Warning - Flags & Intellect
 

Some may not be aware of this recently issued Dept. of Transport Warning:

In order to assist other motorists in identifying potentially dangerous drivers, it is now compulsory for anyone in England who possesses a lower-than-average intellect to display a warning flag; this warning is in the form of a red cross on a white background, which must be attached to the top of at least one door on their vehicle.

For drivers of exceptionally low intelligence, additional flags are required.

;)

A white diagonal cross, with a blue background !! Waay Haaay!!

Sid,

U and I are no longer mates after that one !!

E5

quote: For those classified as ESN, whether by reason of inbreeding or otherwise, the additional precaution of a sticker reading 'CYMRU' should also be applied to the vehicle.......

Sadly if you wanted to fly the Union Flag, to represent the UK instead of part of it, you would most likely be considered racist.

Why is it that people only feel patriotic or nationalistic sentiments dring football championships etc?

Why do the Euro lefties who dominant much of the public seem to want to make us ashamed of we are? Why do they want to make us feel bad for not wanting to be crime victims? Why do they want to dumb down everything?

WE BF

Pro-EU and patriotic sentiments are not mutually contradictory. Nor are Europhiles confined to the "Left" (ask any popular ex-Tory leader such as Clarke, Heseltine or Patten). The Tories think they have to recapture those who have defected to UKIP to regain power. Perhaps a few hundred thousand? In fact they have to recapture those that defected to the Lib Dems and NL - a few millions!

I have worn a discreet St Georges Cross for years on my car - alongside the EU stars. Mainly to take the pi$$ out of the Frogs during my frequent visits "Outre-Manche". But it serves equally well in Jockistan.

What gets up my nose is the mindless slogan stuck on the rear window of a car ahead. Such as "Fly Navy!" ;)

Flatus Veteranus. Mindless slogan
 

I agree, much better in the bomb bay of a Buccaneer!

I don't suppose you want it rounded of with "Walk Army, Eat Crab" either.:p

I'm pleased to say as a Jocko I'm a Unionist and a europhobe!

Having lived in the United States of Europe (That's Living as in Learning the Lingo and mixing with the locals - NOT Strapping XXX000's of pounds of thurst to your @rse and beating up the airspace. Then retiring to the bar of an evening and drinking the Local Falling down Juice and whinging on about how there's no english Telly) I can honestly say that (With the exception of Germany) Europe Sucks.

As For 'The Parliment in Edinburgh?' - For starters they can't even build thier own bl00dy gang hut for less than 10 times the original Price. They've made s0d all difference that I can see up here apart from line their own pockets.

I fall short of actually supporting the english Footy team tho' (as much as i'd like to) I dont want to be associated with that bunch of thugs...

Flags may indicate low intellect but nothing signals poor driving skills better than one of those little 'Christ has taken control of my life' fish.

Somebody listened to Radio 2!

I hope you're not accusing me of doing that.

There has been some good correspondence in the DT about the flag of St George, but I can't remember any of it.

I'm sorry, but that is all I have to offer this particular thread. Goodbye.

Ecosse, written across a white diagonal on a blue background. What's that all about?

It's an advert for deep fried Mars Bars, I think?







:p

Apparently, the scotch think that to have a french translation of their cuntrys name on the back of their vehicle will go down well with the traffic gendarmerie when on holiday abroad. :p

Unfortunately this does not appear to be to well understood on the rest of continental Europe. :{

Or maybe they want to affiliate themselves with the French footy team as they don't have one of their own. :ooh:

In My completely unbiased opinion there is only one St Georges Flag worth a Damn - And that's the one with the Union Jack in the Top Left hand side! :ok:

Ah! The defaced Cross of St George flown by the grey-funnel line and an effete bunch of toffs in Cowes Castle. Such pollution of a noble standard that flew over Agincourt and Crecy! God is for Harry, England and St George!

I do love Scotch, the only Scottish product made by Scots for the delectation of Englishmen.

The Frogs and the Jocks have always had a "special relationship" usually founded on treason.

Interesting that UKIP scored their lowest share of the Europoll in écosse (about 6%) and came sixth amongst the political parties. In the SW region here UKIP scored more than 22% and came second. If an alliance between the rump of the Tories and UKIP wins a NO vote in a future referendum and the UK abrogates the Treaty of Rome, would the Scots follow England out of the EU?

No wonder Tony and Geoff seem to be concentrating whats left of the RAF in Lincolnshire. :confused:

History
 

Flatus

You are aware aren't you that the term United Kingdom dates back to 1603 when the crowns of England and Scotland were united, a long time before the act of union.

And it was a Scottish King who came to the throne, James V (or VI - sorry can't remember) became James I of Great Britain.

I blame the Romans for the England/Scotland divide - yet another problem caused by Europe.....

Of course any decision to leave the EU would be followed in Scotland, it woulld be a national decision.

When you were a Vulcan pilot, did you only deter attacks against England, or the whole UK?

:confused: :rolleyes:

Sid.....you bar steward:E

Look wot you started now....from flags to the "auld enemy" in less time than it takes a certain individual to offer me outside:rolleyes:

all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced

How appropriate is a SMALL PERSON ON BOARD sticker when the driver is a twenty stone grimmy with boobs heading south?

Just what are you supposed to do if you find yourself behind a vehicle with a 'Baby/Small person on board' sticker.

Or are they 'If you can read this you are too close' stickers in disguise?

WEBF

Not quite right. The Act of Union created the United Kingdom. Before that it was the multiple kingdom. Don't the course, read the book, got the environmentally correct T-shirt.

T-shirt was like a hair shirt of unbleached cotton. Wife used it as sandpaper.

History
 

WEBF

The union seemed secure to me when I was running Edinburgh UAS in the early 60s, and certainly while I was in the Vulcan force later that decade. When I went to a Calcutta Cup match at Murayfield, the crowd sang God Save the Queen just like any self-respecting Brits. There was nothing of this semi-treasonable “Flower of Scotland” rubbish! The subsequent growth of Scottish separatism accompanied by Anglophobia ( a form of racism) seems to have started with a perception that Thatcher had a grudge against the Scots, rather than the Socialism that they hanker after. Their Europhilia (the ScotsNats policy is still, I believe, independence within the EU) is probably due to their view of the side on which their bread is buttered. Now that UK has overtaken France and Germany in Per Capita GDP (expressed in €) and now that “middle England” no longer seems to be embarrassed about flying the Cross of St George, do I detect that Scottish tune is changing, or is less strident?

Apart from the West Lothian question, the outstanding anomaly is the English singing of God Save the Queen before football and Rugby matches. Why call upon the Almighty to help Queenie, who seems to be doing OK on her own, when it is the English pack that needs divine help? The spectacle of the English XV standing around (in Dunedin and at Eden Park, Auckland) trying to look bored while the Blacks wind themselves up with a haka was ridiculous. If they have to stay with the Hanoverian dirge, they should at least use the non-PC second verse (not sung in church!) and aimed at the Jacobites of “48”:-

“O Lord our God arise,
Scatter our enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks;
On Thee our hopes we fix;
God Save us all”. (Very appropriate in Oz this week!)

Personally I would prefer England teams and their supporters to abandon the UK National Anthem and sing something rousing and secular. The Senior Service (like the devil) has the best tune:-

“ Come cheer up my lads, ‘tis to glory we steer…” :ok:

Flatus Veteranus

Scots Nats were on the go before Maggie. We held a letter in our SECRET briefing folder from Winnie Ewing offering either repatriation or a free transfer to the RSAF.

Yes, no joke. They wanted to take over the jock bases lock stock and barrel aided, they thought, by the jocks who served in jockistan.