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It's St George's day tomorrow! Do you care?
Sifter22
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I didn't used to care that much at all. But it's sad that people are trading being Engish for being 'British'. The Scottish and Welsh have strong cultures whereas the English don't really celebrate anything. (Apart from St Patrick's day)
Was there a golden age when people actually did celebrate St George's day and English culture or did it just never happen?
By the way we don't need to get into the debate about St George himself as I'm not on about celebrating him as a Saint.
Was there a golden age when people actually did celebrate St George's day and English culture or did it just never happen?
By the way we don't need to get into the debate about St George himself as I'm not on about celebrating him as a Saint.
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Care hell of a lot more that Avengers 2 is on at the cinema
A day off work would of course be essential.
Unfortunately, one of the hosts' parents passed away last Thursday so it's cancelled.
Edited:
Should mention that both hosts are food historians. They like organising dinner parties on certain days of observance. They once threw a dinner party that consisted nothing but dishes from authentic 18th-century recipes. One of those dishes had a pair of actual pig's ears as decorations on a pork pie.
However, in order for that to happen we need a major English alcoholic drinks company to promote it as being all about the drinking, in the same way that Guinness did for Paddy's Day.
Every day is all about the drinking for the average Brit
Me and you both MC.
It's time to reclaim the ability to fly the English flag without invoking all the right wing nonsense and equally absurd anti-English nonsense that has been attached from recent years. The apologists and extremists can all do a running jump.
Like I said upthread, no one's been bothered with St George's Day in my lifetime. If you want to fly a flag, go ahead. The response won't be nearly as dramatic as you fear.
I agree it's just where I was born nothing more nothing less.
I'll rephrase: the response won't be as dramatic as you expect.