I think most on this thread know me for my views on Anti-Brit songs in particular so you may find it odd that I don't object to this in the slightest. I think the best way of being drawing attention to any situation you don't like is to poke fun at it. I don't mind in the slightest having the 'mad dogs and englishmen' tag or being laughed at for liking bland food or whatever. Far better than having hateful songs sung about me. At least I can laugh along with the funnies!

Chip in my bit. My mum loves Irish rebel songs and we had a few albums of them. The only funny one I remember was to the 'wearing of the green' tune and had the refrain 'My Father he was orange and my Mother she was green.' Can't remember any more though.

One of our local songwriters, Stanley Accrington, does a cracker as well about the Manchester bombing when amongst all the wreckage a post-box was left in tact. Finishes up with "It's a postbox, Pat, postbox Pat, postbox Pat, what do you think about that?" Lost on anyone who has never seen 'Postman Pat' but hilarious all the same. BTW - the postbox now has a plaque on it!

Keep on taking the p**s instead of shooting and we would all be better off:-)

Cheers

Dave the Gnome