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Off Topic Happy St George's Day...

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  1. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Well I would agree if he was uniquely "ours". I don't care particularly where he was born or that he never came here but I think it is poor that he is shared with so many other nations and cities. We should celebrate something uniquely ours akin to Australia Day.
     
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    NHS day. July 5th. A nice summer public holiday.
     
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  3. originallambrettaman

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    Ironically, Australia Day is a celebration of when the British arrived, it used to be called Invasion Day.
     
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    Evidence of another name change disaster.
     
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  5. Quill

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    What, something that 99% of people out there probably have no clue about?
     
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  6. originallambrettaman

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    From the HDM 23rd April 1902...

    please log in to view this image
     
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  7. ElTigre

    ElTigre Well-Known Member

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    You've cribbed that off the list of BBC Great Britons. Admit it.
     
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  8. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Only just seen your update....

    Re Newton, it doesnt have to be his birthday. It could be another significant day in his life that we celebrate. he did formulate one of the most important theories the world has ever known....

    And I have got a problem with Shakespeare. he never wrote any of his plays down hence what we see today is memories of his work regurgitated by actors of the plays themselves. Well what if they improved them or went as far as creating something that bore little resemblance to the original? I suppose the idea is that Shakespeare the name collectively embodies something still brilliantly produced in England and exported the world over.
     
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  9. Lincoln Tiger

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    Well it is Shakespeare's birthday and death day too, so happy birthday Shakey... 1564-1616!
     
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  10. originalminority

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    Happy St Georges Day to all my fellow Englishmen and Englishwomen.
     
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  11. originalminority

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    Waterloo was 200 years ago this year, we should make something of it in June.
     
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    I usually wear a rose on my lapel in recognition of St. George's Day. Naturally, it's a white one!
     
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  13. originallambrettaman

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    It's nowhere near that old, it only came out in 1974.
     
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    Nope, I did history at A level and have always been interested in British history.

    I didn't know the BBC had a Great Britons list. Who is top of it? I'd guess Churchill considering his popularity.

    Shakespeare, even though it is disputed about the validity of his works, is a symbol of literature and writing the World over, I think he deserves something. Considering today is his birthday, I would prefer today to be Shakespeare Day than St George's.
     
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  15. ElTigre

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    I'll believe you.

    1. Sir Winston Churchill
    2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
    3. Diana, Princess of Wales
    4. Charles Darwin
    5. William Shakespeare
    6. Sir Isaac Newton
    7. Elizabeth I
    8. John Lennon
    9. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
    10. Oliver Cromwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons#Entirety_of_the_list
     
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    :emoticon-0147-emo: It's impossible for him to have been born in Turkey, and his origins are subject of debate rather than fact.

    (nerd mode off) :emoticon-0147-emo:
     
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    They stick out like a sore thumb don't they?!
     
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  19. originallambrettaman

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    Nobody knows for certain, but it seems that the best guess is that he was born in Cappadocia.
     
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  20. Ernie Shackleton

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    Get In!!!

    Go for me.

    I'd be great.


    We could all eat dogs and bugger about with unseaworthy boats for the day.

    It'd be a great laugh.


    I want mythologizing mind.

    A fire breathing seal could be a good story.

    Or a kamikaze albatross.


    Just so long as I come out the hero.
     
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