cambridgeshire canary 6,720 Posted April 23, 2021 Bloody Turkish migrants, coming over here and killing our dragons.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haus 259 Posted April 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Bloody Turkish migrants, coming over here and killing our dragons.. Most experts believe it was a crocodile he killed. He never came to England and is the Patron saint of Georgia, Ethiopia, Catalonia and Russia. His family were Syrian refugees who had moved to Turkey. Happy St Georges Day. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,767 Posted April 23, 2021 Happy birthday William Shakespeare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,996 Posted April 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, Haus said: He never came to England and is the Patron saint of Georgia, Ethiopia, Catalonia and Russia. His family were Syrian refugees who had moved to Turkey. Plus ça change...................😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jools 584 Posted April 23, 2021 Oh dear... How sad... Never mind... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted April 23, 2021 Apparently he was a mercenary Jools. That term must be familiar to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,767 Posted April 23, 2021 The other one didn't last long. Jools is being cancelled. 🤣 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,300 Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Herman said: The other one didn't last long. Jools is being cancelled. 🤣 He keeps having meltdowns, and that really isn't wise for a right-wing snowflake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted April 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Herman said: The other one didn't last long. Jools is being cancelled. 🤣 Jools does evoke the thought of Don Quixote rather than St George. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,767 Posted April 23, 2021 St.George will be remembered now as the patron saint of Jools getting himself booted off the Pink Un. Double celebrations next year.👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barbe bleu 826 Posted April 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, Herman said: St.George will be remembered now as the patron saint of Jools getting himself booted off the Pink Un. Double celebrations next year.👍 With it seeming that bothJools and Bill are taking well deserved sabbaticals we are probably only 2 or 3 away from the possibility of a decent debate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,767 Posted April 23, 2021 I suppose you are including me in one of those 2 or 3?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barbe bleu 826 Posted April 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, Herman said: I suppose you are including me in one of those 2 or 3?! Not at all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,996 Posted April 23, 2021 34 minutes ago, Barbe bleu said: With it seeming that bothJools and Bill are taking well deserved sabbaticals we are probably only 2 or 3 away from the possibility of a decent debate IMO, that is something of an under-estimate and I'm not including myself in those numbers, although you may well have 😀 But anyway here's a genuine question for you - what is the basis of saying that they have taken well deserved sabbaticals' - is this just supposition (Jools has posted today I think) or it is actually 'officially' stated anywhere on the site? I've wondered this a few times in the past when someone (usually Bill) is said to be taking a break but never seen anything definitive to back it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barbe bleu 826 Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Creative Midfielder said: IMO, that is something of an under-estimate and I'm not including myself in those numbers, although you may well have 😀 But anyway here's a genuine question for you - what is the basis of saying that they have taken well deserved sabbaticals' - is this just supposition (Jools has posted today I think) or it is actually 'officially' stated anywhere on the site? I've wondered this a few times in the past when someone (usually Bill) is said to be taking a break but never seen anything definitive to back it up. Ha has, I am not including you either! Indont know about any official statement, I am just picking up what you guys have said about jools. Bill hasn't been seen for a while. With 37,000 posts to his name I doubt he is just taking a voluntary break! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted April 23, 2021 Sod St George St Edmund is the saint for me 😎 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 1,024 Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: Sod St George St Edmund is the saint for me 😎 Chance that St Edmund might be German, not saying that is a bad thing, just that he may be no more English than St George...... Edited April 23, 2021 by Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,767 Posted April 23, 2021 St Jude will be our patron saint for next season.😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB said: Chance that St Edmund might be German, not saying that is a bad thin, just that he may be no more English than St George...... Ah búgger George, Edmund, Philip...Are there any of our national icons that are actually English? Or are we just a people made up from various tribes that crossed the channel/north sea over the centuries 😔 Edited April 23, 2021 by How I Wrote Elastic Man 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted April 23, 2021 St Piran is the patron Saint of Cornwall and he was from Ireland. Very much like TV presenters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 1,024 Posted April 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: Ah búgger George, Edmund, Philip...Are there any of our national icons that are actually English? Or are we just a people made up from various tribes that crossed the channel/north sea over the centuries 😔 The Norfolk way is to "winter and summer" incomers a few times before deciding whether or not they are OK, so I suppose the same could be applied on a national scale....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,300 Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB said: Chance that St Edmund might be German, not saying that is a bad thing, just that he may be no more English than St George...... Better not tell the Irish that St Patrick was Romano-British. Probably a breach of the Northern Irish protocol I suspect. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,300 Posted April 25, 2021 The Express asked 6,170 of its readers whether they thought we should get a day off to celebrate St George's Day; 93% said yes. Perhaps they should also have asked if we should get a day off to celebrate St Andrew's Day, St Patrick's Day, and St David's Day too. Methinks they might get an even higher percentage saying yes. And why not throw in another day off for St Twa*t, the patron saint for moronic newspaper editors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted April 25, 2021 You can buy a book on St George at the St George's Distillery in Roudham. The book is an interesting read, sampling the whiskey is significantly better. https://www.englishwhisky.co.uk/explore/#plan-your-visit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted April 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, horsefly said: The Express asked 6,170 of its readers whether they thought we should get a day off to celebrate St George's Day; 93% said yes. Perhaps they should also have asked if we should get a day off to celebrate St Andrew's Day, St Patrick's Day, and St David's Day too. Methinks they might get an even higher percentage saying yes. And why not throw in another day off for St Twa*t, the patron saint for moronic newspaper editors. We loved celebrating St David’s day at school, national costume, singing cultural songs, poetry and some theatre in the morning and the afternoon off as I recall to digest your leek 😀🏴. I feel sorry for some of my English friends who seem inhibited and are made to feel ashamed for celebrating their national day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted April 25, 2021 34 minutes ago, Van wink said: We loved celebrating St David’s day at school, national costume, singing cultural songs, poetry and some theatre in the morning and the afternoon off as I recall to digest your leek 😀🏴. I feel sorry for some of my English friends who seem inhibited and are made to feel ashamed for celebrating their national day. You make a good point The last St George's day I was at school for, I shaved my head, wore a string vest and shorts, sang "two world wars and one world cup" "The famine is over" and "Swing Low sweet chariot", drank 6 tins of Stella Artois, which I believe is our national drink and made "dambuster eyes" at the German exchange student I got suspended for a fortnight 😟 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: You make a good point The last St George's day I was at school for, I shaved my head, wore a string vest and shorts, sang "two world wars and one world cup" "The famine is over" and "Swing Low sweet chariot", drank 6 tins of Stella Artois, which I believe is our national drink and made "dambuster eyes" at the German exchange student I got suspended for a fortnight 😟 Maybe it’s just a difference of culture 😉 Edited April 25, 2021 by Van wink Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,187 Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) ....but seriously, St George doesn't mean a great deal to me. Even the pubs seem to think St Patrick's day is the big one, or at least they did last time I lived in England I don't think an English national day is a bad idea, I would pick a day in early July to break up the bank holidays a bit Any significant date in early July we could use? Edited April 25, 2021 by How I Wrote Elastic Man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,785 Posted April 25, 2021 21st October - Trafalgar. Whoops that's 'British' though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted April 25, 2021 Public holiday or just a name day? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites