BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)

Subject: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: GUEST,An English Patriot
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 06:21 PM

May I be the first to wish everyone, English non-English alike, a happy St George's Day. Celebrate it in style.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 06:42 PM

Thanks EP. It's good that someone recognises it! I get really p*ss*d off that St Pat's Day is celebrated with such vigour but our poor old patron saint is mostly ignored. Wear your red roses with pride!

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 07:38 PM

Happy St George's Day to all ze Englanders! May your lance never blunt or droop.

And happy nameday to me too. And to all the Georges out there. May those that love us rejoice, and may the bottoms drop off those that hate us (literal translation of Greek wish).

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: izzy
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 08:41 PM

LOL --Happy St George's Day to everyone in England (and all Georges around the world).

Isabel

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 08:48 PM

Happy it is!

:0)

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: paddymac
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 09:17 PM

There's likely a saint for everyone under the sun. Clever marketing strategy by the ancient fogies of Rome. All that aside, and to the extent that saints' days celebrate the goodness of people, "Bless 'Em All" (literally).

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 04:15 AM

...and I am St George, that noble champion bold
who with my trusty broadsword won ten thousand pounds in gold.
It was I who fought the fiery dragon and brought him to the slaughter
and by that very token won the King of Egypts daughter...

Enter the black prince of Paradine...

Whoops! Sorry! Already done that haven't we:-)

Happy St Georges day everyone (In England AND Russia!)

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: The Walrus
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 04:27 AM

Happy St George's Day to one and all.

"...Cry God for Harry, England and St George!"

Walrus

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: jacqui.c
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 04:29 AM

Happy St George's Day to one and all - I'll have the flag flying on the car at least.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 04:36 AM

Happy birthday also to my son Ewan, born in England [Kingston-upon-Thames]to Scots parents on St Georges day.
Oh the shame!! ;-)
John

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 04:42 AM

Ah, Isabel, you just unfortunately included George W in your wishes...never mind.

All this wonderful fuss for a Turk who never probably set foot on English soil, and killed a mythical dragon. Then again, you guys adore Richard the Lion Heart, who spent about 9 months of his entire reign in England, and never bothered to learn the language!

Who says you are an insular bunch? Happy St George's..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: el ted
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 04:48 AM

Three cheers for England! Burn those baseball caps, pop out to a Gentleman's outfitters and purchase a Trilby.
                  toodle pip,
                   St. Ted

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 06:46 AM

Richard the LH didn't need to speak English: everybody he was likely to speak to could speak French!

We had our St G's celebration last night at Bedford FC, with plenty of un-pc songs.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 08:06 AM

when is/was it?

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 08:29 AM

Sainsbury's have put red (well, pink) crosses on their hot cross buns for today.... Oh the shame!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 09:14 AM

Today (April 23), Noddy. I already have a trilby I'll have you know el ted. A proper one. Not one of them poncey Oscar Wilde fedora thingies that they all wear nowadays. How about a bowler???

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 10:00 AM

Happy St. George's Day. Almost time to go out and heft a few to the lad!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Tracey Dragonsfriend
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 10:19 AM

Not happy with the whole dragon-killing idea, though...

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: GUEST,Hugh Jampton
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 10:38 AM

Liz,
    Hooray for Sainsburys. A red cross is just the ticket on such a day, especially since rumour has it that St.George was quite partial to hot cross buns.
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Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 12:03 PM

I quite like the idea of red crosses on hot cross buns - wish I'd thought of that!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: el ted
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 12:06 PM

Dragons are easy! gas mark 6, 20minutes a pound.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 12:37 PM

Well that's your oven busy for the next 14 weeks.

I am by nature a dragon, so yes, I agree with Tracey.... not at all happy about dragon slayers (it's why I never shop in Marks & Spencer) either, metaphorical or not.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 12:44 PM

Me too, Liz. Water Dragon to be exact. Watch it el ted..just looking for an excuse with you..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: izzy
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 01:00 PM

I certainly didn't mean to include Bush in that comment...funny, he never seemed to me to qualify as a George, whatever his first name.

Oh well, hope everyone is having a good day!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: akenaton
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 01:56 PM

Just a wee song for St Georges day.



       Scots wha hae,wi Wallace bled,
       Scots wham Bruce has often led.
       Welcome tae yer gory bed,
       Or tae victory...

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: Les from Hull
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 02:14 PM

What's all this about red roses? Is it some sort of plot aimed against us Yorkshire Folk? I think we should be told.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 02:25 PM

And a Happy Saint George's Day also to the Greeks and Georgians and all the the rest who have him as patron saint.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: izzy
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 05:09 PM

The red (wild) rose is an English national symbol. We have two on our kitchen table right now. I actually prefer roses to waving flags around --prettier and more subtle.;)

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: GUEST,A wolf
Date: 24 Apr 04 - 04:15 PM

Can someone tell me what "Scots wha hae" actually means? Not the poem, itself, which ofcourse I do understand, but the actual words wha hae?

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: Crane Driver
Date: 24 Apr 04 - 04:40 PM

Yes, Happy St Georges to all my friends in the big place next door.

(Just lay off the dragons, or me and the boyos will come and sing at you...)

Andrew

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 24 Apr 04 - 07:15 PM

wha hae - "who have"

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: GUEST,Ray - manchester
Date: 23 Apr 05 - 07:17 AM

You do realise that st georges day is 23/04/05.

Anyway rather than winge about no one celebrating, do what we do and go out on a huge night, EVERYONE suited up with a rose. Love too.

There will always be an ENGLAND!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: GUEST,McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Apr 05 - 10:23 AM

The real English national day is of course be May Day in a week's time.

But a Happy Shakespeare's birthday anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 24 Apr 05 - 05:40 AM

When will we get a bank holiday to celebrate (get pissed)it? I drink plenty of whisky and then guinness on the appropriate dates but I need an excuse to get more real ale into me. Should it be an electoral manifesto issue?

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 24 Apr 05 - 06:50 AM

But this year the calendar was kind, and St George's was on a Saturday. I celebrated it by watching a local Morris side, then playing the Turkish Knight with the Herga Mummers at the Queen's Head in Pinner, and then spending the next 11 hours ensconced there with La Inglesa, HergaKitty, Tim F, Dan McKinnon et al, supping some fine Youngs Special, singing our hearts out for ourselves and for the chock-a-block appreciative audience of that fine establishment, and generally wallowing in a benign, celebratory atmosphere. Well done the Queen's Head, pig roast and all, for putting up something special for the day. And well done the 200 or so revellers that went through its doors yesterday.

Knackered home at 1am for a double shot of something with Dan and a natter, bed by 2:30am, up at 8am without a hangover!

Yes, it was a grand St George's Day!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy St George's Day (22-April-2004)
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Apr 05 - 01:22 PM

Oh Greko - I would have loved to have seen that! Did Manitas do his sweep bit OK?

I sat in a pub garden and had chips and beer... French Fries with mayonnaise and American (Coors) bitter. The chips were wonderful but the beer was horrid... all taste up front, nothing to savour and it didn't even get me warm and fuzzy.

LTS