Or did he? And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On England's pleasant pastures seen! It tickles me when people get animated about bits of English tradition and culture. They tend to be the same ones that then deny such beasts exist, but expect everyone to tiptoe around other's cultures idiosyncracies.
Shakespeare. Easy one that. He's also apparently our greatest cultural icon... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27110234
Which brings us nicely back to English history... I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit; and, upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry! England and Saint George!'
St Patrick is not uniquely the patron saint of Ireland. They aren't even sure which of 2 Patricks they are commemorating. Still he did banish something which wasn't there in the first place. Is there anything more pathetic than the non-Irish people in this country celebrating St Guinness Day? 99% of people celebrating him have nevervset foot in Ireland.
100% agree. I feel nothing but loathing and wish perpetual harm on anyone who falls into this category. OT slightly and it does still stun me that no company has grasped St George's Day as a genuine marketing opportunity a la Guinness. Bombardier make a half hearted effort but it's really not difficult - just literally copy exactly what Guinness have done! I really dont know why they arent all over it. Why not Tesco or Asda? The latter is obviously Yankee owned but they're British founded and instead of forcing Black Friday on us when it means nothing, do something that people here can relate to.
I was once in New York for St Patricks Day and every bastard reckoned they were from Irish stock. Apparently 20% of white Americans claim to be Irish, that's 41,000,000 of them. Guinness know a good marketing opportunity when they see one.
Several companies have tried, such as Bombadier. The problem is the negative squealing from some of the less culturally aware.
Precisely, So why hasnt a company literally copied them for St George's Day? If I was Marketing Director at a big UK FMCG company I'd be embarrassed that another year has passed when I havent done this.
As I've said earlier and before, several companies have, but the negative squealing from the less culturally aware makes it more problamatic.
I disagree, theyve made a token limp-wristed gesture. Ive never seen anyone in pint of beer hats on St George's Day. And as for the squeling, it's a pice of piss to handle. "We're an English organisation and we're celebrating our patron saint in exactly the same way countries happily do all around the world." Done.
He may have come from Yorkshire, but he didn't start the company over here and it was the best part of 140 years before it was sold in the UK.
