Guest Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 My locals putting a band on for it tonight.it will be full of midle aged wearing england shorts so that they can show off there 3 lions tats on there legs Think i'll go to the bakers instead tonight The George? Isn't it always full of middle aged blokes in England shorts with dodgy tats?
lou Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 The George? Isn't it always full of middle aged blokes in England shorts with dodgy tats? Cept for every 1st thursday in the month when the Blaby chapter of the KKK have their monthly shin-dig
lou Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 My locals putting a band on for it tonight.it will be full of midle aged wearing england shorts so that they can show off there 3 lions tats on there legs Think i'll go to the bakers instead tonight Many a happy evenings drinkage in the Bakers in my formative years..... nice pub (well it was then)
AmericanScott Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Many a happy evenings drinkage in the Bakers in my formative years..... nice pub (well it was then) Love the Bakers. It's so cozy and full of history. I've only been to the George once and that was to watch an England game after work. I seemed quite popular in there as everyone knew me from The Local
Alexikokopops Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 I've just had alambre tepoztlan for lunch, picked up four packs of free chopsticks from people outside M&S promoted the new Asian food range and tonight I'm going to see Dancing at Lughnasa, an Irish play about a summer spent in Ireland. Good St Georges day so far
The People's Hero Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 I'm working then going tutoring and then going home to moan about it all. Beat that, suckers!
Trav Le Bleu Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 I don't get it. Where are the fireworks and BBQs!? This is boring compared to 4th of July But of course, i will have a beer or two later on to "celebrate" Ok smarty pants, who's the saint of USA hmmmm? (The answer is typically American)
Rocket-Ron Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Ok smarty pants, who's the saint of USA hmmmm?(The answer is typically American) Is it Arnie?
Fosse Boy Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 I succumbed (surprisingly for me) to corporation-y gimmicks and have bought some Bombardier from Tesco.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Is it Arnie? Ha ha, no (that's Austria isn't it? ) It's "the Virgin Mary". Typically American in that they (obviously lacking any early christian martyrs) went straight for the top (in catholic terms at least) bar Jesus and God. Which wouldn't have surprised me.
AmericanScott Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Ok smarty pants, who's the saint of USA hmmmm?(The answer is typically American) Is there one?
Daggers Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Seems like everyone celebrating this made-up day did it in one of one way: They cashed in their giro, stood outside pubs of North Birmingham with their ugly relations in their grubby, ill-fitting sportswear and their fukwit red & white hat/scarf/flag/bulldog T-shirt, clutching one too many pints in one hand and lit fags in the other while offering people for a fight if they didn't appear to be patriotic enough. Cunts.
Flynny Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 According to a mate there were a load of people in the pubs around St. Martins square wearing T-shirts saying "The cliffs are white for a reason". I can't think of any level on which that isn't completely fucking retarded.
stez Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 According to a mate there were a load of people in the pubs around St. Martins square wearing T-shirts saying "The cliffs are white for a reason".I can't think of any level on which that isn't completely fucking retarded. well they are, it's because they're chalk, but i don't see why that's worth them pointing out.
Guest Bilo Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Seems like everyone celebrating this made-up day did it in one of one way:They cashed in their giro, stood outside pubs of North Birmingham with their ugly relations in their grubby, ill-fitting sportswear and their fukwit red & white hat/scarf/flag/bulldog T-shirt, clutching one too many pints in one hand and lit fags in the other while offering people for a fight if they didn't appear to be patriotic enough. Cunts. To be fair, for ****wits like these, every day is a Bank Holiday cos they're too lazy/stupid/inbred to hold down jobs. St. George's Day is just an excuse for them to blame their miserable lives on anybody with a darker skin tone.
purpleronnie Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 According to a mate there were a load of people in the pubs around St. Martins square wearing T-shirts saying "The cliffs are white for a reason".I can't think of any level on which that isn't completely fucking retarded. These are the idiots who ask 'why dont we celebrate st georges day'. They dont understand they are one of the main reasons, the fact they had that on their shirts shows the lack of education. Ask any of them who st george is I bet any money they have no idea.
