Religious Imposition. - Page 7

DtheP47 · 23-04-2014, 19:32

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Originally Posted by JCB

According to most of the few who contribute to Accy Web Christianity is just a fairy tale .

What has St George to do with England anyway ?

Hey those misfits, mavens and misanthropes will tell you there's no Father Christmas as well.

DtheP47 · 23-04-2014, 19:43

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

Why should we? He was a Palestinian!

BBC News - Why St George is a Palestinian hero

Whatever it says on his passport Gordon he represents the battle between good and evil, he is a saint of the broadest appeal. Palestinians, Muslims and Christians celebrate his feast day.

No matter here I am in Chequers in Stevenage raising a glass of Hardy and Hansons Olde Trip (a Greene King ersatz brew I know) to the ambitious Cappadocian bishop who brings more good than evil to humankind.

I'll have to go matey, the sword dancing is about to start

taddy · 23-04-2014, 19:43

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Originally Posted by JCB

Why should we ?

According to most of the few who contribute to Accy Web Christianity is just a fairy tale .

What has St George to do with England anyway ?

Maybe if on the 23rd April, George had slain the dragon that was in charge of the country in the 1980s people would remember him a bit more,

Eric · 23-04-2014, 19:56

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I got 8 right in that one Eric.

Way to go

Retlaw · 23-04-2014, 20:16

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Originally Posted by Eric

For those of you who hated the first Shakespeare quiz, here's another. More or less on topic. Think of him as a secular British saint.

; let's not forget he was born on St. George's Day ... a true literary crusader.

I hope I ain't being politically incorrect by using the "C" word.

QUIZ | BIRTHDAY BARD - CBCNews.ca

No I didnt cheat, I didn't this one either. The school I went to till I was 14, the headmaster an ex WW1 thought that all boys should be brought up military fashion, we spent most of the time when we should have been diong English formation marching up and down the central hall, he kept me in after school one day for not having shiny clogs, and father who was going on night shift at Bristol Aicraft had been waiting for me to go an errand, I got clouted for being late, towd him it were pop heys, so he said next time pop comes down our street I want to know, dashed in next Saturday and said dad pops coming, father went to front door fanged hold of pop by the throat and said if tha wants his clogs polished then tha pays furt polish, until then if thurs any moor o this stupid nonsense or I'll knock thi block off. We heard no more from pop about shiny clogs or shoes. So I never eard o this ear chap called Shakespear, was never taught wher all them twiddly bit go either (,,,..::;; " ) an such, don't know what nouns, verbs or adjectives are either, to me words are just words I write as I speak. When I'm reading anything I don't notice them any way.
I did read at one time he was a plagarist and he didn't write anything.

Margaret Pilkington · 23-04-2014, 20:25

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

Why should we? He was a Palestinian!

BBC News - Why St George is a Palestinian hero

I always thought he was Maltese. You learn something every day.

Retlaw · 23-04-2014, 21:32

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I always thought he was Maltese.

Coat him with chocolate an he'l be a Malteser.

accyman · 24-04-2014, 10:47

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Originally Posted by taddy

Maybe if on the 23rd April, George had slain the dragon that was in charge of the country in the 1980s people would remember him a bit more,

the Irish have the right idea..

attatch a pub crawl to your saint and everyone celebrates it even the english and scottish

DtheP47 · 24-04-2014, 10:58

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Originally Posted by accyman

the Irish have the right idea..

attatch a pub crawl to your saint and everyone celebrates it even the english and scottish

"Paddy's Day" Guinness (the company, not our esteemed member) has highjacked the day and it's just one humongous marketing campaign and opportunity for them. And the tat they give away probably keeps more than a couple of chinese give away factories in all year production.

Margaret Pilkington · 24-04-2014, 11:41

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

No I didnt cheat, I didn't this one either. The school I went to till I was 14, the headmaster an ex WW1 thought that all boys should be brought up military fashion, we spent most of the time when we should have been diong English formation marching up and down the central hall, he kept me in after school one day for not having shiny clogs, and father who was going on night shift at Bristol Aicraft had been waiting for me to go an errand, I got clouted for being late, towd him it were pop heys, so he said next time pop comes down our street I want to know, dashed in next Saturday and said dad pops coming, father went to front door fanged hold of pop by the throat and said if tha wants his clogs polished then tha pays furt polish, until then if thurs any moor o this stupid nonsense or I'll knock thi block off. We heard no more from pop about shiny clogs or shoes. So I never eard o this ear chap called Shakespear, was never taught wher all them twiddly bit go either (,,,..::;; " ) an such, don't know what nouns, verbs or adjectives are either, to me words are just words I write as I speak. When I'm reading anything I don't notice them any way.
I did read at one time he was a plagarist and he didn't write anything.

Retlaw...for someone who doesn't do all those things(parts of speech)...you write more legibly and readably than the guy from over the borders.
I rarely have any bother deciphering what your post is about.

accyman · 24-04-2014, 17:20

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Originally Posted by DtheP47

"Paddy's Day" Guinness (the company, not our esteemed member) has highjacked the day and it's just one humongous marketing campaign and opportunity for them. And the tat they give away probably keeps more than a couple of chinese give away factories in all year production.

if it wasnt for the excuse for beer st patrick would be just as neglected as saint george

speaking of tat im guilty of wearing a guiness hat when winkered outa my brain depsite finding teh stuff vile to drink lol ...But your correct it should be saint guiness day not patricks

westendlass · 24-04-2014, 17:34

Aye, to be sure , to be sure, begorra. Tis another commercial excuse to get leathered and spend money under the olde pretence of tradition.

cashman · 24-04-2014, 18:29

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Originally Posted by westendlass

Aye, to be sure , to be sure, begorra. Tis another commercial excuse to get leathered and spend money under the olde pretence of tradition.

Aye but i used to be able to make a damn good job of it,Happy Days,

Eric · 24-04-2014, 19:55

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Originally Posted by cashman

Aye but i used to be able to make a damn good job of it,Happy Days,

Me too ... and I never needed an excuse

Any day ending in a "y" is good enough for me, whatever saint's name anyone wants to put before it.

accyman · 25-04-2014, 16:24

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Originally Posted by Eric

Me too ... and I never needed an excuse

Any day ending in a "y" is good enough for me, whatever saint's name anyone wants to put before it.

i may be wrong all these people out on st patricks day may well indeed actually be celebrating my birthday and have just forgot to bring a card