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From: bod on 28 May 2010 11:49 Silk wrote: > On 28/05/2010 10:14, bod wrote: > >> Oh dear, you see every England football supporter who proudly displays >> his own country's flag as being typical of a BNP supporter or a >> brainless knobhead. > > I would say it's statistically correct. You only have to look at a news > report showing football outside a stadium to see that this particular > stereotype has more than a passing resemblance to the truth. > > Every Saturday afternoon, there are hundreds of thousands of > bull-terrier type dogs straining at the length of blue tow-rop tied to a > washing line post, pining for their masters. > > What about all the black England supporters? Do you include them? Bod
From: bod on 28 May 2010 11:51 Ret. wrote: > bod wrote: >> Adrian wrote: >>> bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like >>> they were saying: >>> >>>>>>> Am I being a snob in thinking having a flag on your car makes you >>>>>>> look like a knob? >>> >>>>>> Yes. >>> >>>>> So how many flags are attached to your Vectra, bod? >>> >>>> 2 >>> >>> <unsurprised> >>> >>>>> What about your neighbours in your residential mobile home park on >>>>> the outskirts of Slough? >>> >>>> There are too many St George flags around here to count. >>> >>> <unsurprised> >>> >>>> What has, where I live in England, got to do with whether I >>>> display my country's flag, got to do with it Adrian? >>> >>> Demographics. >>> >>> >> >> This is my country and I'll fly our flag wherever and whenever I >> want. >> I see some other nations flags flying from their cars, are they >> included in your 'numpty' stereotype tag, or is it just the St George >> flag that upsets you? > > When I was touring the Deep South - the majority of cars were flying not > the Stars and Stripes - but the Confederate Flag! The red-neck mentality > is still alive and kicking down there. > > But this is England and we are supporting our football team....no more .....no less....no hidden agenda. Boss
From: Adrian on 28 May 2010 11:54 bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>>> Am I being a snob in thinking having a flag on your car makes you >>>> look like a knob? >>> Personally I always think that most football supporters look like >>> knobs... >> That's three times in a week we've agreed now Kevin.. >> >> <worries> > That's an insult to your average English football fan. Is it still an insult if it's true?
From: Adrian on 28 May 2010 11:55 bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > But this is England and we are supporting our football team....no more > ....no less....no hidden agenda. So the whole "patriotism" thing is a total red herring, and all the attempts to turn it into more than football are (at best) mischevious or (at worst) downright rabble-rousing?
From: GT on 28 May 2010 12:21
"bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:86a6s9Fv69U5(a)mid.individual.net... > Mike P wrote: >> On May 28, 11:15 am, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> boltar2...(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >>> saying: >>> >>>>> I 'fly the flag' because I'm simply proud to be English. I started >>>> Being proud of your roots isn't something people like Adrian really >>>> get. >>>> Just another self hating lefty. >>> I'm perfectly comfortable in who I am, thanks, without needing to try to >>> prop my self-worth up by association with a bunch of massively overpaid >>> cretins >> >> Couldn't really have said it better myself. >> >>> who wouldn't even acknowledge me if I bumped into them in the VIP >>> room of a swish nightclub. >> >> Compare this to Rugby.. Jeremy Guscott picked up my stepmum's bags and >> carried them into the hotel for her when her and my dad were staying >> at the same hotel as the England team a few years agoo > > David Beckham has just visited our troops in Afghanistan. They really > appreciated it. The English ones did! The rest of our troups probably wondered why he was there! |