Happy St George's Day 2011

[pickledseal]

How are you celebrating?

Few pints of ale somewhere in the sun methinks.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Indeed, a day to stand up and be proud to be English - I thought the guest ale in the Shrimpers yesterday, Lancaster Bomber, was perfect to celebrate with a day early! Heaps of ironing to do today and then a BBQ at friends this evening with many aptly named cocktails planned!

 

[Phippsy]

I am celebrating by doing a lovely 10 hr job , ferrying mutants via ockendon for C2C :'(

 

[pickledseal]

Just been told that it's not St George's day technically... It's been moved to 2nd May due to it being Easter Saturday today! Good excuse to celebrate twice...?

 

[Rob Noxious]

How are you celebrating?

Few pints of ale somewhere in the sun methinks.

I will only be taking calls from English people today in my work for the needy and distressed of West Cornwall. :angel:

 

[OldBlueLady]

Just been told that it's not St George's day technically... It's been moved to 2nd May due to it being Easter Saturday today! Good excuse to celebrate twice...?

WTF??? How can you move a Saint's day? You can't as far as I'm concerned. Easter Saturday is NOT a holiday, it is the one day of the 4 that mean nothing therefore it is a perfect day for St George's Day to be on! :soapbox:

 

[pickledseal]

Technically it's the Saints feast day celebration... You can't celebrate a feast day on Easter Saturday because you don't have mass. Admittedly it is more of a religious thing, but then we are celebrating our patron Saint which was originally a religious thing.

 

[canveyshrimper]

I will only be taking calls from English people today in my work for the needy and distressed of West Cornwall. :angel:

You'll be alright then mate, that's only you and Mrs S.

Also Shakespeare's birthday, who obligingly kicked the bucket on his birthday.

 

[Rob Noxious]

You'll be alright then mate, that's only you and Mrs S.

Also Shakespeare's birthday, who obligingly kicked the bucket on his birthday.

After being on the 1664 all day?

 

[MK Shrimper]

Obviously for what I saw in Tesco's people are celebrating by drinking copious amounts of German beer and Irish cider. God save the Queen.

 

[pickledseal]

Pub crawl of Wakering is ON!

 

[canveyshrimper]

After being on the 1664 all day?

Think it was Spingo mate.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

Technically it's the Saints feast day celebration... You can't celebrate a feast day on Easter Saturday because you don't have mass. Admittedly it is more of a religious thing, but then we are celebrating our patron Saint which was originally a religious thing.

Yes but it is still a saints day on all the calendars including a French one I have which lists all and sundry saints days

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yes but it is still a saints day on all the calendars including a French one I have which lists all and sundry saints days

It's also celebrated in Catalonia(as El Dia del Sant Jordi)and Japan I believe without being a public holiday. :thumbdown:

 

[Rudi Luftwaffe]

I'll be celebrating by shaving my head and gaining 5 stone.

 

[Uncle Leo]

For one reason or another, slightly more low-key than previous years, but still managed a little pub crawl from Ickenham down towards Camden.

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Why are we still so ashamed to celebrate our Patron Saint ??

 

[Rudi Luftwaffe]

Why are we still so ashamed to celebrate our Patron Saint ??

I'm not ashamed.

I just think it's pretty pathetic that those that do want to celebrate can't come up with something better than the Guinness sponsored St. Patricks day and seem content to hide behind anecdotal evidence of local councils clamping down on patriots to avoid any upset to ethnic minorities etc.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Why are we still so ashamed to celebrate our Patron Saint ??

I'm not; I spent last year's SGD walking around London dressed like one of the soldiers from Zulu*. A quiet one this year as it's not so much fun when everyone is off work - back to form next year!






*I realise they were Welsh Guards so many would have been taffs; but still.

 

[sufcis4life_notjust4cardiff]

Had few drinks out on Saturday. Few people with us were wearing England football shirts and when we were walking down Rayleigh high street, somebody stopped us to ask who England were playing! When we told them it was St Georges day, they seemed to have no idea what it was! :stunned: