| Quote of the day to unpick 18:00 - Mar 22 with 2510 views | factual_blue |
From Nicky Campbell's phone-in about Nike's excellent new kit design for the England men's team.
'Taxi driver Joe in Stirling said he had "steam" coming out of his ears: "People died for that flag thousands of years ago".
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| Quote of the day to unpick on 11:48 - Mar 23 with 464 views | leitrimblue |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 11:45 - Mar 23 by WeWereZombies |
Saracen stone ? Next you will be telling us that malt vinegar is made by grinding down sarsens... |
Yep, grind um down then add water. Jobs a good un |  | | |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 11:48 - Mar 23 with 463 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 11:45 - Mar 23 by WeWereZombies |
Saracen stone ? Next you will be telling us that malt vinegar is made by grinding down sarsens... |
Saracen Stone?
Great actor.
Very good in Casino I thought. |  |
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| Quote of the day to unpick on 12:01 - Mar 23 with 446 views | WeWereZombies |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 11:48 - Mar 23 by You_Bloo_Right |
Saracen Stone?
Great actor.
Very good in Casino I thought. |
'She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995 and was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2005 (Commander in 2021).[' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Stone
There should be a crusade for her to get an Oscar though, I'm keeping my legs crossed for that to happen... |  |
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| Quote of the day to unpick on 14:02 - Mar 23 with 409 views | Rocky |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 09:58 - Mar 23 by leitrimblue |
It's a little known fact the farmboy George's cross (as the flag was originally known) was flown for the first time off the top of the large saracen stone at stonehenge in April 2023BC.
It was first flown in order to commemorate the successful slaying of a local dragon by a big eared farmboy called George just outside Stowmarket village .
# Time to replace George with Edmund |
Also I believe Tacitus told us that the first sight the Romans had of the ancient Britons was of wild-haired men covered in woad and waving red and white flags. |  | | |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 14:13 - Mar 23 with 388 views | ronnyd |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 08:45 - Mar 23 by Pinewoodblue |
St Edmund should of course still be patron Saint of England. |
Yeah, who wants someone from the Caucasus!. |  | | |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 17:03 - Mar 23 with 320 views | factual_blue |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 06:29 - Mar 23 by jayessess |
If you want a book about national identity formation on this island, Linda Colley, Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 is a really good one. You might also like Hobsbawm and Ranger, The Invention of Tradition, which is all about how the Victorians went about constructing a lot of our eternal-seeming national traditions. |
And for nationalism/national identity more generally John Breuilly's stuff is very good. | |
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| Quote of the day to unpick on 17:34 - Mar 23 with 290 views | factual_blue |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 09:58 - Mar 23 by leitrimblue |
It's a little known fact the farmboy George's cross (as the flag was originally known) was flown for the first time off the top of the large saracen stone at stonehenge in April 2023BC.
It was first flown in order to commemorate the successful slaying of a local dragon by a big eared farmboy called George just outside Stowmarket village .
# Time to replace George with Edmund |
We've only had George foisted on us by 14th century Catholics. | |
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| Quote of the day to unpick on 18:48 - Mar 23 with 249 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 08:45 - Mar 23 by Pinewoodblue |
St Edmund should of course still be patron Saint of England. |
Agreed.
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| Quote of the day to unpick on 19:24 - Mar 23 with 213 views | WeWereZombies |
| Quote of the day to unpick on 17:34 - Mar 23 by factual_blue |
We've only had George foisted on us by 14th century Catholics. |
Surely everyone in England was Catholic in the 1300s.
And you should know... | |
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