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1 hour ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

(I really could Google this) So St George was not a fictional character?

he was a middle eastern sell sword that never stepped foot in Britain.

 

he is also the patron saint for Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia

 

today is also Shakespeare's birth and death day so that is a much better reason to celebrate

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24 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Looks like something you’d see at a Free Tommeh rally.

Oh behave. This is what Pinhead was talking about, it's now automatically associated with weapons like Yaxley Lennon.

Again, it's all black or white. Like St George's Day and that flag and you're a card carrying EDL nutter. Grrr...

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2 minutes ago, Quark said:

Oh behave. This is what Pinhead was talking about, it's now automatically associated with weapons like Yaxley Lennon.

Again, it's all black or white. Like St George's Day and that flag and you're a card carrying EDL nutter. Grrr...

Sadly that’s the reality these days. Like it or not the idiots have nicked the iconography. Is it right? Of course not, but that’s the association now.

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2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Sadly that’s the reality these days. Like it or not the idiots have nicked the iconography. Is it right? Of course not, but that’s the association now.

So reclaiming it is a reasonable goal yes? Challenging but a goal nonetheless

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2 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Seems the English are a tad ambivalent to st george.  So how’s about Eavis day, a Friday in June. That would celebrate the greatest living Englishman and as-its a public holiday would mean you wouldn’t need annual leave for the Friday of the festival. 

Sounds legit :D

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3 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Seems the English are a tad ambivalent to st george.  So how’s about Eavis day, a Friday in June. That would celebrate the greatest living Englishman and as-its a public holiday would mean you wouldn’t need annual leave for the Friday of the festival. 

depends on who you work for .... asda have now included bank holidays as normal days ... if you want it off and are contracted it needs to come out of holiday entitlement 

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1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

depends on who you work for .... asda have now included bank holidays as normal days ... if you want it off and are contracted it needs to come out of holiday entitlement 

Yes, lots of folk who work on Sundays, Bank Holidays or whatever just seem to get flat rate these days - supposedly it's built into their contract, but that sounds sh*te if you're picking up the bad shifts.

As for a Saints day, let them keep it.  Seeing the way some folks in the US (especially TV, bars, restaurants) celebrate Paddy's day does not leave me feeling deprived in the slightest.

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4 minutes ago, mouserat said:

Realise this is off-topic but it's not actually St George's Day today - Church of England have confirmed you can't have saints days this close to Easter: 

good to see that religion is still running the country, when brexiters don't have it in their grip instead.

oh, the joys of being English. 

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