, presumably to put it onto Instagram or Tik Tok or to wk off to when he gets home.

Come to think of it, any sporty/quick hatchback ever falls into the knob category for me. Confirmation bias

I have a big grey Skoda. It is a barge. It has heated leather sofas for seats. It's a 285bhp quick hatchback. So I'm a knob?

[Sycamore]

matchmaker said:

Sycamore said:

Knob in a chavved up M135i revving the tits off of it in stationary traffic with the customary pop pop bang bangs, while leaning out his window recording it on his phone, presumably to put it onto Instagram or Tik Tok or to wk off to when he gets home.

Come to think of it, any sporty/quick hatchback ever falls into the knob category for me. Confirmation bias

I have a big grey Skoda. It is a barge. It has heated leather sofas for seats. It's a 285bhp quick hatchback. So I'm a knob?

For getting upset at a comment on the internet, maybe.

But it was more so intended at the Audi RS/Golf R/M1234567i crowd - I'll add a NOT SKODAS disclaimer next time

[Roger Irrelevant]

swisstoni said:

Blown2CV said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

I've got five canvases across a wall in my lounge that make up the NZ flag. I see nothing wrong with it at all. All my visitors are complimentary too.

I don't get why you Brits are so hung up about being British. "Ooh! No! Can't be too proud of my flag or my country."

All a bit sad if you ask me.

because unfortunately the flags in the UK have over time come to be more associated with far right groups than with the country.

what is more sad is that there seems to be no other option if you want to be proud of being british than joining the far right. Everyone else seems to be just meek, guilt-ridden, apologetic, ashamed, because this is what we've been battered over the last 30 years into believing this is what we need and deserve to be.

It comes out of the aftermath of colonial domination of the world i guess. People in other countries probably can't be expected to understand that.

Yes there seems to have been a generation brought up with shame for their country and, in turn, themselves.
Now they have grown up and some are occupying positions of power and influence.

I don’t think that is a natural state. Some sense of pride in oneself and homeland is a common trait seen around the world.
They will be replaced by generations with a more balanced view of their home and themselves.

I think you're all tilting at windmills to a large extent. Though I must admit I find the concept of being 'proud' of being British a bit odd. I'm bloody glad to have been born British, I love living here, though it hasn't shown its best side in recent years I think our basic system of governance and our values are about right, I think anybody who says I should be 'ashamed' of being British is an idiot, and as an aside I find ex-pats who still feel the need to come on UK-based forums to whinge about how ste everything is in the UK to be the most boring people on the internet. However, me being British is not as a result of anything I've done and so I don't really get what there is to be 'proud' of. If I happened to have been born in France I daresay I'd be being browbeaten for not being 'proud' for being French. It's a bit like religion in a way - which gang you're in almost always depends on an accident of birth, and the fact that there are so many different ones all saying that they're special leads me to think the whole concept is nonsense.

The fact that the British don't generally feel the need to go in for flag-waving fiestas or go out of their way to show how they think that the UK is the bestest country in the world speaks more of a quiet confidence and maturity IMO.

[LR90]

Roger Irrelevant said:

I think you're all tilting at windmills to a large extent. Though I must admit I find the concept of being 'proud' of being British a bit odd. I'm bloody glad to have been born British, I love living here, though it hasn't shown its best side in recent years I think our basic system of governance and our values are about right, I think anybody who says I should be 'ashamed' of being British is an idiot, and as an aside I find ex-pats who still feel the need to come on UK-based forums to whinge about how ste everything is in the UK to be the most boring people on the internet. However, me being British is not as a result of anything I've done and so I don't really get what there is to be 'proud' of. If I happened to have been born in France I daresay I'd be being browbeaten for not being 'proud' for being French. It's a bit like religion in a way - which gang you're in almost always depends on an accident of birth, and the fact that there are so many different ones all saying that they're special leads me to think the whole concept is nonsense.

The fact that the British don't generally feel the need to go in for flag-waving fiestas or go out of their way to show how they think that the UK is the bestest country in the world speaks more of a quiet confidence and maturity IMO.

