Explain to me the Irish flag
No, wait en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_flag

So, NOW can you see why GREEN WAS UNLUCKY in some parts of Ireland?
( Methylene Blue - electrohead, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:16, archived)

it is green, white and orange.
all of these are colours.
they are in striped, vertical stripes.
they take up a third of the flag each.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:20, archived)

The flag should be rectangular in shape and its length should be two times its width, translating into an aspect ratio of 1:2.
The three coloured pales — green, white and orange — should be of equal size, and vertically disposed. The precise colours of the flag as set by the Department of the Taoiseach are Green - Pantone 347, White and Orange - Pantone 151.
The green pale in the flag symbolises the older majority Gaelic tradition of Ireland, made up mainly of Roman Catholics. Green had long been associated with Ireland as a nation, and with the revolutionary groups within it. The orange represents the mainly Protestant minority who were supporters of William of Orange. He, of the House of Orange and originally the Stadtholder of the Netherlands, had defeated King James II and his predominantly Irish Catholic army at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. It was included in the Irish flag in an attempt to reconcile Protestants in Ireland with the Irish independence movement. The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the two cultures and a living together in peace. The flag, as a whole, is intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union of the people of different traditions on the island of Ireland, which is expressed in the Constitution as the entitlement of every person born in Ireland to be part of the independent Irish nation, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or political conviction.


Nowhere on the wiki page does it say that it is unlucky.

Sammi, I would seriously suggest conceding that you are wrong for once. Forget about it and move on.
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:20, archived)

You posted a thread saying it was unlucky to wear it in Ireland, which is clearly bollocks.

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:20, archived)

And don't start talking to me about the Irish Civil war, seriously.

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:21, archived)

Even I wouldn't do that :P

( Lord Gnome, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:25, archived)

it was
Same as it was unlucky to wear orange in the wrong parts.

Because the opposition would more than likely kill you.
( Methylene Blue - electrohead, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:24, archived)

Really, just shut up. You're making yourself look like an even bigger tit than usual.

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:25, archived)

That's bollocks
If you wear orange in South Armagh- possibly the most staunchly republican part of Ulster- then the assumption will simply be that you're a GAA fan.
( Lord Gnome, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:27, archived)

I wouldn't even bother.

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:28, archived)

So what do the railway workers wear?
Orange bibs? Yellow ones?

I'm presuming that they aren't unlucky, otherwise the news would be awash with stories of unlucky railway trackside workers!
( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:29, archived)

A lot of private companies wear hi-vis orange jackets, to distinguish them from the gardai and paramedics etc.
Funny how they keep losing kneecaps, now you mention it...
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:30, archived)

Same with Northern Ireland's football team
They actually play in orange and the kit is only digitally altered to green before broadcast.
( Lord Gnome, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:37, archived)