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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Maybe brexit could change this. 
Wasn’t it one of the pro- befit campaign false promises?
Yes, you should get to celebrate your country in a bank holiday. In my opinion.....
I don’t celebrate it, England sucks. |
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I don't even celebrate my own birthday half the fucking time...I'm not indulging in celebrations for people who lived yonks ago that I know nowt about....personally 
It's just an excuse for a party...I don't need an excuse  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Why just st georges day?
Why not st David's day as well?
And st Andrew.."
That’s Scotland. And Wales. St George is for England.
Let those foreigners sort their own holidays out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Maybe brexit could change this.
Wasn’t it one of the pro- befit campaign false promises?
Yes, you should get to celebrate your country in a bank holiday. In my opinion.....
I don’t celebrate it, England sucks. "
Leave brexit alone its putting food on my table |
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"Maybe brexit could change this.
Wasn’t it one of the pro- befit campaign false promises?
Yes, you should get to celebrate your country in a bank holiday. In my opinion.....
I don’t celebrate it, England sucks. "
You seem to be mistaken. It was Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party who had 4 more bank holidays in their manifesto at the last general election (fuck knows how they intended to pay for it though?). |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No, dragons are extinct because of careless George the Dragon killer...
We also abandoned the catholic church under the 8th guy called Henry, and with that goes all the saints.
We need a new, preferably English patriarch for the country. I propose David Attenborough  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes it should. Always a good excuse for a knees up and bring people together. And I know about four people’s birthday on same date so yes let’s celebrate |
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"No, dragons are extinct because of careless George the Dragon killer...
We also abandoned the catholic church under the 8th guy called Henry, and with that goes all the saints.
We need a new, preferably English patriarch for the country. I propose David Attenborough "
Yes, I can get behind that! |
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By *tonMessCouple
over a year ago
Slough Windsor ish |
"We should have a day off and drink tea all day.
We could pinch an idea from the USA and dye the Thames muddy brown like a cup of tea "
No need to dye it. Its muddy brown like a cup of tea |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We should have a day off and drink tea all day.
We could pinch an idea from the USA and dye the Thames muddy brown like a cup of tea
No need to dye it. Its muddy brown like a cup of tea "
Result |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Maybe brexit could change this.
Wasn’t it one of the pro- befit campaign false promises?
Yes, you should get to celebrate your country in a bank holiday. In my opinion.....
I don’t celebrate it, England sucks.
You seem to be mistaken. It was Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party who had 4 more bank holidays in their manifesto at the last general election (fuck knows how they intended to pay for it though?). "
With the magic money tree that the tories took the piss out of them for. You know, the same magic money tree the tories scrumped to bribe the DUP. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Personally I think all these Saints days are bollocks and should be forgotten. Its 2018 ffs!!"
I quite like Easter, being the absolute definite anniversary to the nearest weekend of Christ's execution...   |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Should St Georges day be a bank holiday ? In my opinion yes but its more likely St Georges Day will soon be outlawed, as the globalists and ther MSN have spent years attempting to make English people feel ashamed of being English, Cant even fly your own bational flag in our own country for fear of being branded either a racist or a bigot. |
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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago
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St Patrick's Day is only big in this country because of the mass marketing put out by a certain Irish brewery, whose black stuff is horse piss!
Mind you, cheap ale, free funny hats and giant foam hands will always get my attention....just not that foul bogtrotter piss! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Maybe brexit could change this.
Wasn’t it one of the pro- befit campaign false promises?
Yes, you should get to celebrate your country in a bank holiday. In my opinion.....
I don’t celebrate it, England sucks.
You seem to be mistaken. It was Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party who had 4 more bank holidays in their manifesto at the last general election (fuck knows how they intended to pay for it though?). "
Who cares how we will pay for it, it 4 days of party. |
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St Patrick's Day is just one of many days that has been commercialised by the US and Brits have took it upon themselves to follow suit. Take away the commercial aspect people wouldn't make such a big deal about it |
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By *ty31Man
over a year ago
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We have enough bank holidays already and they cost people enough money too.
But we should celebrate St Georges Day though, maybe the closest Saturday Could be the official celebration day? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just came up with the perfect answer. Lets make Sir David Attenborough day 25th December.
Whole Christian world will celebrate English Nationalism day, and we get a bank holiday at no extra cost |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"St Patrick's Day is only big in this country because of the mass marketing put out by a certain Irish brewery, whose black stuff is horse piss!
Mind you, cheap ale, free funny hats and giant foam hands will always get my attention....just not that foul bogtrotter piss!"
Bogtrotter piss?? That creased me up |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Just came up with the perfect answer. Lets make Sir David Attenborough day 25th December.
Whole Christian world will celebrate English Nationalism day, and we get a bank holiday at no extra cost "
Sir David's birthday is 6th May, so it's a bank holiday on his birthday every 5-6 years. It's also only two weeks after St. George's Day.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"No.
He probably wouldn't even get a visa to enter the country now.
