2) what you one person knows says nothing about nothing other than what that one person knows... 3) if Guinness thought they could make money from St. Georges day they would. It's all fucking arbitrary. 4) profit.
outside my humble abode and will be spending the day with a couple of hundred old folk all dressed in red and white no doubt bemoaning the state of our lovely country.
(god save the queenmaking another unremarkable comeback,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:58,
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Heh heh heh :)
TJ: I have discovered that this place exists and can't decide whether to ridicule it or visit it...
St. George is also the patron saint of my home town
even the flag is the same
there is no celebration of any kind today though
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:36,
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Start your own
(AfinkawanYes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:38,
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HAH!
Town's rights are 750 years old this year, and there are too many celebrations already. Serves me right for living next to the central square.
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:44,
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Cool
I nearly got blown up there a few New Years Eves ago.
(AfinkawanYes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:45,
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Really?
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:51,
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Yeah, we were along the canal side approaching the square
When someone set fire to a car just in front of us. The people on the other side of the canal were firing rockets at us and blocking our attempt to escape from the burning car before its petrol tank went up was about 3 and a half tons of chinese crackers which someone set off right behind us.
We thought we were going to die, it was great!
(AfinkawanYes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:54,
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Haha
See, that's why I always celebrate in The Hague. Things blow up on a much larger scale there ;)
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:59,
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PARTY PARTY PARTAY!!
(MstandotI suppose I should post more often.,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:46,
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Usually accompanied by shit dutch music
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 10:00,
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He did like his Dutch holidays.
;)
(MstandotI suppose I should post more often.,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:40,
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Probably explains why
he never made it to England.
(AfinkawanYes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:41,
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He wasn't English?
Bloody foreingers!!
Also woo to your pic!!
/rude
(MstandotI suppose I should post more often.,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:43,
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1. A town was terrorised by made up dragon. 2. A young girl dragged up to caves and left there. 3. Bloke called George heard about this and rode into the village. 4. George then rode up to the cave, sees that there's no dragon, pumps the princess. 5. becomes famous for lying
(prodigy69broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:45,
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You're just jealous.
(AfinkawanYes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:46,
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of what?
he wasn't even english you tit
(prodigy69broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:48,
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"of what?"
4. George then rode up to the cave, sees that there's no dragon, pumps the princess. 5. becomes famous for lying
(AfinkawanYes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:59,
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...
Mythological Syrian man cuts head of mythological animal.
Only the English could get excited about that.
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:48,
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(MstandotI suppose I should post more often.,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:51,
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sad ain't it
(prodigy69broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:51,
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As opposed to....
1. Whole country terrorised by made up snakes 2. Welshman happens to be in the area 3. Claims all the credit for getting rid of the snakes which were never there
bits of it are brought to Scotland.. hence The Saltire
(prodigy69broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Thu 23 Apr 2009, 9:55,
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I view it the same way as christmas
I may have no affinity whatsoever for what the day traditionally represents, but that doesn't stop me celebrating it for what it represents to me, which is a day to say "I'm proud to be English", even if I'm not. It's just become a dirty thing tto say, so it's nice to be able to say it without being accussed of being a Nazi