Public Announcement:
Now that England have (predictably) crashed out of the World Cup, can we please take all the bloody flags down? I can't imagine ever feeling joy or pride or patriotism for the cross of St George. All I think of is it painted on the faces of fat, shirtless men with their beer bellies hanging down, standing in pub gardens singing "Three Lions".
Also; can chavs please now take their tattered and bent flags off their "performance" cars. All of them.
In fact, I have a request for any British bloggers -- or readers -- please, can you take and email to me pictures of sad-looking England flags? Left out in the rain, frayed around the edges, half-hanging out of a bedroom window, all that sort of thing. I want to make a collage of them.
It'll be a long time before we associate the flag with national pride - it's more about chavs and football, and it does nothing for me, either. But the flags totally need to come down - it's like Saturday didn't happen.
ReplyDeleteWe're out, people! Get over it!
people are even flying them over here! bloody hell!
ReplyDeleteChina Blue: I'm so glad you're with me on this one. I wonder what it take to make me feel proud of our country? More than a sporting event, I'd expect. Maybe a revolution... But that's not really the point (or your point)
ReplyDeleteM: In future, I am going to fly an Oz flag. You might not get further,
but you play better.
Yes, I agree with you about the flags - if I see any really sad one's I'll make sure I snap them on my phone for you.
ReplyDeleteI do disagree about our chances when we went into the competition, though. Our squad was EASILY good enough to get us to the semi-finals, and then it's down to luck, and who performs on the day.
We were managed by a twat. That was our problem.
WDKY: I think the squad, the individual players themselves, were of world-beating quality -- that I don't deny, and as such should have done much better. However, they very rarely -- if ever -- played as a team, and instead struggled through. Maybe that was the fault of the Swede, I don't know, and I shouldn't pretend I have any real idea about the game...
ReplyDeleteAs ever, your comments are greatly appreciated, amigo.
Well said. I'll collect them all and send most of those guys to the gym.
ReplyDeleteI will however miss the clear UK roads when they played. ;)
Suze: You're right there, it was my favourite time to go out in the car -- all the roads to myself, and a store full of choice in Blockbuster video. Thanks for the comment, I hope to see more of you around here! (which sounds very dodgy looking at your icon)
ReplyDeleteI don't get the whole cross thing. Why not the Union Jack?
ReplyDeleteThe union jack isn't English, it's British -- it combines the English
ReplyDeletecross of St George (red flag on white) with the Scottish St Andrew's
cross (white on blue) and the Irish St Patrick's cross, to form the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Wales doesn't get
included.
A HUGE help! I wondered forever what the deal was with the red & white flag - thought I'd emerged from a parallel universe where the flags were different. It was very weird. ;)
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