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And the odd thing is that many who’d be happy about that for others would be left confused. |
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By *eesideMan
over a year ago
margate sumwear by the sea |
"1) Should it be a bank holiday ?
and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss"
1# Yes it shood
2# i have no idear but it shood be a celebration as its our own countrys day
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"1) Should it be a bank holiday ?
and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss
1# Yes it shood
2# i have no idear but it shood be a celebration as its our own countrys day
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St. George is also the Patron Saint of Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia. The saint day is the same (more or less - late April/early May) in every country. |
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By *eesideMan
over a year ago
margate sumwear by the sea |
"1) Should it be a bank holiday ?
and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss
1# Yes it shood
2# i have no idear but it shood be a celebration as its our own countrys day
St. George is also the Patron Saint of Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia. The saint day is the same (more or less - late April/early May) in every country."
Thanks that is interesting. I did not no that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Personally I think all these Saints days are bollocks and should be forgotten. Its 2018 ffs!!
I quite like Easter, being the absolute definite anniversary to the nearest weekend of Christ's execution... "
Yep! Drop that one too! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Leave saints days to be celebrated by the religious in a religious way.
The idea that anybody that's not religious would think it a good idea to celebrate a religious icon by going out and getting bladdered is bonkers to me.
Yeah, let's have a few more bank holidays and a few more party days but, let's have them in honour of people like Churchill or Mary Seacole not, a man that supposedly killed a dragon or, a man that drove all the snakes out of somewhere that didn't have any snakes or a man whose divine intervention at a battle helped save the day and the symbol of his cross stops witches flying down your chimney. Last of all, David, brought the dead back to life! Didn't like alcohol, banned it and, was known as David the water drinker... not sure he'd be going to the pub with you |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We have enough bank holidays already
We actually have the least in Europe"
I wouldn't be against St George's Day being a bank holiday just for this reason. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We have enough bank holidays already
We actually have the least in Europe
We’re leaving Europe so we can all stop moaning about this fact "
how about a "We Used to have More Rights when we were in the EU, day?
Forward thinking |
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"No, dragons are extinct because of careless George the Dragon killer...
We also abandoned the catholic church under the 8th guy called Henry, and with that goes all the saints.
We need a new, preferably English patriarch for the country. I propose David Attenborough
Yes, I can get behind that! "
What about Peter Stringfellow, Benny Hill, Danny La Rue, Henry VIII, the possibilities are endless! |
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" Should St Georges day be a bank holiday ? In my opinion yes but its more likely St Georges Day will soon be outlawed, as the globalists and ther MSN have spent years attempting to make English people feel ashamed of being English, Cant even fly your own bational flag in our own country for fear of being branded either a racist or a bigot."
What a load of bollocks. My work flies the flag outside every day.
If anyone is ruining St George's day and the English national flag its those who use it to thinly veil Their racist and xenophobic agenda. They're taking the British bull dog down with them too!
Didn't see too many ashamed to represent their country at the commonwealth games the other week. No covering up of the flag then. |
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"No it’s not even a british saint he was Greek "
Who says he has to be English? If he did great things to protect England, such as smite an almighty dragon, then surely he deserves to be our Saint no matter where he was born.
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By *fcdTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Personally I think all these Saints days are bollocks and should be forgotten. Its 2018 ffs!!"
This. I hate St George day but it's a good way to spot the racists on Facebook etc and have a cull.
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"Personally I think all these Saints days are bollocks and should be forgotten. Its 2018 ffs!!This. I hate St George day but it's a good way to spot the racists on Facebook etc and have a cull."
Huh ??
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By *fcdTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Huh ??"
My Facebook account is not personal but for fans of a band so lots of 'friends' I don't actually know in real life, mostly. Without exception, when I see one post anything involving an England flag, when I go and look at their other posts, it's mostly Britain First and Brexit crap with a good smattering of random racism. |
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"Huh ??
My Facebook account is not personal but for fans of a band so lots of 'friends' I don't actually know in real life, mostly. Without exception, when I see one post anything involving an England flag, when I go and look at their other posts, it's mostly Britain First and Brexit crap with a good smattering of random racism."
Are they actually posting it to you or just putting it on FB generally. Not sure how the St.Georges Cross is racist, Just asking ?? |
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By *ex LutherMan
over a year ago
Closer than you think |
"Should it be a bank holiday, and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss"
I don’t believe it should be a bank holiday but I certainly think it should be celebrated more in this country |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We have enough bank holidays already
We actually have the least in Europe
We’re leaving Europe so we can all stop moaning about this fact
how about a "We Used to have More Rights when we were in the EU, day?
Forward thinking "
It’s a bit long winded, but it works for me,...and most of us I’d say. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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Some interesting comments, but to those who are saying we shouldn't celebrate religious generated figures, and don't get me wrong here as I am not a religious person myself, I ask this question then, why do you celebrate the two biggest days of calender, dedicated the biggest global fictional character ever created has 2 days if celebration, or don't you bother with Christmas and Easter |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Some interesting comments, but to those who are saying we shouldn't celebrate religious generated figures, and don't get me wrong here as I am not a religious person myself, I ask this question then, why do you celebrate the two biggest days of calender, dedicated the biggest global fictional character ever created has 2 days if celebration, or don't you bother with Christmas and Easter "
Quite true. To bring unity in a country, wouldn’t it be more effective celebrating something that units us? Like our country. |
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Not sure about a bank holiday, especially as we already have one 2wks later at the start of May, and another at the end of the month too.
