Balpin Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Precisely my feeling about the Welsh. I find it insane for them to hold a grudge for 800 or so years. Yet, they do. Snippy Mind you the French have never forgiven us for Agincourt, and that was in the 15th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mort Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Any further bickering will result in suspensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 You mean our Queen and George VI have been well behaved, before then they wernt well behaved at all. Edward VII was a Nazi in all but name. Umm - I think you meant Edward the Eighth - the seventh died in 1910... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Umm - I think you meant Edward the Eighth - the seventh died in 1910... Yes I do, well spotted. Top of the class, and give the pens out. Mind you he was a lad wasnt he, a lot of the bourgeoisie rivalry comes from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Saw a big English flag on a Harley bike in the California desert town of Blythe last Saturday. My perception was that the bike rider was from England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 A large chunk of the Northern Irish do (the ones who aren't waving irish triocolours), the Welsh to be fair aren't represnted on the Union Flag so i can excuse them not getting enthused about it and the scots..well, they're scottish so they do their own thing, doesn't mean we have to copy them. I'd certainly never look down on any Englishman who chose to fly the cross of St George at any time, just my own personal take on when it is appropriate for me to desport it. Yes but theirs has a red hand (palm outstretched) in front of it. I don't know what this signifies but I've always taken it to mean "far enough paddy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Well, I think flags are important! The English Flag is the Cross of St George. (My 'national Flag' is a defaced cross of St George (with a Lion Rampent)(Not pornographic, the Lion doesn't have a hard-on, he's standing up on his back legs licking an ice cream cornet:hihi:) - Well, that's what it looks like, anyway. I was at a 'function' onSaturday night (in Florder, not in Bavaria.) An Oktoberfest party. Each table had a centre decoration of 3 flags. The wrong bloody flags! - They were the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany - But Oktoberfest is a Bavarian celebration. (They'll get it right next year!) I do tend to respect flags. If your country has a flag, then it is an emblem of your country and (purely out of courtesy) both you and foreigners should treat that emblem with respect. - It's only polite, after all. The OP asked (in effect) 'Should it be acceptable to wear your country's flag wrapped around your arse?' [as a part of a pair of jeans] Well, Yes! - If you are dead. If not, maybe that's not a good idea. Being polite - and respecting both the flag of the country in which you live and your own flag doesn't cost much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 We are inundated with data from a young age that the flag should be something to be ashamed of. The Empire and all that. The left are responsible for this. What a lot of nonsense Frank Sidney. There are certain factions of the far right that would have people believe that the far left want people to be "ashamed" of our national flag but the truth is very different. Our flag flies atop cathedrals and churches, Parliament and town halls, shops, offices, bars, restaurants, and even homes all across the land. There is no ban. There is no shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidney Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 What a lot of nonsense Frank Sidney. There are certain factions of the far right that would have people believe that the far left want people to be "ashamed" of our national flag but the truth is very different. Our flag flies atop cathedrals and churches, Parliament and town halls, shops, offices, bars, restaurants, and even homes all across the land. There is no ban. There is no shame. Yeah, right...:hihi: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article859734.ece http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3258613,00.html http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/09/17/man-banned-from-flying-british-army-flag-by-council-115875-20739856/ http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2008/05/britain_cracks.html http://swns.com/builders-banned-from-flying-england-flag-over-fears-it-might-offend-muslims-111107.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Hilarious, Frank. I particularly liked the story about the builders who were told they couldn't show the English flag and did as they were told. I liked the story ... I didn't believe it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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