St. George's Day, the English in a nutshell.

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Today in England and various other countries around the world, it is Saint George's Day.


Who is Saint George? I hear you ask?

Well, if the stories are to be believed, he killed a dragon, and as we all know, there's only one way to kill a dragon.

By devouring it's soul.

Yes, George was a Dovahkiin, if that isn't worthy of a sainthood, I don't know what is. He was probably the leader of all the local guilds too.

It is the English equivalent of St. Patrick's Day.


'Why haven't I heard about this?', you may ask. The Irish have their day, as do the Scottish and the Welsh. The Australians have Australia Day, the Americans have the 4th of July, so it only makes sense that the English would have a day to celebrate being English, yes?

Well, not quite.

Depending on where you live, many people will tell you (see: right wing) that we don't celebrate the holiday because it makes the immigrants nervous, political correctness gone mad!

Well, it makes someone nervous, but it isn't the immigrant population.

It makes us nervous.

There's something you have to understand about the English, something that dates back hundreds of years. We've never felt like a minority, we've never felt the need to shout 'Oi, we're English, now shut up you slaaaaaaaag!'

No. We just shot people and nicked their countries instead.

And that's why we're nervous, we dislike nationalism, just look at the EDL and the BNP. Everyone hates them.

We're understated, we don't like to make a fuss, and we certainly don't like feeling like we're 'rubbing it in people's faces'. we don't like flag waving for flag waving's sake.

A lot of communities will celebrate it in their own way, whether it be Morris Dancing, or baking a cake, or a myriad of other small, personal things. You won't see a sea of Saint George's flags waving in London, and you won't hear any cries of 'England, FUCK YEAH!'

No, you'll hear people whining about the immigrants making us feel like 2nd class citizens in our own country.


But ignore those guys, they're plebs :D
 

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Daystar Clarion said:
You won't see a sea of Saint George's flags waving in London, and you won't hear any cries of 'England, FUCK YEAH!'/
Apart from all that flag waving and "England, FUCK YEAH!" they did in Trafalgar Square on Saturday... and in fact, every year in Trafalgar Square either on St. George's Day or the weekend preceding it.

Also, The Globe puts on events as it is also Shakespeare's birthday and there's often a lot of flags there.
 

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Wait, St.George's day is April 23rd?

It's my name day?

*party* :D
 
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Stasisesque said:
Daystar Clarion said:
You won't see a sea of Saint George's flags waving in London, and you won't hear any cries of 'England, FUCK YEAH!'/
Apart from all that flag waving and "England, FUCK YEAH!" they did in Trafalgar Square on Saturday... and in fact, every year in Trafalgar Square either on St. George's Day or the weekend preceding it.

Also, The Globe puts on events as it is also Shakespeare's birthday and there's often a lot of flags there.
Shhh, we don't talk about them.

That never happened.

I generally mean that it's never on the same scale as other national holidays :D
 

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Daystar Clarion said:
Today in England and various other countries around the world, it is Saint George's Day.


Who is Saint George? I hear you ask?

Well, if the stories are to be believed, he killed a dragon, and as we all know, there's only one way to kill a dragon.

By devouring it's soul.

Yes, George was a Dovahkiin, if that isn't worthy of a sainthood, I don't know what is. He was probably the leader of all the local guilds too.

It is the English equivalent of St. Patrick's Day.


'Why haven't I heard about this?', you may ask. The Irish have their day, as do the Scottish and the Welsh. The Australians have Australia Day, the Americans have the 4th of July, so it only makes sense that the English would have a day to celebrate being English, yes?

Well, not quite.

Depending on where you live, many people will tell you (see: right wing) that we don't celebrate the holiday because it makes the immigrants nervous, political correctness gone mad!

Well, it makes someone nervous, but it isn't the immigrant population.

It makes us nervous.

There's something you have to understand about the English, something that dates back hundreds of years. We've never felt like a minority, we've never felt the need to shout 'Oi, we're English, now shut up you slaaaaaaaag!'

No. We just shot people and nicked their countries instead.

And that's why we're nervous, we dislike nationalism, just look at the EDL and the BNP. Everyone hates them.

We're understated, we don't like to make a fuss, and we certainly don't like feeling like we're 'rubbing it in people's faces'. we don't like flag waving for flag waving's sake.

A lot of communities will celebrate it in their own way, whether it be Morris Dancing, or baking a cake, or a myriad of other small, personal things. You won't see a sea of Saint George's flags waving in London, and you won't hear any cries of 'England, FUCK YEAH!'

No, you'll hear people whining about the immigrants making us feel like 2nd class citizens in our own country.


But ignore those guys, they're plebs :D
You think the english are nervous about showing nationalism?
Try the Germans on for size.
They'll show you what "being afraid of being nationalist" really means.
 

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:D

It is amazing how many people at work today, who are English members of the British armed forces, don't know it is St Georges day... Hell... I didn't know until I saw the Google homepage... Then again, I don't see myself as English, due to the fact I am most certainly British!

There is a funny fact about them immigrants too... for the UK citizenship test there are questions on the Patron Saint days. For the life of me, as a proud Brit who has signed up the fact I will give my life for my country, I can't tell you when the Patron Saint days are... Hell, I don't even know the month for David's and Andrew's!
So there you have it... Immigrants know more about the country than we do... they just struggle at the fundimentals of being British...

And to play us out, a song about those fundimentals from the incredible Professor Elemental!

 

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Flatmate " hey, Penguin, did you know it was George's day today?"
Me: " Nope, yay England!" *half hearted thumbs up*
Flatmate " woo"
Me: " Thus concludes the festivities".

St Georges day is the day when you get to feel proud about not feeling proud about your country. Nobody fails to give a shit like the English. (the olympics did it's best to ruin that though. grrrr)
 

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Stasisesque said:
Daystar Clarion said:
You won't see a sea of Saint George's flags waving in London, and you won't hear any cries of 'England, FUCK YEAH!'/
Apart from all that flag waving and "England, FUCK YEAH!" they did in Trafalgar Square on Saturday... and in fact, every year in Trafalgar Square either on St. George's Day or the weekend preceding it.

Also, The Globe puts on events as it is also Shakespeare's birthday and there's often a lot of flags there.
Woah there fella... slow it down a peg! That would imply that London is, in any way shape or form, like the rest of Britian!? What they do in the capital, staaays in the capital...

Try repeating Sat night in Birmingham... without getting lynched!
 

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Wow, never realised it was today. But then I never remember the dates (or celebrate when I do find out) for any of the national days in the UK. Plus, I live in Scotchland - so that would go down like a fart in a spacesuit if I were to start jumping around shouting "Wooo! England, YEAH!". As noted though, I am English/British and would never behave in such an uncouth fashion anyway.

/sips tea

Quite.

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Elementary - Dear Watson said:
There is a funny fact about them immigrants too... for the UK citizenship test there are questions on the Patron Saint days. For the life of me, as a proud Brit who has signed up the fact I will give my life for my country, I can't tell you when the Patron Saint days are... Hell, I don't even know the month for David's and Andrew's!
So there you have it... Immigrants know more about the country than we do... they just struggle at the fundimentals of being British...
Have you seen the sort of hoops them immigants have to jump through to get citizenship! Never mind learning themselves the langerage. One of my old flatmates was going for it and she had to study so.. much.. useless.. shite about this island it was unreal. What use is knowing the ethnic/national splits (what % come from here, what % come from there, etc.) of folks living here?

/sips tea

Quite.
 
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Elementary - Dear Watson said:
:D

It is amazing how many people at work today, who are English members of the British armed forces, don't know it is St Georges day... Hell... I didn't know until I saw the Google homepage... Then again, I don't see myself as English, due to the fact I am most certainly British!

There is a funny fact about them immigrants too... for the UK citizenship test there are questions on the Patron Saint days. For the life of me, as a proud Brit who has signed up the fact I will give my life for my country, I can't tell you when the Patron Saint days are... Hell, I don't even know the month for David's and Andrew's!
So there you have it... Immigrants know more about the country than we do... they just struggle at the fundimentals of being British...

And to play us out, a song about those fundimentals from the incredible Professor Elemental!

Why Prof. Elemental isn't top of the charts, every week, is a crime against humanity.
 

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There are some English people who are very nationalistic indeed. You can usually tell who they are when they open a conversation with "I read in the Daily Mail..."
 

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ClockworkPenguin said:
Flatmate " hey, Penguin, did you know it was George's day today?"
Me: " Nope, yay England!" *half hearted thumbs up*
Flatmate " woo"
Me: " Thus concludes the festivities".