But it's definitely something we should celebrate more as a nation
I swore an oath once to serve Queen & country, and was a licensee for over a decade, my pub was always decked out in red & white in April - the Queens birthday & our patron Saints month.
I now work part time in a local club & put all the bunting up on Thursday.
I have a flag from my window... My neighbour asked if England were playing, she was quite surprised when I said it was for St George! |
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"Not sure about a bank holiday, especially as we already have one 2wks later at the start of May, and another at the end of the month too.
But it's definitely something we should celebrate more as a nation
I swore an oath once to serve Queen & country, and was a licensee for over a decade, my pub was always decked out in red & white in April - the Queens birthday & our patron Saints month.
I now work part time in a local club & put all the bunting up on Thursday.
I have a flag from my window... My neighbour asked if England were playing, she was quite surprised when I said it was for St George! "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Not sure about a bank holiday, especially as we already have one 2wks later at the start of May, and another at the end of the month too.
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I’ve thought long and hard about what you wrote here. And I still can’t find what problem that would cause. It only looks positive for me. |
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"Not sure about a bank holiday, especially as we already have one 2wks later at the start of May, and another at the end of the month too.
I’ve thought long and hard about what you wrote here. And I still can’t find what problem that would cause. It only looks positive for me. "
I'm self employed.
As much as I love a bank holiday day off, especially as one falls around my birthday (and it was my dad's too)
Too many days off, long weekends, that close together cost me money! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Not sure about a bank holiday, especially as we already have one 2wks later at the start of May, and another at the end of the month too.
I’ve thought long and hard about what you wrote here. And I still can’t find what problem that would cause. It only looks positive for me.
I'm self employed.
As much as I love a bank holiday day off, especially as one falls around my birthday (and it was my dad's too)
Too many days off, long weekends, that close together cost me money! "
Chase the dream,not the money.
I worked the last very last bank holiday, and given a chance to be at home with friends and family who are also off, or be alone in work (I’m self employed) I’d take an unpaid bank holiday every day of the week. ESP if it lands on a Monday |
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By *fcdTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Are they actually posting it to you or just putting it on FB generally. Not sure how the St.Georges Cross is racist, Just asking ??"
Thought I'd replied to this, maybe not. The flag itself isn't racist. Many of the people it attracts are though. It's been hijacked.
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"Are they actually posting it to you or just putting it on FB generally. Not sure how the St.Georges Cross is racist, Just asking ??Thought I'd replied to this, maybe not. The flag itself isn't racist. Many of the people it attracts are though. It's been hijacked."
Fair enough I see your point |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Should it be a bank holiday, and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss"
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land
Happy St George's day to one and all. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Should it be a bank holiday, and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land
Happy St George's day to one and all."
Or
Me me mom me dad and me gran were off to Waterloo
Me me mom me dad and me gran with a bucket of vindaloo. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I might go shout LAGER!! Increasingly louder until he understands me at a Spanish barman later
Got to keep up the English traditions "
I think so long as you are paying most Spanish bar staff know all European translations of chevesa |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Should it be a bank holiday, and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land
Happy St George's day to one and all.
Or
Me me mom me dad and me gran were off to Waterloo
Me me mom me dad and me gran with a bucket of vindaloo."
Which one should be the English National Anthem? |
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Chase the dream,not the money.
I worked the last very last bank holiday, and given a chance to be at home with friends and family who are also off, or be alone in work (I’m self employed) I’d take an unpaid bank holiday every day of the week. ESP if it lands on a Monday "
I did.
I quit a ridiculously well paid job that made me miserable, to run my own business.
I'm my own boss, I can pick my own hours & days, as far as I'm concerned, I'm now living the dream.
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"Should it be a bank holiday, and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss"
You realise "St George" was never English. Never came to England and (surprisingly) never slew a dragon.
He was a persian/sybian Muslim.
Food for thought to all the edl knobheads waving flags. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Should it be a bank holiday, and why don't we celebrate it like St Patrick's Day ?
Discuss
You realise "St George" was never English. Never came to England and (surprisingly) never slew a dragon.
He was a persian/sybian Muslim.
Food for thought to all the edl knobheads waving flags. "
he was also a conscripted Roman soldier, does any of that really matter though |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The Dragon in Christian iconography is said to represent either the Welsh people or the pagans of ancient Britton (evil).
Either way i find it highly offensive and i'm not even Welsh. |
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"It's also national asparagus day. "
It is. We had the asparagus express here today! His the asparagus has officially kicked off asparagus season (yes both he and it are a real thing!)
Will be the asparagus auction soon too, still celebrating the fact that asparagus from the Vale of Evesham has been given protected status! |
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