No, you're wrong about this one.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:33, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

No Al, a 'Jack' refers specifically to a flag flying from a ship.
If a Union Flag is flying from a ship, it is a Union Jack.

Perhaps it's due to the naval history associated with the Empire, that it's become referred to as the Union Jack.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:35, Reply)

No, really, you are wrong about this. And I will accept your apology, as long as it's written in an appropriate way.
www.flaginstitute.org/index.php?location=7.2
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:36, Reply)

exact same one i just found!

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:36, Reply)

Oh man! It's like were totes meant to be besties!

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:37, Reply)

i thought a bestie
was someone who fucked animals?

as in, "sweating like a bestie in a petting zoo"

?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:38, Reply)

I was using it an abbreviation of best friend.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:43, Reply)

yeah yeah
you and quentin fuck goats together, it's fine.

just get him to hold the front legs and you spread the back.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:52, Reply)

i'm good either way

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:54, Reply)

Can you let me know when you've read this link please

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:37, Reply)

Dozer!
Hey Dozer! Have you read it yet?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:38, Reply)

he may have exploded

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:39, Reply)

google zing

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:37, Reply)

Thanks for your indoubtable internet research.
Mine, from www.know-britain.com/general/union_jack.html says:

However, the flag was usually restricted to use at sea until the two kingdoms of Scotland and England were united in 1707. It was most probably from this use at sea that it got the name "Jack" ("Union Jack"). It was usually flown at the bow end of the ship, from the jack staff.

This is tedious as fuck now, can't you tell us about gardening or Yngwie Malmsteen or something equally tedious?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:39, Reply)

It's okay to be wrong you know
everyone makes a mistake every now and then, especially when they're sweating on the internet like an overipe tomato.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:41, Reply)

Sweating on the internet? You were doing the same thing bbz, due to you being a corpulent fucko and your initial flag research.
Thanks for caring enough about me to go that far though.

*pinches cheek and ruffles hair*
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:47, Reply)

Awwwwww, condescending replies saying "I'M NOT UPSET! I DEFINITELY DIDN'T GET UPSET ABOUT BEING WRONG!"
Are my favourite response to be called out.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:50, Reply)

Al, you really do have a lot of anger festering in there.
Maybe you should go and dig a hole or something.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:52, Reply)

Also, I'm not sure whether to trust a website which advertises holiday homes in italy
over that of an international institute.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:42, Reply)

It does have a very good graphic of a flag flying in the wind though.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:47, Reply)

Makes you think it's really professional.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:51, Reply)

the use of 'was' in your own source proves you were wrong

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:53, Reply)

The information to do with what the flag is or isn't called
may well be true in that article. However some of the stuff about ships and flag locations on them is a bit bollocks.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:41, Reply)

Are you an expert on boats?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:43, Reply)

Er... boat lol?
Is that right?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:45, Reply)

No.
It's Boat LOL

Or BOAT lol

or BOaT LoL
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:45, Reply)

Nope, still don't get it.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:47, Reply)

TMB seems to be an expert on most things.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:45, Reply)

I thought that was one of the top /OT memes.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:47, Reply)

hockey and pricknames and SCIENCE

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:56, Reply)

not at all
but I raced yachts inshore and offshore for a long time, so I've got a vague idea about the rules regarding flags etc and I suspect they are getting jacks and ensigns and what-have-you a bit mixed up.

I don't dispute their knowledge of the names of the union flag/jack however.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:47, Reply)

Jackstaff lols

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:47, Reply)

Jack at the front, ensign on the back, innit?

( Kroney, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:48, Reply)

That's a night out for swipe

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:49, Reply)

I thought an Ensign was a naval rank.
Like Ensign Wesley Crusher in Star Trek:TNG

But, you know what, I'm happy to be corrected on that, because I don't proclaim to be an expert on these things.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:50, Reply)

ensign is the flag of national indentity on a vessel,
on a UK registered civilian vessel it's a union jack as the top left quarter of a red flag. on an RN vessel I think it's the same but blue.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:55, Reply)

it is also a rank though
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_Kingdom
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:56, Reply)

possibly so
I'm not an expert in the navy.

*awaits strikethrough*
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:57, Reply)

not an expert in the navy. a man who loves having hot dogs pushed up his arse
(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:59, Reply)

fair play sir. I wasn't expecting that strikethrough.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:00, Reply)

no it definitely is, stop arguing with me

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 16:02, Reply)

Ensign is your flag of identity while under sail whilst out of home waters
And yep, at the back. Jacks are just kind of random flags flow from the mast or jackstaff whilst moored. I'm pretty sure that you aren't supposed to fly the union jack at all unless at war but I'm probably about to be proved wrong by Al here.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Jul 2012, 15:53, Reply)