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Tezcatlipoca 23-04-2010 02:13
Happy Saint George's Day
 
OK, so he was born in Palestine, never came to England, & probably didn't kill any dragons... but he's still the Patron Saint of England & my fellow English CF members :)


So Happy Saint George's Day :)

Hiroki 23-04-2010 02:45
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Err never did understand this day last time I tried to do anything for the day I got informed that I was a racist for doing so...hey ho.

Might have a pint to celebrate this once great nation.

alferret 23-04-2010 06:49
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Having taken my confirmation name as George in honour of St George I take today as my 2nd official birthday. Therefore I am having a day off of work :D

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...ret/george.jpg

nomadking 23-04-2010 10:28
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
IIRC the Irish celebrate slavery ie the kidnapping and selling into slavery of St Patrick.

superbiatch 23-04-2010 10:34
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Happy St George's Day everyone - I shall be out tonight to celebrate with a tipple or two :D

Hugh 23-04-2010 10:41
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35006580)
IIRC the Irish celebrate slavery ie the kidnapping and selling into slavery of St Patrick.
You forgot the smiley....;)

nomadking 23-04-2010 10:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 35006586)
You forgot the smiley....;)
The source is Simon Schama in 'A History of Britain'.

Jon T 23-04-2010 10:59
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
I shall be having a few pints and a bite to eat tonight at one of the local pubs, they've got a St George's day beer festival.

Hugh 23-04-2010 11:01
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35006596)
The source is Simon Schama in 'A History of Britain'.
I was referring to the relevance, as at least St Patrick existed......;)

Peter_ 23-04-2010 12:07
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Woolly One 23-04-2010 13:18
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
According to a friend of mine, he is also Patron Saint of - Aragon, Catalonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Palestine, Germany and Greece. He's also the Patron Saint of the Scout movement, soldiers, archers, cavalrymen and chivarly, farmers and field workers, riders and saddlers, and helps those suffering from leprosy, plague and syphillis!

well that just about sums us English up!:)

Hugh 23-04-2010 13:53
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Whoever or whatever he is, I hope you all celebrate his day (and that's from a Scot).

Hiroki 23-04-2010 13:58
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Woolly One (Post 35006711)
According to a friend of mine, he is also Patron Saint of - Aragon, Catalonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Palestine, Germany and Greece. He's also the Patron Saint of the Scout movement, soldiers, archers, cavalrymen and chivarly, farmers and field workers, riders and saddlers, and helps those suffering from leprosy, plague and syphillis!

well that just about sums us English up!:)
Never knew that.....

NoKnowledge 23-04-2010 14:03
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Anybody seen any dragons? And dreams don't count

Tony. 23-04-2010 14:10
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by NoKnowledge (Post 35006734)
Anybody seen any dragons? And dreams don't count
I married one :shocked:

Good job she don't read this forum :angel:

Gary L 23-04-2010 14:15
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Happy BNP Day.
British N Proud! :)

Tony. 23-04-2010 14:19
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35006747)
Happy BNP Day.
British N Proud! :)
And here lies the main problem with anything English being hijacked by the Nazis :td:

No wonder many are too afraid to celebrate our national day :afire:

Gary L 23-04-2010 14:23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony. (Post 35006750)
And here lies the main problem with anything English being hijacked by the Nazis :td:

No wonder many are too afraid to celebrate our national day :afire:
I was listening to Jeremy Vine on the radio. I think some people are too afraid
to celebrate our national day through fear of offending others.

haven't seen many flags though.

peanut 23-04-2010 14:30
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I can't see how any one or nationality in the country can be offended by our national emblem. I went to Scotland and was quite envious of the way they are proud to fly their flag. And I expect that's the same in any country.... Apart from England that is.

If anyone oppose the England flag then they should be sent packing imo.

Gary L 23-04-2010 14:44
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peanut (Post 35006757)
I can't see how any one or nationality in the country can be offended by our national emblem. I went to Scotland and was quite envious of the way they are proud to fly their flag. And I expect that's the same in any country.... Apart from England that is.

If anyone oppose the England flag then they should be sent packing imo.
I think it's more to do with you're bringing the flag out on an occasion. and is probably seen as you're making a statement.
I think if we were to fly the flag all year through, then it wouldn't be seen as being so 'offensive' because they** would be used to seeing it.

They is all people of all races and religion. not one particular group FW.

Hugh 23-04-2010 16:21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35006747)
Happy BNP Day.
British N Proud! :)
Shouldn't that be BaP day? For pity's sake, if you can't speak the language properly, go back to where you came from...:D

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Quote:
Originally Posted by peanut (Post 35006757)
I can't see how any one or nationality in the country can be offended by our national emblem. I went to Scotland and was quite envious of the way they are proud to fly their flag. And I expect that's the same in any country.... Apart from England that is.

If anyone oppose the England flag then they should be sent packing imo.
Leeds Civic Hall were flying the Union Jack and the flag of St George yesterday, when I passed by, and again today.

Gary L 23-04-2010 16:28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 35006832)
Shouldn't that be BaP day? For pity's sake,
No, because it would offend the ladies and the obese people :)

Quote:
if you can't speak the language properly, go back to where you came from...:D
That'll be about 7 miles away :D

Hugh 23-04-2010 16:39
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Why would a soft bread roll offend the ladies and the obese people?

xpod 23-04-2010 17:06
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peanut (Post 35006757)
I can't see how any one or nationality in the country can be offended by our national emblem. I went to Scotland and was quite envious of the way they are proud to fly their flag. And I expect that's the same in any country.... Apart from England that is.

If anyone oppose the England flag then they should be sent packing imo.

