The England flag

[SeanMacGabhann]

flags and patriotism have been around looong before footie Narnia

I'm happier seeing a St George flag around football than I am in isolation

[citizenED]

I think the new Tory/Lib Government should change the colours of the English Flag, you know, tone it down a little. How 'bout pink cross on white.

[Brendan]

Narnia Wrote:

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> . And Brendan, have you ever been a Fenian

> bast*ard from the Republic? When you drive through

> certain villages in Nornireland those pretty flags

> are not at all very welcoming. Bit like Woof's

> pub.

I have no doubt it is. Sorry I was just talking about it as a piece of design. I like it on that level compared to most flags. Implications and connotations aside.

[Mick Mac]

Flags are always good - For God and Ulster

http://www.fahnenversand.de/fotw/images/g/gb!nirom.gif

[mockney piers]

oh dear.

Flags are why people die.

Fucking bucnh of arse.

Here was a good one though, and they all died needlessly, to no good end, and my lot lost, alot.

 

[mockney piers]

and errr...weirdly scarily...

 

[Mick Mac]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> oh dear.

eh?

[mockney piers]

Err. 'god and ulster' == religion and nationalism.

Or cunt' and cunt' as I think of them. Hence bad.

[Mick Mac]

It was a bit of irony on my part MP.

[????]

Yeah, Mick's a left footer....shite, you probably are too being spansih

[mockney piers]

Sorry chaps, cider == a bit poopooed in the head for me. A bit of a rarity for me these days, but weirdly nice. Apologies for the sense of humour bypass.

[Mick Mac]

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> Yeah, Mick's a left footer....shite, you probably

> are too being spansih

I actually have a briliant left foot - if only I was English, I could supply those perfect crosse form left midfield.

[Tarot]

The English flag of St George, is not going to go away,It is our flag and has been for centuries.I,m sick of people who try to demonise, and insult it. It is the symbol of the English country, like it or lump it.

[Narnia]

St.George........was he from the Home counties?

[Brendan]

Like Jesus.

Or was he Irish? I still dunno with that one. It depends on which grandmother I ask.

[MrBen]

So this thread was about when to put the flag up, but, England flopping out, I've been wondering what the unspoken rules are for taking it down. Do you pull it down post Germany in disgust or keep it flying until the World Cup final in defiance before quietly putting it back under the bed?

[Narnia]

Jesus wasn't Irish. His Dad Joe was though, before he emigrated. Come to think of it I suppose he still was afterwards. Better check as I haven't read much about Joe......apart from his owning a shop in Mullingar.

[Santerme]

Tarot Wrote:

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> The English flag of St George, is not going to go

> away,It is our flag and has been for centuries.I,m

> sick of people who try to demonise, and insult it.

> It is the symbol of the English country, like it

> or lump it.

Wasn't it originally the symbol of the Swabian League and therefore essentially German?

[Narnia]

The Swabian League, results