St George`s day

[English Bloke]

Nope, seeing as St George was reputed to be Turkish, I'm wearing a fez and drinking this actually!

Courage, chivalry and charity. The qualities of St George.

He's also patron Saint of Russia, Aragon, Asturias and Catalonia (Spain), Ethiopia, Georgia (no surprises there), Greece, Lithuania, Palestine and Portugal. The Bulgarian Army, Beirut, Malta, and the Isle of Gozo (Calypso's island from the Odyssey). And Scouting. And people with syphillis. The fellow certainly got around....

[ccga3359]

And people with syphillis. The fellow certainly got around....

[ccga3359]

Wow what a thread. Of the 10 years I spent in England I only recall seeing the Union flag waving on all the buildings, never St George's cross. It was this flag that I was born under and would have been the one I died under had it not been joined by the maple leaf.

I believe in an eventual united Ireland but would not easily accept an altered Union flag. I hear McClef's arguement and can sympathize with him but again would resist an altered Union flag. I am proud to call Trefor a friend and a brother and I pay the utmost respect to his national flag. Both him and I are both British citizens and proud of it, in that we are the same but don't call me a 'Brit', I was born in England, there is a difference.

I don't recall ever celebrating St George's day only Guy Fawkes day. I take the original sentiment and say thank you, thank you very much and raise a glass to you in acknowledgement.