Happy St George's day

[bashamwonderland]

Good grief. Can we not all celebrate? If Ramadan (no idea if it has a fixed date) happens to fall on St George's day, why can't we have joint festivities?

We can. We do.

 

[Paul Cannell]

White collar, professional consultancy work. Finance.

He doesn't mean you handing round the plate for collections at church on Sunday. Tsk.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Happy St George's Day ?????????

Unfortunate that the media and my workplace would rather publicise the start of Ramadan but there you go, it's 2020.

No one cares about St George‘s Day. No one ever has. Even as a kid in the 60s in a pretty right wing part of Essex it wasn’t a thing, when it would have been a fun subject for little kids to explore. I don’t know why it’s not important but it never has been. The only people who make out they care about it are just using it to support some tired agenda.

 

[Briggsy]

No one cares about St George‘s Day. No one ever has. Even as a kid in the 60s in a pretty right wing part of Essex it wasn’t a thing, when it would have been a fun subject for little kids to explore. I don’t know why it’s not important but it never has been. The only people who make out they care about it are just using it to support some tired agenda.

Likewise when I was young (70s-80s). No one ever made anything of it at all. We knew it was there, but never felt the need to celebrate anything.

 

[QR]

Likewise when I was young (70s-80s). No one ever made anything of it at all. We knew it was there, but never felt the need to celebrate anything.

Same

 

[werthersoriginal]

Likewise when I was young (70s-80s). No one ever made anything of it at all. We knew it was there, but never felt the need to celebrate anything.

I mean, it could be a nice thing that united the country - the dragon is fun and the flag striking, and there’s nothing inherently right wing about it. But it’s just never been celebrated.

 

[Pete Burrett]

1st October is the only 'day' worth celebrating.

Lincolnshire Day - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It marks the anniversary of the Lincolnshire Rising, a revolt by Catholics against the establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII in 1536. Bloody Catholics.

 

[Briggsy]

If we were celebrating any day, I'd go for a bank holiday on 21st October - Trafalgar Day. One of the greatest moments in our history.
The fact that it's also my birthday has no bearing on this at all.

 

[QR]

If we were celebrating any day, I'd go for a bank holiday on 21st October - Trafalgar Day. One of the greatest moments in our history.
The fact that it's also my birthday has no bearing on this at all.

We actual already call it Briggsy day 'round these parts. ?

 

[Briggsy]

Very wise.