St George's day

[gurnemanz]

Wrong time of year. Too close to the the two May bank holidays.

[ahinton]

It's irrelevant.

What is? The adoption by the English of St. George as the patron saint of their country? If so, that surely says very little for its - or indeed his - importance as such, n'est-ce pas?

Anyway, do give some thought, if you will be so kind, to answering my other question because I am genuinely interested in what you think about that.

[ahinton]

Wrong time of year. Too close to the the two May bank holidays.

Not to mention the two Easter ones...

[Richard Barrett]

St George was a Greek-speaking Syrian who joined the Roman imperial army, wasn't he? And he's also the patron saint of Catalonia and I believe of a few other places too. About as English, in other words, as, er, the royal family.

[Beef Oven!]

St George was a Greek-speaking Syrian who joined the Roman imperial army, wasn't he? And he's also the patron saint of Catalonia and I believe of a few other places too. About as English, in other words, as, er, the royal family.

It's all about St Geaorge's Day, not St George!!!

We cosmopolitan Englishmen are noted for our diverse attitude and wide perspective on the world. The Welsh and Scots for example, cannot get their heads around having a patron saint of their country (Principality, protectorate etc) that isn't a Taff or a Jock. We, the English lead the way and are world-noted for our tolerance and understanding of multicultural issues. We've taken curry to our bosom, more doners are eaten in London than Ankara, more Greeks live in north London than Athens, economic migrants are climbing over each other to come to England/London. Need I say more!

[teamsaint]

there no wrong time for a public holiday.

This is a fact.

[P. G. Tipps]

Come on, Her Scottish Majesty, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, has tweeted and twittered a pronouncement today wishing everyone south of the border 'A Happy St George's Day'

So that settles it ... let's hear it For England & St George!

[BBMmk2]

Far too many public holidays already, Bbm ... keep the lazy b*****s hard at it on zero contracts, I say!

Happy St George's Day to you too ... are you a direct descendant of the great man, by any chance?

John of Gaunt PG T I P S! :)

[BBMmk2]

Why do we not go back to the original patron saint of England, Edmund the Martyr? He was English (and died fighting against European migrants ).

This is what I have been saying, elsewhere and in my original post.

[ahinton]

It's all about St Geaorge's Day, not St George!!!

What is, exactly? The question of whether it should be a public holiday in England but presumably not elsewhere in UK?

We cosmopolitan Englishmen

I'm not an Englishman.

are noted for our diverse attitude and wide perspective on the world. The Welsh and Scots for example, cannot get their heads around having a patron saint of their country (Principality, protectorate etc) that isn't a Taff or a Jock. We, the English lead the way and are world-noted for our tolerance and understanding of multicultural issues. We've taken curry to our bosom

I prefer to eat mine in the conventional manner; taking it to one's bosom can be rather messy.

more doners are eaten in London than Ankara, more Greeks live in north London than Athens, economic migrants are climbing over each other to come to England/London. Need I say more!

Well, whether or not you need to, you surely could; as you pride yourself and your fellow Englishmen (and presumably Englishwomen also) on your "diverse attitude and wide perspective on the world" and that you "lead the way and are world-noted for (your) tolerance and understanding of multicultural issues, do you accordingly celenrate the fact that "economic migrants are climbing over each other to come to England/London"? Just curious...

[ahinton]

Come on, Her Scottish Majesty, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, has tweeted and twittered a pronouncement today wishing everyone south of the border 'A Happy St George's Day'

Everyone? What, even all those Scots south of the border?(!)...

So that settles it ... let's hear it For England & St George!

Settles what? No one has yet even give a reason why any of these countries need patron saints anyway; I'm not necessarily suggesting that they don't, but it might be an idea to disuss that one before making pronouncements upon whether their days should be public holidays!

[P. G. Tipps]

Everyone? What, even all those Scots south of the border?(!)...


Settles what? No one has yet even give a reason why any of these countries need patron saints anyway; I'm not necessarily suggesting that they don't, but it might be an idea to disuss that one before making pronouncements upon whether their days should be public holidays!

Oh, don't be such a Caledonian wet-blanket, ahinton!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

ahem; St George's Day falls on swmbo's birthday, it therefore reminds me in a timely fashion of the impending disaster of forgetting said Birthday, and all that that might entail [better not to think on it] ... it must on no account be moved changed erased or in any way interfered with, else the four horsemen will descend upon us all .....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A HAPPY ST GEORGE'S DAY TO YOU ALL!
Now, I think this should be a public holiday. Yes?

This (going "back to the original patron saint of England, Edmund the Martyr? He was English (and died fighting against European migrants") is what I have been saying, elsewhere and in my original post.

Errrm ....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

ahem; St George's Day falls on swmbo's birthday

That's a helluva typo for "Shakespeare's", Calum!