Today, April 23rd, is the Patron Saint of Englands Day.
Do I see any flags flying?
Not a fucking one.
It’s got to the stage where Englishmen and women are told that to fly our flag may cause offence to others. Well fuck 'em I say, my flag is gonna be hanging out the window and there are a couple that I can attach to my car.
If “they” want to be offended that’s tough titty
I never forget St. George’s day, as it is also my wedding anniversary. I cunningly chose a date that would be easy for me to remember. So tonight I will be celebrating in the typically English style of a chinese meal and a bottle of wine.
I don’t think I even have a flag to fly. Why should I? What attribute of the world would become better if I did?
If you want to fly a flag, and it makes you happy, then that’s good, I guess.
You traitor you!!
The only way to celebrate in typical English style is with a kebab
Mangetout: I’m not out to change or better the world, I’m out to fly the flag of my country
OK… whatever floats your boat.
I’m flying the flag!
Move to Yorkshire?
Are you mad sir?
Well, I am from Yorkshire myself, so I may have a slight bias.
Yet you support Bolton?
Strange people these Tykes innit?
In a nutshell, I grew up in a Rugby League town so I never had a footie team as a boy, and indeed had no interest in footie. When I moved to Bolton through work, I got into it and chose to support the local side rather than going Man Ure or Liverpool, Arsenal etc.
OK I forgive you.
On the other hand if you’d decided to support the rags…
Or you could do as they do in Catalonia: exchange gifts of roses and books.
Hey, that isn’t a half bad idea. goes and sees what he can find on http://www.littlesistersbookstore.com/books.asp for that cute boy in Winnipeg
Obligatory YouTube videos of Henry V.
And the EU want to do away with England.
I respectfully suggest you turn the volume up and listen to this song, pay particular attention to the words in the last verse. (the slower loading live version is here about 35 seconds in.)
We sang last night at a mass for the feast of St George. It was organised by one of the priests at our parish, who’s English.
Did you sing “Karma Chameleon?” How about “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?”
Ooooooh. St. George.
There was a bit on NPR all about St George’s day today. My heritage is all British (there might be a Huegenot in there somewhere too)–Prostestant Irish, Scots (Highland) and English.
They had a woman on of Pakistani descent who was born in England and said she felt she was English but didn’t feel comfortable celebrating the day because of the “paranoia” out there*. (?). Also, she said she walks like an English woman does. What in hell does that mean? How do English women walk (I’ve been there–all I’ve seen is bipedal motion). How does it differ from a Pakistani walk?
And then I drove past my little Midwest town’s post office and there’s a guy out front handing out leaflets with a table that says, “STOP THE BRITISH FOOD RIP OFF”
WTH does that mean? (here in the Midwest, we’re not known for our English immigrants–German, Dutch, and hodgepodge, but not English).
*apparently some football hooligans (love that word) have co-opted the flag for nefarious purposes?
We sang the proper mass for the feast day, Protexisti, and Palestrina’s Missa Brevis.
Hey, I love flags. I’ll fly the St. George flag here in L.A. if I can find one.