St Georges day is the day when you get to feel proud about not feeling proud about your country. Nobody fails to give a shit like the English. (the olympics did it's best to ruin that though. grrrr)
Ah... and there is the differentiation again... The olympics was a British thing... not English! (Like the Royal events!) Rugby, Football and Cricket on the other hand... full English support!
 

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Elementary - Dear Watson said:
Stasisesque said:
Daystar Clarion said:
You won't see a sea of Saint George's flags waving in London, and you won't hear any cries of 'England, FUCK YEAH!'/
Apart from all that flag waving and "England, FUCK YEAH!" they did in Trafalgar Square on Saturday... and in fact, every year in Trafalgar Square either on St. George's Day or the weekend preceding it.

Also, The Globe puts on events as it is also Shakespeare's birthday and there's often a lot of flags there.
Woah there fella... slow it down a peg! That would imply that London is, in any way shape or form, like the rest of Britian!? What they do in the capital, staaays in the capital...

Try repeating Sat night in Birmingham... without getting lynched!
Not... not really. I was responding only to the statement about London as it was quite largely false. I honestly don't know what the rest of the country does for St. George's Day or in fact for most celebratory events. I know that "white British" are supposedly a minority in London* and yet the St. George's Day Feast continues on regardless, so in the sense of the majority of the English being scared of being seen as racist? To me, that's a ludicrous idea, but then I am a Londoner and we are basically perfect.

*I have absolutely no proof of this it is literally all hearsay, usually being spouted at me by people who are not from London.
 

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Bertylicious said:
There are some English people who are very nationalistic indeed. You can usually tell who they are when they open a conversation with "I read in the Daily Mail..."
People who read the Daily Mail tend not to read the Daily Mail.. more a case of looking at the headlines, maybe ogle whatever lassie has just come of age and is now prancing in a bikini - and get outraged/aroused as appropriate.
 

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If it makes you feel better, 'Straya is deeply unpopular with some as well, and ANZAC Day is often embarrassing, drunken bogans descend on Gallipoli, having rock concerts and passing out amongst war graves etc.
 

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OYAY. TODAY I CAN SNEAK A BIT OF RACISM I USUALLY WOULDN'T GET AWAY WITH WHILST I'M CELEBRATING.

"I'm gonna celebrate St. Georges Day and if you bloody Indians don't like it then GO BACK TO POLAND!"

It's just another day to me because the ones who seem to celebrate it are the idiotic loudmouth The Sun readers who like to get wound up about non-existent problems. Everyone else seems to be "meh" about it. (No one doesn't give a fuck quite like the English)

St Paddy's day on t'other hand... "I am 1/9895768646th Irish and this makes me PROUD! WOO!" *drinks all day*
 
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Midnight Llamaman said:
EeveeElectro said:
OYAY. TODAY I CAN SNEAK A BIT OF RACISM I USUALLY WOULDN'T GET AWAY WITH WHILST I'M CELEBRATING.

"I'm gonna celebrate St. Georges Day and if you bloody Indians don't like it then GO BACK TO POLAND!"
I hope you realise anyone that pegs on that sort of sentiment to celebrating St Georges Day is in no way representative of the general populace?

And if you think it is, you're just as stupid as those espousing such hateful bullshit.
I'm pretty sure she was being sarcastic.

The English like to do that, you know.
 

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Daystar Clarion said:
Midnight Llamaman said:
EeveeElectro said:
OYAY. TODAY I CAN SNEAK A BIT OF RACISM I USUALLY WOULDN'T GET AWAY WITH WHILST I'M CELEBRATING.

"I'm gonna celebrate St. Georges Day and if you bloody Indians don't like it then GO BACK TO POLAND!"
I hope you realise anyone that pegs on that sort of sentiment to celebrating St Georges Day is in no way representative of the general populace?

And if you think it is, you're just as stupid as those espousing such hateful bullshit.
I'm pretty sure she was being sarcastic.

The English like to do that, you know.
Being British, I'm well aware :D

Sarcasm however doesn't come across well online, so hey.

Besides, the second part of their post sure seems to confirm the first part. :)
 

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Why Prof. Elemental isn't top of the charts, every week, is a crime against humanity.
I agree... it should alternate between Mr B and him... Chap hop should be a staple for British children and should be taught as part of the curriculem!