Happy St. George day

[Mr.Tease]

What was the ethnicity of the dragon? 

[eFestivals]

10 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

Stolen by Nationalists, alternatively some see him as a symbol of multiculturalism.

not "stolen by nationalists".

A national symbol is always about nationalism.

[Bennykill]

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

Edited April 23, 2019 by Bennykill

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, Bennykill said:

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

 

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

Like one of these two?

[Bennykill]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Like one of these two?

he was the Jerome of the middle ages

[Hugh Jass]

33 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

What was the ethnicity of the dragon? 

Welsh. Which makes it okay to slay him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Apologies to the Welsh brethren)

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, guypjfreak said:

Christ almighty.

[eFestivals]

11 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Christ almighty.

vote brexit.

 

[Fingerbobs]

If we're going to have a patron saint of England it's St Edmund and not this George imposter. We could reinstate him and pick up where we left off in the 14th Century when he he was unceremoniously replaced.

[Hugh Jass]

17 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

vote brexit.

 

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

[Quark]

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...

[Hugh Jass]

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.

[Quark]

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

[Ayrshire Chris]

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. 

[Tuna]

1 minute ago, Quark said:

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

nah they can keep it

[Quark]

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

[Crazyfool01]

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 

[Ayrshire Chris]

3 minutes 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 

Bollocks to Asda 

[clarkete]

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.

[eFestivals]

17 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Sadly that’s the reality these days.

always. There's nowt new to flag waving.

 

[reallife]

Saint Patrick was English if that makes any difference at all

 

[mouserat]

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: 

 

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

Whether it’s saint Patrick, David, Andrew or George.  Did they actually exist? I reckon we all be celebrating myths?  As for the flag thing, the nationalists up here seem to have hi jacked the blue saltire as their symbolism.   

[eFestivals]

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. 

[fatyeti24]

6 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: 

 

 

Well that's that then. 

Everyone reconvene back here six days from now.