Guest Bilo Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 These are the idiots who ask 'why dont we celebrate st georges day'.They dont understand they are one of the main reasons, the fact they had that on their shirts shows the lack of education. Ask any of them who st george is I bet any money they have no idea. Pretty much sums my views up. I'd love for us English to celebrate our national day in the same way as the Welsh, Irish and Scottish. The trouble is that knuckle-dragging deadheads have made any celebration of Englishness appear to be racist. This is one thing that can't be blamed on idiotic PC council officials, it's down to the moronic racists who seem to equate Englishness with white supremacism like the cocks wearing those T-shirts.
Thracian Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Pretty much sums my views up. I'd love for us English to celebrate our national day in the same way as the Welsh, Irish and Scottish. The trouble is that knuckle-dragging deadheads have made any celebration of Englishness appear to be racist. This is one thing that can't be blamed on idiotic PC council officials, it's down to the moronic racists who seem to equate Englishness with white supremacism like the cocks wearing those T-shirts. But you wouldn't stop watching football because a tiny percentage were morons would you? If fact in many ways I'd say that's even more reason to get involved. There's plenty of morons among the Scottish, Welsh and Irish when they celebrate their national day too. There just seems to be more people with a vested interest in rubbishing anything that smacks of Englishness.
Flynny Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 But you wouldn't stop watching football because a tiny percentage were morons would you? If fact in many ways I'd say that's even more reason to get involved. There's plenty of moronic Scottish, Welsh and Irish nationalists too. There just seems to be more people with a vested interest in rubbishing anything that smacks of Englishness. It's nowhere near a tiny minority, unfortunately. St. David's day and St Andrew's day aren't observed a LOT more than St Georges anyway, for a similar reason, but because of the near-ubiquity of St. Patrick's day worldwide as an excuse for a knees up people who are primarily insecure nationalist pillocks feel the need to try to raise similar levels of interest for their day, which of course doesn't include any darkies.
Guest Bilo Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 But you wouldn't stop watching football because a tiny percentage were morons would you? If fact in many ways I'd say that's even more reason to get involved. There's plenty of moronic Scottish, Welsh and Irish nationalists too. There just seems to be more people with a vested interest in rubbishing anything that smacks of Englishness. Don't get me wrong Thrace, I am a patriotic Englishman and resent the implication from some quarters that this might make me a racist. I also agree that there are some people with a vested interest in undermining English patriotism, but their task is made a lot easier by the kind of racists that have been mentioned on this thread. English patriots should rally against these idiots. If more did, the task of those who seek to smear English patriotism per se as being racism would be made a lot harder.
stez Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 It's nowhere near a tiny minority, unfortunately. St. David's day and St Andrew's day aren't observed a LOT more than St Georges anyway, for a similar reason, but because of the near-ubiquity of St. Patrick's day worldwide as an excuse for a knees up people who are primarily insecure nationalist pillocks feel the need to try to raise similar levels of interest for their day, which of course doesn't include any darkies. racial foreigners, please
Sir Fynwy Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 I had a lovely St Georgios's day in France, weather was great but they didn't seem to have many flags out.
Thracian Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Don't get me wrong Thrace, I am a patriotic Englishman and resent the implication from some quarters that this might make me a racist. I also agree that there are some people with a vested interest in undermining English patriotism, but their task is made a lot easier by the kind of racists that have been mentioned on this thread. English patriots should rally against these idiots. If more did, the task of those who seek to smear English patriotism per se as being racism would be made a lot harder. The kind of racists you mention constantly devalue English nationalism. In fact I still fail to see how being an English nationalist has anything to do with colour in reality. If I went to live in Japan I might still wish to celebrate my Englishness. That doesn't mean I might not equally wish to embrace and support the Japanese way of life and to join in celebrating or acknowledge Japan's independence as a sovereign nation. The same would apply if I went to live in Brazil.
Flynny Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 The kind of racists you mention constantly devalue English nationalism. In fact I still fail to see how being an English nationalist has anything to do with colour in reality. If I went to live in Japan I might still wish to celebrate my Englishness. That doesn't mean I might not equally wish to embrace and support the Japanese way of life and to join in celebrating or acknowledge Japan's independence as a sovereign nation. The same would apply if I went to live in Brazil. You're a good bloke Thracian, with no ulterior motives, conciously or subconsciously. Unfortunately that can't be said of everyone.
James. Posted 24 April 2009 Posted 24 April 2009 A TV talent show to find an "ordinary girl" to play Jade Goody in a musical based on her life is being planned, it has been announced. Reading that sentence makes me proud to be English.
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