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From: Adrian on 28 May 2010 06:15 boltar2003(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 who wouldn't even acknowledge me if I bumped into them in the VIP room of a swish nightclub. Unless I was selling drugs or they wanted to steal my girlfriend. Oh, and btw - politically, I tend to sit slightly to the right of centre.
From: Mike P on 28 May 2010 06:18 On May 28, 11:13 am, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > > > > > > >>>> Do you display them at the time of the Eurovision Song Contest, too? > >>>> If not, why not? Do you have no national pride? > >>> No comparison, the Euro song contest is a joke > >> Umm, I thought you said there was no comparison? > >>> and several countries show their allegiance by voting other countries > >>> whith whom they sympathise with, > >> All the more reason to wear your allegiance with pride, no? > >>> not on the quality of the songs . > >> So we _could_ be in with a chance, if only a bit of support were > >> curried? Totally unlike the football, where there's no way in which > >> public support and political allegiance can affect the actual result. > > >> Sounds like all the more reason to fly the flag with pride at > >> Eurovision time. > > It's the whole of the UK and not just England in the Euro song contest. > > Of course I'll be rooting for the UK > > And will you be flying the Union flag from your car? > > How about the Cricket World Cup? Or the Rugby World Cup? The Olympics? I'd wager not. Though I have both an England Rugby shirt and cricket top that I wear around those events.. > > But the other countries take the contest much more seriously than we > > do. > > Isn't it about time you helped reclaim it for the nation? > > Or are you displaying not as the flag of your nation, because of national > pride in the achievements of your nation, but merely as a football team > pennant? As most appear to do ? Mike P
From: Adrian on 28 May 2010 06:20 boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Does anyone care about Eurovision now Wogan has left? Did they before? Strange, isn't it, how selective "patriotism" can be? Perhaps Bod would like to tell us - without looking it up - the names of the 2006 Mixed Doubles world champions in Badminton? They were, btw, English. Or - a much easier one - whether he was displaying visible support for England when they won the Twenty20 Cricket world championship not even two weeks ago?
From: Mike P on 28 May 2010 06:23 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 Mike P
From: boltar2003 on 28 May 2010 06:28
On 28 May 2010 10:20:49 GMT Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >saying: > >> Does anyone care about Eurovision now Wogan has left? > >Did they before? They didn't care , but it was amusing to watch and listen to. >Strange, isn't it, how selective "patriotism" can be? Not really. Just because you're proud of your country doesn't mean you have to take an interest in every tuppeny bit karaoke contest its represented in. B2003 |