Olympinonsense

[Lateralthinking1]

OMG, the Daily Mail is off again ... got temporarily fed-up slagging-off immigrants so now it's the Scots and Welsh ...

The 'problem' here is obvious. God Save the Queen is played when England play at football and is therefore now widely considered to be its anthem. The English are at 'fault' for hijacking the anthem for themselves . Therefore, neither the Welsh or Scots could reasonably be expected to sing it lustily. The latter particularly considering one of the insulting verses.

The players concerned merely stood there in an appropriately respectful manner. In any case, some England players don't sing the anthem either, so this is a typical chunk of utter garbage from the DM.

That would have been the case if they hadn't given reasons. The reasons they gave did not indicate ignorance, as is the case of some England footballers, but a compete lack of respect for the team they claim falsely to represent.

I am only going to count the English medals as British. The others might as well be won by Iran. They mean nothing to me.

[amateur51]

They are all in the middle of nowhere.

Says our Croydon correspondent

Nice try Lats - you say "she signed up to a British team" - what was the option?

Get yerself an anthem, Eng-er-land!!

[amateur51]

OMG, the Daily Mail is off again ... got temporarily fed-up slagging-off immigrants so now it's the Scots and Welsh ...

The 'problem' here is obvious. God Save the Queen is played when England play at football and is therefore now widely considered to be its anthem. The English are at 'fault' for hijacking the anthem for themselves . Therefore, neither the Welsh or Scots could reasonably be expected to sing it lustily. The latter particularly considering one of the insulting verses.

The players concerned merely stood there in an appropriately respectful manner. In any case, some England players don't sing the anthem either, so this is a typical chunk of utter garbage from the DM.

Crikey scotty - I agree with you 100%

Beautifully expressed

[Lateralthinking1]

Says our Croydon correspondent

Nice try Lats - you say "she signed up to a British team" - what was the option?

Get yerself an anthem, Eng-er-land!!

She has plenty of options - climbing mountains, waltzing around in a kilt, living quietly in Cheshire, stuffing haggis, or building a 500 foot wall from Berwick to Gretna.

My tolerance has run out. We pay through the nose for them. They dominate our Parliament. They get everything for free. God knows why we put up with it - they have such unattractive personalities.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

This media circus which follows the Olympic Flame will come to an end (at last) today. I really cannot see the point of trying to turn something that's so monotonous into national news. The occasional reference to it - fair enough; but TV cameras following it and patronising interviews for weeks on end - it's all become quite infuriating.
The torch tradition was for a relay of runners who carried the flame, day and night, from Athens to the host city. People would get up in the night to see it pass through their town or village. I find that an exciting idea. It hadsnow become an excuse for naffness and a platform for "how do you feel?" interviewers. Most of the able-bodied "runners" now walk or stand still to have their photographs taken.
If it's an attempt to be inclusive, it misses the point. The Olympics Games are for the elite athletes - a celebration of fitness and skill at the highest level. The flame should reflect that.

[amateur51]

She has plenty of options - climbing mountains, waltzing around in a kilt, living quietly in Cheshire, stuffing haggis, or building a 500 foot wall from Berwick to Gretna.

My tolerance has run out. We pay through the nose for them. They dominate our Parliament. They get everything for free. God knows why we put up with it - they have such unattractive personalities.

That's always the problem with tolerance!

[scottycelt]

Crikey scotty - I agree with you 100%

Beautifully expressed

Amsey ...

[scottycelt]

My tolerance has run out. We pay through the nose for them. They dominate our Parliament. They get everything for free. God knows why we put up with it - they have such unattractive personalities.

Golly, they may be truly frightful, but they are obviously one hell of a lot smarter than us ...

[Lateralthinking1]

Golly, they may be truly frightful, but they are obviously one hell of a lot smarter than us ...

I hadn't realised that smarter meant two-faced and grasping. You learn something new every day.

They are obviously gagging to turn the mainland into another Northern Ireland. Let the war begin.

[amateur51]

Golly, they may be truly frightful, but they are obviously one hell of a lot smarter than us ...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The English are at 'fault' for hijacking the anthem for themselves . Therefore, neither the Welsh or Scots could reasonably be expected to sing it lustily. The latter particularly considering one of the insulting verses.

Only verse 2 seems to be likely to give offence, and not to the Scots or Welsh, though there may be verses I don't know:-

1. God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen

2. O Lord our God arise
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall
Confound their politics
Frustrate their knavish tricks
On Thee our hopes we fix
God save us all

3. Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour
Long may she reign
May she defend our laws
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen

4. Not in this land alone
But be God's mercies known
From shore to shore
Lord make the nations see
That men should brothers be
And form one family
The wide world over

5. From every latent foe
From the assassins blow
God save the Queen
O'er her thine arm extend
For Britain's sake defend
Our mother, prince, and friend
God save the Queen


Verse 4 doesn't scan too well.

[Lateralthinking1]

They don't subscribe in any way to verse 4 so I would imagine they would find that offensive too:

Lord make the nations see
That men should brothers be
And form one family
The wide world over

How our economy would be improved if all those in England were compulsorily transported back into their own country.

[Serial_Apologist]

Only verse 2 seems to be likely to give offence, and not to the Scots or Welsh, though there may be verses I don't know:-

1. God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen

2. O Lord our God arise
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall
Confound their politics
Frustrate their knavish tricks
On Thee our hopes we fix
God save us all

3. Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour
Long may she reign
May she defend our laws
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen

4. Not in this land alone
But be God's mercies known
From shore to shore
Lord make the nations see
That men should brothers be
And form one family
The wide world over

5. From every latent foe
From the assassins blow
God save the Queen
O'er her thine arm extend
For Britain's sake defend
Our mother, prince, and friend
God save the Queen


Verse 4 doesn't scan too well.

Yes, you'd have thought that, having gone to all the trouble to compose the damn thing, the poet would have realsed that "o'er" can constitute one syllable, thus overcoming the scanning problem!

[Northender]

Word of the Day: 'Unticketed'.
Does this mean: (a) The event concerned is free to watch. You don't need a ticket - just turn up and you'll gain admission
or (b) The event concerned is not open to members of the public?

[amateur51]

You have to hate the news sometimes.

This morning the main BBC headline was "London set for Olympic Games"

Now it's "Olympic ceremony just hours away"



What fatuous lazy stuff it is.

The phrase "set for [bla bla bla]" or "set to [do/announce bla bla bla]" is a real bugbear of mine - so often used to write a lazy pointless story from a press release before something has happened.

It's not news, it's PR.

truly awful