Do upside down Union Flags bother you? Wetherspoon this time...

[Deleted User] · 09/04/12 - 20:02

100% British Potatoes
100% British Chips
100% Upsidedown Union Flag

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Psychosis · 09/04/12 - 20:04

I'll be honest, at a glance I wouldn't notice. I'd have to look up the difference. I've never had cause to use a flag so I never thought to find out. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Deleted User] · 09/04/12 - 20:05

Psychosis wrote: »

I'll be honest, at a glance I wouldn't notice. I'd have to look up the difference. I've never had cause to use a flag so I never thought to find out. Thanks for pointing that out.

It's the sort of thing you'd rather not know to be honest.

Baboo Yagu · 09/04/12 - 20:05

Yes it does. If possible, I always make it a point to inform whomever is responsible.

husted · 09/04/12 - 20:09

Nope. I reckon most people would still recognise It.

[Deleted User] · 09/04/12 - 20:11

husted wrote: »

Nope. I reckon most people would still recognise It.

But would they know whether you're in distress?

husted · 09/04/12 - 20:13

DaleRDS wrote: »

But would they know whether you're in distress?

I'm fine thanks,

[Deleted User] · 09/04/12 - 20:17

It surprised me that a lot of people don't know that there is a right and wrong way.

dsnik · 09/04/12 - 20:25

It bothers me. Michael Bond was on the BBC news this morning. There was a picture of Paddington waving the Union Flag. Upside bl00dy down.

Well he is from Peru.

habanala · 09/04/12 - 20:32

Couldnt give two flying sh*ts to be honest, have people not got anything better to do than to complain about a tiny mistake, a mistake the vast majority of people would not notice / care about?!

Grabid Rannies · 09/04/12 - 20:33

Wetherspoons bothers me full stop.

Caltonfan · 09/04/12 - 20:38

cant say I would notice or care if the flag was upside down

That Bloke · 09/04/12 - 20:41

DaleRDS wrote: »

100% British Potatoes
100% British Chips
100% Upsidedown Union Flag

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3440/16712237.jpg

100% Upside down? Are you sure? I can't see the flagpole

_ben · 09/04/12 - 20:47

That Bloke wrote: »

100% Upside down? Are you sure? I can't see the flagpole

Damn, beat me to it!

The flagpole is of course on the right, and order is restored.

Si_Crewe · 09/04/12 - 20:48

If I visit any office that's flying a Brit' flag in the car park and it's upside down I usually say start by saying "Are you in distress?" to the receptionist.
No big deal. It's just a bit of an ice-breaker and, hopefully, the receptionist will pass the message along to whoever puts the flag up.

Si_Crewe · 09/04/12 - 20:50

_ben wrote: »

Damn, beat me to it!

The flagpole is of course on the right, and order is restored.

Erm, no.

Upside down is upside down.

It wouldn't work very well as a signal of distress if the wind could change and cause confusion now, would it?

That Bloke · 09/04/12 - 20:52

Si_Crewe wrote: »

Erm, no.

Upside down is upside down.

It wouldn't work very well as a signal of distress if the wind could change and cause confusion now, would it?

Flags can be seen from both sides. Since you can't see which direction the flag is flying in that picture you could be looking at either the front or the rear. If you were looking from the rear (i.e. the flagpole is on the right), it's the right way up.

Empirical · 09/04/12 - 20:53

No, I have a life

Even if my life is just posting on DS, it still beats people who give a crap about something as stupid as this.

Si_Crewe · 09/04/12 - 20:54

That Bloke wrote: »

Flags can be seen from both sides. Since you can see which direction the flag is flying in that picture you could be looking at either the front or the rear. If you were looking from the rear (i.e. the flagpole is on the right), it's the right way up.

*EDIT*

No, you're right. Sorry.

Just waking up here.

AxG · 09/04/12 - 21:01

The flag is either upside down with the poll to the left or
The flag is the right side up with the poll to the right

dsnik · 09/04/12 - 21:11

dsnik wrote: »

It bothers me. Michael Bond was on the BBC news this morning. There was a picture of Paddington waving the Union Flag. Upside bl00dy down.

Well he is from Peru.

Apologies for quoting myself but
Here is the illustration

Baboo Yagu · 09/04/12 - 21:16

AxG wrote: »

The flag is either upside down with the poll to the left or
The flag is the right side up with the poll to the right

Perhaps you should start a pole to see which one people think it is.

[Deleted User] · 09/04/12 - 21:20

That Bloke wrote: »

100% Upside down? Are you sure? I can't see the flagpole

You don't need to see the flagpole. You can tell by the thick white bar, above the 100%.
Explained to a British person by a German

That Bloke · 09/04/12 - 21:28

elke21 wrote: »

You don't need to see the flagpole. You can tell by the thick white bar, above the 100%.
Explained to a British person by a German

If the flagpole is on the right hand side then the flag is the right way up. I think that's been mentioned a couple of times in this thread.

Explained to a German person by a British person

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[Deleted User] · 09/04/12 - 21:30

Given that the flagpole cant be seen, we should assume distress.

That Bloke · 09/04/12 - 21:32

DaleRDS wrote: »

Given that the flagpole cant be seen, we should assume distress.

To be fair, I've eaten in Wetherspoons and it's a pretty safe assumption

Hey there!

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