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K · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: Happy St Georges Day!

I meant to post this much, much earlier today but illness, childcare, chores all took up all my time

Happy St Georges Day to all English and non English flickers!

Did anyone see anything on telly about our national day? There was the briefest of brief mentions of it on my local news, and I noticed that the BBC had changed their colour scheme to red and white, but that was it. Great. Where's the celebrations, festivals, carnivals etc. that other countries have when their national day rolls around?!?

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6799

Happy St Georges Day to you too K

They said on the news about 80 odd percent of people want today as a national holiday.....so it should be! I can't say as I've seen much happening in these parts in the way of celebrations though

Emperor Morphetine · Movie Icon Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 2201

Happy St George's Day to all! I shall be settling down with some good old English ale in celebration after I finish my work.
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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 10319

Happy belated St Georges Day to you too K ......I hope you had a good one and all you other English people out there

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RP · Popcorn Seller Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 40

Are we allowed to mention St Georges day in this country, it may offend people....

Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6799

Yeah it's stupid Red isn't it

other countries celebrate their national days without any fuss so I can't see why England can't do the same. It should be a national holiday in England......and it's not as though St George was English....he was Turkish (I think) and other countries share the same saint.

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 10319

And you know whats funny about it all too....I guarantee its not the foreign people that are complaining that it may offend others (or them) but other English people who have up their own asses a load of this pc crap that they think we all should be runnning around the same as them....it really is ridiculous!!
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6799

That's very true Luc

.......maybe the English should say that the pc lot are discriminating against all the other nationalities who share St George.........they'd make St George's Day a national holiday in next to no time!

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 10319

Yeah ..your right.....Its a wonder that it hasn't been made into a National Holiday there???
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6799

Well hopefully the pc lot will see sense one day and realise the only people who are offended are the English....cause we don't get to celebrate it

When it's St Patrick's Day though....it's amazing how many people suddenly think they're Irish