# Happy St Georges Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606 "2004-04-23T11:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/1 "2004-04-23T11:48:11Z")
It is today isn’t it? Or are we farting around with it again like last year? Anyways, who’s got the dragons and the beer? RAR! ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/2 "2004-04-23T12:34:21Z")
Yes it is today. Happy St. George’s Day everyone, time to get down the pub for a pint of Spitfire! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/3 "2004-04-23T13:02:20Z")
And properly flagged by Google, although only on the U.K. website. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/4 "2004-04-23T13:18:50Z")
i will be down the local toasting the ol’ dragon-slayer and singing Jerusalem at the top of my voice by the end of the night 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/5 "2004-04-23T13:21:33Z")
Please, won’t someone think of the **dragons**. I’m sure they must be a protected endangered species. Have a fun day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/6 "2004-04-23T13:39:13Z")
> [@garius](#): > > i will be down the local toasting the ol’ dragon-slayer and singing Jerusalem at the top of my voice by the end of the night 😃 I’ll start the singing now: _The mountain air is clear as wine And the scent of pines Is carried on the breeze of twilight With the sound of bells. And in the slumber of tree and stone Captured in her dream The city that sits solitary And in its midst is a wall._ (Chorus) _Jerusalem, City of Gold City of Brass, City of Light, For every song plucked from your strings I am the harp._ (Stanza translation from [Zemerl](http://campuscgi.princeton.edu/~klez/zemerl/show.pl?title=Yerushalayim+Shel+Zahav), chorus translation is my own.) ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/7 "2004-04-23T13:48:05Z")
nah boss - the [William Blake](http://www.footballchants.org/viewChants.php?divs=X0&teams=109&let=J) jobby. And did those feet in ancient times, Walk upon England’s mountains green? etc. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BIH\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@BIH\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BIH_Boy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/8 "2004-04-23T14:25:45Z")
Why are you pretending that anyone in england actually gives a rats ass about St George’s day. Leave the praising of mythologised characters to Christmas and Easter. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/9 "2004-04-23T14:57:10Z")
I’ll be celebrating! it’s my brothers ( **stevoberserker** ) birthday today. we’re off for big pints tonight. although aside from that, I couldn’t care less about St George. Dragons rule though. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/10 "2004-04-23T15:17:18Z")
> [@BIH Boy](#): > > Why are you pretending that anyone in england actually gives a rats ass about St George’s day. > > Leave the praising of mythologised characters to Christmas and Easter. Mate, its not about the Scale-hunter really, its just a nice excuse to get a wee bit patriotic and have a good drink with your mates. Do you object to the Irish celebrating St Paddy’s day too? It’s the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![BIH\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@BIH\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BIH_Boy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/11 "2004-04-23T15:38:57Z")
> [@garius](#): > > Mate, its not about the Scale-hunter really, its just a nice excuse to get a wee bit patriotic and have a good drink with your mates. > > Do you object to the Irish celebrating St Paddy’s day too? It’s the same thing. I don’t object to the Irish celebrating St Patricks, I just think that us “mainlanders” are above all that nonsense. Anyway, a recent survey says that most English peoples patriotism is to the Union Flag first. Although a worrying 3% of Brits said it was for the EU flag. Anyway - enjoy your night. ---
**Author:** ![BIH\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@BIH\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BIH_Boy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/12 "2004-04-23T15:41:00Z")
Anyway - twice in about 3 sentences. I need a thesaurus! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/13 "2004-04-23T15:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=BIH Boy] I don’t object to the Irish celebrating St Patricks, I just think that us “mainlanders” are above all that nonsense…QUOTE] “mainlanders”…? 😕 Still I reckon you lot might as well use any excuse for a party. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/14 "2004-04-23T16:05:48Z")
We need excuses to go out drinking now? who knew…? 1/2 hour to go before I can get right into my other full time job of destroying my liver. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/15 "2004-04-23T16:41:30Z")
Oh dear - it seems he is also the patron saint of syphilis. Oh, well, if you can’t be good, be careful! 🙂 > **[St George's Day](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/apr/23/netnotes.simonjeffery)** > > St George's Day is a time to celebrate the patron saint of England and syphilis, who survived almost as many murder attempts as Rasputin. Here's our guide to the best sites on the dragon-slaying hero. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/16 "2004-04-23T22:24:06Z")
> [@garius](#): > > nah boss - the [William Blake](http://www.footballchants.org/viewChants.php?divs=X0&teams=109&let=J) jobby. > > And did those feet in ancient times, > Walk upon England’s mountains green? > > etc. 😃 I sang some of that for my students last week (I was teaching a Blake poem). They looked at me strangely. 😉 Wonderful song though (I might be American but I am English at heart)… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-georges-day/241606/17 "2004-04-23T23:49:01Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > Oh dear - it seems he is also the patron saint of syphilis. Oh, well, if you can’t be good, be careful! 🙂 > > [St George's Day | | The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,477220,00.html) And also Herpes if i remember rightly. Makes sense i suppose. He was a soldier, and we all know what kind of things bored soldiers get up to… 😉