100% agree with all of this. Finally, some sanity - I thought I’d accidentally posted in the Daily Mail comments section for a second.

Your final paragraph sums it up nicely imho.

[Tommo87]

Roger Irrelevant said:

swisstoni said:

Blown2CV said:

Jordie Barretts sock said:

I've got five canvases across a wall in my lounge that make up the NZ flag. I see nothing wrong with it at all. All my visitors are complimentary too.

I don't get why you Brits are so hung up about being British. "Ooh! No! Can't be too proud of my flag or my country."

All a bit sad if you ask me.

because unfortunately the flags in the UK have over time come to be more associated with far right groups than with the country.

what is more sad is that there seems to be no other option if you want to be proud of being british than joining the far right. Everyone else seems to be just meek, guilt-ridden, apologetic, ashamed, because this is what we've been battered over the last 30 years into believing this is what we need and deserve to be.

It comes out of the aftermath of colonial domination of the world i guess. People in other countries probably can't be expected to understand that.

Yes there seems to have been a generation brought up with shame for their country and, in turn, themselves.
Now they have grown up and some are occupying positions of power and influence.

I don’t think that is a natural state. Some sense of pride in oneself and homeland is a common trait seen around the world.
They will be replaced by generations with a more balanced view of their home and themselves.

I think you're all tilting at windmills to a large extent. Though I must admit I find the concept of being 'proud' of being British a bit odd. I'm bloody glad to have been born British, I love living here, though it hasn't shown its best side in recent years I think our basic system of governance and our values are about right, I think anybody who says I should be 'ashamed' of being British is an idiot, and as an aside I find ex-pats who still feel the need to come on UK-based forums to whinge about how ste everything is in the UK to be the most boring people on the internet. However, me being British is not as a result of anything I've done and so I don't really get what there is to be 'proud' of. If I happened to have been born in France I daresay I'd be being browbeaten for not being 'proud' for being French. It's a bit like religion in a way - which gang you're in almost always depends on an accident of birth, and the fact that there are so many different ones all saying that they're special leads me to think the whole concept is nonsense.

The fact that the British don't generally feel the need to go in for flag-waving fiestas or go out of their way to show how they think that the UK is the bestest country in the world speaks more of a quiet confidence and maturity IMO.

I don’t own a flag or fly one, but whenever I see someone on social media having a moan and suggesting some sort of racial bias without looking any further into the person concerned , then that…. 100% makes me think knob at the very least.

I think some people just get a power trip out of it, irrespective of how moronic they look.

[donkmeister]

Roger Irrelevant said:

The fact that the British don't generally feel the need to go in for flag-waving fiestas or go out of their way to show how they think that the UK is the bestest country in the world speaks more of a quiet confidence and maturity IMO.

Agreed. Foreigners are overly excitable and jingoistic, and our humility is why the British are best.

[Unreal]

donkmeister said:

Roger Irrelevant said:

The fact that the British don't generally feel the need to go in for flag-waving fiestas or go out of their way to show how they think that the UK is the bestest country in the world speaks more of a quiet confidence and maturity IMO.

Agreed. Foreigners are overly excitable and jingoistic, and our humility is why the British are best.

We (English anyway ) have a quite a good record in terms of beating up other countries in conflicts, with or without our mates. I'm sure that contributes to the quiet confidence and maturity aka staggering arrogance and superiority complex.

[Deranged Rover]

Glenn63 said:

Because it’s ‘racist’ now. If you have only an England flag then that must mean you hate all other countries who’s flag you’re not displaying.

Or it's football. A chap I know is married to a woman, who to put it bluntly, is a proud member of the lower classes. She's also a big football fan and a huge St. George cross flag appears on the front of her house whenever Eng-er-land are briefly appearing in a major tournament before being knocked out.

A few years back, I asked if she'd be flying it on April 23rd. Predictably, her initial response was a completely blank look but, after I explained about St. George's Day, I received the reply "Nah, its a flag for football, innit?"