I was only saying the other day how pleased i was to see all those Scottish Satires back in the sky now that the planes were up there criss crossing each others paths again. I`ve lived in London for over 10 years now so i`m always happy to see the Scottish Flag.....or even something that resembles the Scottish Flag.:)

As Scottish as i might be though i still root for England, or indeed any other home nation, when they play football, rugby & cricket etc...unless they were playing us lot of course, which is a rarity now-a-days anyway.
I actually love the English but it`s not as if i have a choice, two of my children were born down here.:D

Hugh 23-04-2010 17:59
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I wonder if the BNP's heads will explode when they find out St George, their proud symbol of all that is ethnically indigenous North European, was born in Palestine from a Turkish father and a Palestinian mother?:D

Damien 23-04-2010 18:08
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35006753)
I was listening to Jeremy Vine on the radio. I think some people are too afraid
to celebrate our national day through fear of offending others.

haven't seen many flags though.
If you attempt to tie British with British National Party then people will be offended. Not only because they are an affront to our country, but also because a lot of people are not considered British by them simply because of the colour of their skin.

TheDaddy 23-04-2010 18:15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony. (Post 35006750)
No wonder many are too afraid to celebrate our national day :afire:
No that's not it at all. Imo not celebrating is a very English thing to do, we just aren't interested in having a special day all of our very own, we'll leave that to the little nations with inferiority complexes.

Hiroki 23-04-2010 18:20
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Saw a few flags today on the local taxi's and on the t-shirts of the knuckle dragger's that were having a fight outside the pub......proud to be in Engerland :rolleyes:

Derek 23-04-2010 18:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 35006930)
I wonder if the BNP's heads will explode when they find out St George, their proud symbol of all that is ethnically indigenous North European, was born in Palestine from a Turkish father and a Palestinian mother?:D
Bloody foreigners, coming over here, being our patron saint... :erm:

Niles Crane 23-04-2010 18:44
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek S (Post 35006947)
Bloody foreigners, not coming over here, being our patron saint... :erm:
Corrected.

martyh 23-04-2010 20:09
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 35006930)
I wonder if the BNP's heads will explode when they find out St George, their proud symbol of all that is ethnically indigenous North European, was born in Palestine from a Turkish father and a Palestinian mother?:D

not quite but it didn't half make his eye twitch:D



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Peter_ 23-04-2010 20:38
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek S (Post 35006947)
Bloody foreigners, coming over here, being our patron saint... :erm:
Hey get your own foreign Patron Saint:D

Tezcatlipoca 23-04-2011 01:59
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
It's that time of year again...

Happy Saint George's Day :)

tosh mate 23-04-2011 02:01
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Happy Saint George's All :D

Russ 23-04-2011 02:20
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Happy racist day.





















Only joking :D

Gary L 23-04-2011 09:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35219950)
Only joking :D
No, you're not :D

If I didn't read it here, I'd never have known it was British N Proud day again.
how come it's kept such a secret?

Hugh 23-04-2011 09:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35220014)
No, you're not :D

If I didn't read it here, I'd never have known it was British N Proud day again.
how come it's kept such a secret?
You appear to be confusing the lack of ability to read a calendar with secrecy....;)

btw, St George is the patron saint of England (and many other countries/cities), not of Great Britain.

squealy 23-04-2011 10:09
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Happy St. George's Day.

Hugh 23-04-2011 10:12
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Point of information.

St George's Day is the 2nd of May in the Church calendar this year, as the normal date clashes with Easter.

The reason is that the Saturday between Christ's crucifixion and resurrection is a day of mourning and so cannot also be a feast day for a saint.

Gary L 23-04-2011 10:25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35220018)
You appear to be confusing the lack of ability to read a calendar with secrecy....;)
I don't usually read a calendar to find out if today or tomorrow is a 'special' day.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35220029)
Point of information.

St George's Day is the 2nd of May in the Church calendar this year, as the normal date clashes with Easter.

The reason is that the Saturday between Christ's crucifixion and resurrection is a day of mourning and so cannot also be a feast day for a saint.
Ridiculous. changing a date because something else clashes with it.
they'll look a bit odd celebrating it 2 weeks after everybody else.

Halcyon 23-04-2011 11:41
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Happy St Georges day everyone :)

Peter_ 23-04-2011 11:45
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http://giftchooser.co.uk/wp-content/...eorges-day.jpg

Chris 23-04-2011 12:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35220029)
Point of information.

St George's Day is the 2nd of May in the Church calendar this year, as the normal date clashes with Easter.

The reason is that the Saturday between Christ's crucifixion and resurrection is a day of mourning and so cannot also be a feast day for a saint.
Seeing as very few people will actually be feasting for the saint, and even fewer will be praying at him and hoping for his intervention in some crisis or other, I think that point of information is slightly moot. ;)

Still, how typically English to have a patron saint's day that's subject to delay or cancellation. :D

Now ... who thinks I should wrap myself in the flag and then go for a celebratory pint somewhere down Sauchiehall Street? :erm: :D

Derek 23-04-2011 12:21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35220089)
Now ... who thinks I should wrap myself in the flag and then go for a celebratory pint somewhere down Sauchiehall Street? :erm: :D
There was a guy in a full St. George get up doing parkrun at Pollok park today. He seemed to be chasing Scooby Doo for the run as well :spin:

Hugh 23-04-2011 12:45
Re: Happy Saint George's Day
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35220034)
I don't usually read a calendar to find out if today or tomorrow is a 'special' day.
Obviously not very special to you, then, if you can't remember it without being reminded....;)

btw, shouldn't it be ENP day?


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