St George's day

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Shame we are still 3 or so points off the St beneathus celebrations, and these are after St George's day this year
 
The coverage of today compared to St. Patrick’s Day is stark. It’s as though people are afraid to acknowledge St. George’s Day.

You have people who have absolutely nothing to do with Ireland wearing green felt hats and stupid sunglasses with the Irish colours on, all out necking Guinness, which they undoubtedly can’t stand the taste of. Then today, nothing.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
The coverage of today compared to St. Patrick’s Day is stark. It’s as though people are afraid to acknowledge St. George’s Day.

You have people who have absolutely nothing to do with Ireland wearing green felt hats and stupid sunglasses with the Irish colours on, all out necking Guinness, which they undoubtedly can’t stand the taste of. Then today, nothing.
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I think st Patrick's is seen as more inclusive - every **** loves the Irish.
 
I actually thought St Pats very quiet in the media this year also St Andrew"s Day and Burns night to be honest. I don't get the St Pats thing unless you're Irish, but as far as pubs go its any excuse to get the punters in these days - don't remember it being a thing at all when I was younger - outside of Irish clubs and pubs. Can't ever recall there being much fuss about St George's apart from seeing the odd person wearing a red rose.
 
Rory Bluelow said:
I actually thought St Pats very quiet in the media this year also St Andrew"s Day and Burns night to be honest. I don't get the St Pats thing unless you're Irish, but as far as pubs go its any excuse to get the punters in these days - don't remember it being a thing at all when I was younger - outside of Irish clubs and pubs. Can't ever recall there being much fuss about St George's apart from seeing the odd person wearing a red rose.
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Could well be a generation thing. My step kids are 21, 19 and 18, so this was the first paddy’s day they could all go out as adults. They have English and Scottish blood flowing through their veins. They made an unbelievably big deal of paddy’s day.

I’ve just asked our family group chat what they’re doing today. Nothing. That’s the response.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
Could well be a generation thing. My step kids are 21, 19 and 18, so this was the first paddy’s day they could all go out as adults. They have English and Scottish blood flowing through their veins. They made an unbelievably big deal of paddy’s day.

I’ve just asked our family group chat what they’re doing today. Nothing. That’s the response.
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Party central at that age mate ! Any excuse.
Come to think of it I remember my daughter coming home wearing a Guinness felt hat with my son wearing a horses head about 20 years ago.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
Could well be a generation thing. My step kids are 21, 19 and 18, so this was the first paddy’s day they could all go out as adults. They have English and Scottish blood flowing through their veins. They made an unbelievably big deal of paddy’s day.

I’ve just asked our family group chat what they’re doing today. Nothing. That’s the response.
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'Irish pubs' were a bit of a thing in the 90s and I think that pushed it. Basically, a shit English pub rebranding by ripping out the carpets, getting some wanky green sign writing done with a shamrock and some tokenistick 'irish' name. Stick a bit of pogues/Dubliners on, sell badly kept Guinness on an electric pump and profess that there is 'good craic'
Bobs yer uncle - a shit pub has now become trendy and obviously st Paddy's would be like a second go at Xmas in terms of profits at an otherwise dead time of year.
 
Rory Bluelow said:
Party central at that age mate ! Any excuse.
Come to think of it I remember my daughter coming home wearing a Guinness felt hat with my son wearing a horses head about 20 years ago.
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At that age we used to do the pubs in failsworth, of which there was plenty, for Georges Day.
 
St. George was a Cappadocian Greek soldier in the Roman military who became martyred for fighting to uphold his Christian beliefs which were being supressed.

He's the patron saint of England, Portugal, Brazil, Ethiopia, Catalonia, Bulgaria and Romania as well as a number of cities which bear the red cross on a white background as part of their city crest.

There, now, nobody needs to say the ignorant "bUt He WaSn'T EvEn enGliSh, hE wAs tUrkIsh!" nonsense we see on these threads every year.
 
Growing up in Warrington we never made anything of St George's Day. Or those of Andrew and David for that matter. St Patrick's Day was nothing outside of the Irish clubs. And then a few years back I was in Chicago and Boston at the wrong time of year and saw St Paddy madness. It's yet another American export. See also Halloween and baby showers.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
The coverage of today compared to St. Patrick’s Day is stark. It’s as though people are afraid to acknowledge St. George’s Day.

You have people who have absolutely nothing to do with Ireland wearing green felt hats and stupid sunglasses with the Irish colours on, all out necking Guinness, which they undoubtedly can’t stand the taste of. Then today, nothing.
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For that you would need an English brewery to spend shit loads on advertising.
Nothing is stopping you going out on the piss in a daft hat.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
The coverage of today compared to St. Patrick’s Day is stark. It’s as though people are afraid to acknowledge St. George’s Day.

You have people who have absolutely nothing to do with Ireland wearing green felt hats and stupid sunglasses with the Irish colours on, all out necking Guinness, which they undoubtedly can’t stand the taste of. Then today, nothing.
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Maybe that best selling English beer Madri could come up with a similar marketing drive on the back of our Christian saint and martyr.
 
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LangleyBlue1970 said:
The coverage of today compared to St. Patrick’s Day is stark. It’s as though people are afraid to acknowledge St. George’s Day.

You have people who have absolutely nothing to do with Ireland wearing green felt hats and stupid sunglasses with the Irish colours on, all out necking Guinness, which they undoubtedly can’t stand the taste of. Then today, nothing.
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I don't think it's people are afraid to acknowledge it, it's just not been subjected to the same marketing drive that St Pat's has which as I think as Herbert has already said is in its current incarnation a bit of an American import like Halloween.

It's possible that said marketeers have been less inclined to go to town on promoting it because they consider it too tricky given the raise the colours mob etc. simple risk v reward means they don't bother. I think it might happen in the future on the back of a 'reclaim the flag' aimed to younger folk, I think a few people like Ross whatsit, the grant mitchell actor, have floated the idea too.
 
UnderControl said:
Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more
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Me thinketh these scribes to scroll be deserv'd of more examination on this auspitious of days. God wills it!

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'

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