TillieTrotter Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Refer to title. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 :)-D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 And a happy st georges day to you too. :)-D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassius Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 And a happy birthday to Shakespeare too! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzyloz Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 What's the point of St.Georges Day? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 or any other patron saint for that matter - let's not pick on poor St GeorgeIf people are up for a party on Patricks or any other day then by all means have one on St George's day:)-D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 lozzyloz Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> What's the point of St.Georges Day?In the Christian world different groups of people would often adopt a specific saint to intercede on their behalf. Often the saint shared characteristics of an older pagan deity or figure from mythology. As the countries in modern Europe developed the patron saint of the ruling family became associated with that country. In England during Saxon times St Edmund was the patron. I think it was one of the Norman kings (I am not sure on this and don?t feel like looking it up) who introduced St George. The Catholic Church organises its liturgical year according to the veneration of different saints and saints are given days of the year on which they are venerated. As Christian communities developed they started to specially mark the day on which their saint was venerated by the church. So it became a day of identifying with your clan, province, country. Today it is celebrated by lackluster marketing campaigns for real ale and marked rise in good old English cynicism. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atila the gooner Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 lozzyloz Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> What's the point of St.Georges Day?You could ask the same of St. Patricks day, and every other saints day for that matter. I find it weird that more people seem to celebrate paddys day and not St. Georges day. Or is is not PC to put such thoughts in the public domain these days? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassius Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Or is it that St Patrick's day is associated with the vast consumption of alcohol whilst St George's day isn't?Edited to add: Wetherspoons is doing a fish and chips offer today - not quite the same! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 It's simply because the marketing people at Guinness are very clever, and St Patrick's Day is actually Guinness day. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Is it not bangers and mash day? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Atila - noooo. Please don't jump on the PC bandwagon. I've already highlighted the Paddy's day thing. None of them matter - made up the lot of them. Have a party or don't - no-one is saying you can't Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzygotDizzy Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 atila the gooner Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> lozzyloz Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > What's the point of St.Georges Day?> > > You could ask the same of St. Patricks day, and> every other saints day for that matter. I find it> weird that more people seem to celebrate paddys> day and not St. Georges day. Or is is not PC to> put such thoughts in the public domain these days?What Atila said entirely. A guy at work put a St. George's day flag on his desk to be asked to remove it in case it offended anyone who was non-British!! Nuff said! and I will steer clear of this can of worms if at all possible! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atila the gooner Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Lizzy, I'm not at all surprised, one rule for some........... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzygotDizzy Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Oh and a happy St. George's day to one and all - :)-D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Cheers!:)-D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yes.. if it wasn't for all the immigrants taking our homes, jobs, children, wives, parking spots etc etc we'd all be draped in the red and white and singing 'Land of Hope and Glory' and toasting the Queen on a momentous day like today.The real reason, of course, is that no-one can be arsed. And rightly so. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 There goes *Bob* doing the ironing again.>:D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atila the gooner Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 As usual Bob gets it totally wrong. Nobody mentioned immigrants taking our jobs and all the other bollocks you came out with, lest you forget I am the son of immigrants. I see no problem with people celebrating a saints day, I just find it strange that some much effort is put into protecting the rights of others other than those who wish to celebrate being English, whatever that means, and to ensure that we don't offend any who is anti St. George day. Same old thing, don't put a flag of St. George on your desk lest you offend somebody, F**K 'em!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Sean, spot on as ever (well nearly) - or at least you were till your edit?!Oh god....some days I just don't have the energy to respond to bollocks like this.Take a chill pill Atila. Deep breath and just let. it. go. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Look, I can get 'on board' at Christmas as there as presents involved.I can even 'do' Easter - if there's a high-quality chocolate egg in it for me.But all St George's Day has to offer is some fat-arsed, pot-bellied, pissed-up, tone deaf Chelsea fan waking me up at 2am as he chunders his 12 pints into the gutter. No thanks. At least the Irish can hold their drink. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Good grief Atila, don't recognise irony when you see it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atila the gooner Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Irony my arse. Why is it you guys get all self righteous about this?? Do you belive that it's only your opinions that count. Jeez. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 We get many grumbly neighbours going on about "might offending someone" when we "fly our england flag" from time to time... silly buggers obv don't get the footie season ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3114-happy-st-georges-day-everyone/#findComment-96913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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