The Official St George's Day thread.

[Wessex]

 

[C C Csiders]

Magnificent vessel, and still under commission. How you would love to see it today sailing into patrolled waters as one of the vessels of the RN.

 

[Bentley's Absurd Gait]

"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that fought with us upon St. Crispin's day!"

We few, we happy few, we band of Shrimpers;​

For he to-day that sings Blues songs with me​

Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,​

This day shall gentle his condition:​

And gentlemen in Southend now a-bed​

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,​

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks​

That roared with us upon PLAYOFF FINAL day.​

 

[OldBlueLady]

We few, we happy few, we band of Shrimpers;

For he to-day that sings Blues songs with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in Southend now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That roared with us upon PLAYOFF FINAL day.​

:clap: Like the slight alteration to the Bard's words there, without going through it all have we had the "Cry God for England, Harry and St George" quote yet anywhere?

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

We few, we happy few, we band of Shrimpers;
For he to-day that sings Blues songs with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in Southend now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That roared with us upon PLAYOFF FINAL day.​

Very Good BAG

:clap:

 

[BoyWonder2]

 

[BoyWonder2]

 

[Wessex]

 

[Bentley's Absurd Gait]

A legend, and half American, like all the best people. ;)

 

[steveo]

“There is a forgotten nay forbidden word which means more to me than any other. That word is England” Winston Churchill 1945

 

[Wessex]

 

[BoyWonder2]

Is that the Bournemouth Pier Theatre in that picture or am I completely mistaken?

 

[Wessex]

Is that the Bournemouth Pier Theatre in that picture or am I completely mistaken?

You are not mistaken, B'mouth being home for me.

 

[Hector of the House]

Truely English

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

Just some of the long list of English Inventions/Discoveries

Adjustable spanner
Bouncing bomb
Cat's eye (road)
Cat flap
Clockwork radio
Davy lamp
Electrical generator
Fire extinguisher
Hovercraft
Jet engine
Lawn mower
Lifeboat (rescue)
Linear motor
Newtonian telescope
Rubber band
Sewing machine
Slide rule
Spinning jenny
Stainless steel
Stephenson's Rocket
Tank
Tarmac
Vacuum cleaner
World Wide Web

 

[Cricko]

Charles Babbage.

[FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Francis Drake.. The Golden Hind

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[C C Csiders]

A legend, and half American, like all the best people. ;)

However, listen to that "we shall fight them on the landing grounds, we shall fight them on the beaches" speech and you will actually hear that he was half Dalek.

 

[Bentley's Absurd Gait]

Large G'n'Ts all round. At the Yalta conference, Churchill asked Stalin to fetch him some lemon for his G'n'T, and somehow in the war ravaged USSR, he got one. I don't know why I like that story so much, But I do.

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

 

[C C Csiders]

Whoever he is he needs to ask the barman to repour those two quarts of Guinness behind him. Where's the head?