Bromsgrove's finest.
Last weekend, I visited the aforementioned 'paradise', whilst visiting my girlfriend's parents. An enjoyable time was had by all, and after a cinema trip on the Saturday, we decided to venture to the pub to meet some of her Dad's old friends, as they were out for a birthday drink.

As we turn the corner to the pub, I understand why my girlfriend wasn't too happy about coming here. Shithole would put it kindly. Either way, we nipped in, and bought a pint. We were chatting to people, all seemed friendly (even managed to get an email address for a work contact), and we were having a good time.

We started chatting to one bloke, said he was a biker in a big gang, (I felt no need to disagree), but that since he lost his previous job a couple of years ago, he'd had difficulty finding work, as he was too old for most places to hire him, but too young to take his pension. I was feeling sympathetic with him, until he came out with the old classic 'Of course, if I'd come over here, I'd get a job and a house easily, they may as well push me out of the way!".

Lovely. He seemed to calm down a bit after that, and the conversation moved on to other topics, mainly ones he'd get slightly less angry about. Eventually, he moved off to talk to someone else, and the evening carried on nicely.

That was until we hear a loud voice singing 'There's no black in the Union Jack'. Guess who was singing that? Like I said, charming fellow(!)
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:26, 6 replies)

I've done a check on this
and he's right, there isn't any black in the Union Jack.

However there isn't a weird shade of peachy-pink either so I guess we're all fucked.
(Maverickjames 's name is not James, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:34, closed)

There was a campaign a while back to introduce some black, to reclaim it from racists
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2981038.stm
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 15:42, closed)

As a person of Chinese origin, this proposal offends me.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 18:49, closed)

In fairness, most sub-Saharan African or Caribbean nations' flags don't have any black in them either.
For that reason alone it's a very flawed line of logic.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 21:13, closed)

The German and Belgian flags, on the other hand ...
Make of that what you will
( Ghoti Fingers, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 22:21, closed)

I like this

(woocfot friends with Sacha Distel, Sat 23 Feb 2013, 1:38, closed)