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Antheil suggested St George's Day on the calendar. I have added it as an event, which produces a thread. Here is a suitable saint for a multi racial country:  |
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« Last Edit: 15:49:11, 16-02-2008 by Don Basilio »
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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Antheil
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« Reply #1 on: 12:20:30, 16-02-2008 » |
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Goodness Don B, St. George is a bit tasty!  Actually it was St. David I want added but without necessarily starting a thread about it. I wonder why the English don't celebrate their Patron Saint's Day? March 1st here is all eisteddfods, Welsh cakes, Cawl and pints of Reverend James! We all wear our leeks and daffs with pride. |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #2 on: 12:30:27, 16-02-2008 » |
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The image is computer enhanced. The body is from the church of the Most Holy Redeemer Clerkenwell. I found the head hanging around online. You can add a date to the calendar, but it produces a thread as well, for which the default setting is the Welcome Section. As you are into rugby we can try another English hero:  Why don't the English celebrate St George? Well they did a bit once at the height of the Empire, but it is a bit embarrassing now to be taken for the National Front. It may well be that the Welsh need to emphasis their Welshness to show they have not REALLY been taken over by the English, whereas the English don't need to do that: their smug, effortless superiority means they know they are the default setting for humanity, and it is tactless to rub this in to others less fortunate. |
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
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« Reply #3 on: 12:50:51, 16-02-2008 » |
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whereas the English don't need to do that: their smug, effortless superiority means they know they are the default setting for humanity, and it is tactless to rub this in to others less fortunate.
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"I was, for several months, mutely in love with a coloratura soprano, who seemed to me to have wafted straight from Paradise to the stage of the Odessa Opera-House"
- Leon Trotsky, "My Life"
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« Reply #4 on: 13:39:30, 16-02-2008 » |
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Welcome, St George. Enjoy your stay. Er, sorry, I've just noticed that it a reference to St George's Day!  Ah, well, you can always, histrionically, "cry God for Larry, England and St Geeeoooorrrrrgggggeeeee"! |
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« Reply #5 on: 14:03:53, 16-02-2008 » |
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And then charge out into the traffic..?
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Click me -> About meor me -> my handmade storeNo, I'm not a complete idiot. I'm only a halfwit. In fact I'm actually a catfish. |
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« Reply #6 on: 14:06:16, 16-02-2008 » |
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I think the use of the flag of St George is a bit more complicated than its being a National Front thing. I remember that in the 1966 World Cup, in which England were the only British team represented, the Union flag was used throughout until about halfway through the final when people pointed out that a different flag should be used. St George's flag started to be used when Scotland qualified for a later competition. Below is the England official mascot. Note the flag!  Living as I do near the Welsh border, I often have to field questions about why the English don't bother as much as the Welsh. The trouble with Great Britain is that the population of England is much larger than that of Wales or Scotland and this has led to suspicions and rivalries. Don B, for all his tongue-in-cheek remark, is essentially correct. Whenever a Welshman complains to me about what the English have done in the past, I tell him to blame it on the Normans. |
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #7 on: 14:42:08, 16-02-2008 » |
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And I imagine the ultimate insult the Welsh can feel is for the English to think of them as English really, but with a funny accent.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
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Antheil
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« Reply #8 on: 14:52:49, 16-02-2008 » |
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And I imagine the ultimate insult the Welsh can feel is for the English to think of them as English really, but with a funny accent.
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #9 on: 14:55:54, 16-02-2008 » |
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I take I have hit a nail on the head.
(I wonder why the fact very few English know any Welsh is because they are innately arrogant, or because the Welsh want to take very good care that the English cannot understand them.)
I have put St David on the calendar for this year. The choice of dates strikes me as implying an American origin. (Nothing wrong with that if you live in America.)
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
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Antheil
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« Reply #10 on: 15:07:12, 16-02-2008 » |
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I take I have hit a nail on the head.
(I wonder why the fact very few English know any Welsh is because the Welsh want to take very good care that the English cannot understand them.)
Could have a point there Don B Ach seren , Cara 'ch xxx |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #11 on: 15:18:48, 16-02-2008 » |
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Can we have the phrase book, please?
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
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Antheil
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« Reply #12 on: 15:29:28, 16-02-2008 » |
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Don, it means you are a Star and I think you are great!
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #13 on: 15:47:13, 16-02-2008 » |
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
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Morticia
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« Reply #14 on: 16:24:18, 16-02-2008 » |
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A word from Michael and the Moderation Team to remind Members that the Announcements Board is for, er Announcements and not chat/discusion. Perhaps we could move discussion of St George , World Cup Willie and co., to another place?
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