BS: george orwell comment

Subject: RE: george orwell comment
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 25 Feb 19 - 07:29 AM

I'm with you on the suet puddings, Morris Dancing, and traditional music Dave. Horse-racing is nothing more than an opportunity for a bunch of crooks to take a great deal of money out of the pockets of piss-heads and, in entertainment terms, is little better than that other waste of TV broadcasting-time, golf.

And there's no question - I'm not intellectual enough! ;-)

Subject: RE: george orwell comment
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 25 Feb 19 - 07:19 AM

I'm with you Dave, when I was a young soldier I was looked down on and had the piss taken for displaying a bit more intelligence than the average squaddie.

Dave H

Subject: RE: george orwell comment
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 25 Feb 19 - 07:03 AM

I'm left wing and love suet puddings, Morris dancing and traditional music. Not sure about horse racing or why anyone would consider that particularly English though.

Maybe I am just not intellectual enough.

Subject: george orwell comment
From: The Sandman
Date: 25 Feb 19 - 06:58 AM

England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own culture. In left wing circles it is always felt there is something slightly disgraceful about being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at suet puddings, horse racing morris dancing and traditional music. it is a strange fact but most intellectuals would feel more ashamed of standing for god save the king than from stealing from the poor box

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Note from Joe Offer: Wikiquote.comHas a slightly different version of the quote:
England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during God save the King than of stealing from a poor box.