St George's Day - Should it be a Bank Holiday??

Arse. Meant to edit, not quote myself.

Im having a proper English day - getting pissed and having a curry. What other way is there to celebrate some Turk killing a dragon?

ahhhhh yes

My mate has just proposed that we play Command and Conquer and try and reclaim the British Empire.

But you celebrate christmas and easter....

theres no escaping who you are and where you came from, a nation without pride is a nation destined to decline; every generation seem even less enthusiastic than the one they followed... liberalism is stain on the British psychee.

good point like.

Take a look at america and how proud they are of their country.

And see how theyve turned out.

Ok, that was a bad example...

exactly like the new testament!

It's not about picking your favourite folk hero, it's about identifying with a force that helped sculpt your nation; I'm not a christian, but I'd happily celebrate a christian figure in recognition of England.

Christianity sculpted this nation; the majority of our modern values can be directly linked to the Bible... You may not believe the stories in the Bible, but they effect you.

if I say I totally agree to you one more time today ppl are gonna start thinking im bumming you but what the hell

I totally agree

Wouldn't an English Christian figure be more relevant?

I can't think of one notable saint... we tend to label our kings, religious reformers and their offspring as saints.

i dont know too much about christianity, but I'm guessing all the cool saints will come from the middle east.

what like gay rights? I don't think so. you can just as easily make a case for the weather having sculpted english values.
National grumpy fuckers day anyone?

i wouldnt care who it was in honour of, where they came from or what they had done for modern day life.....any excuse for more legit time off work!!!

go on then forks; present the argument that the weather has had as big an impact on our moral backbone as the teachings of the NEW Testament (bearing in mind much of new the cancels out the original testament).

Don't you know the hymn Jerusalem?

He was white though

you were talking about a force that helped to sculpt the nation. you said nothing of moral backbone.
I think that the weather has had an enormous impact on who we are as a people.
Alcohol is another force that has shaped the nation.
National bladdered day anyone?