| So this St George fella 08:32 - Apr 23 with 3636 views | bluelagos |
Given that he is from Turkey, had a Palestinian mum and never set foot in England, how did he come to be our national saint?
And a happy St George's day to all those posters who celebrate it.
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| So this St George fella on 08:43 - Apr 23 with 2202 views | Buhrer |
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| So this St George fella on 08:43 - Apr 23 with 2198 views | Keno |
Bl00dy b'stard foreigners not coming here taking our jobs!!
Should be St Kieran init |  |
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| So this St George fella on 08:49 - Apr 23 with 2167 views | bluelagos |
| So this St George fella on 08:43 - Apr 23 by Keno |
Bl00dy b'stard foreigners not coming here taking our jobs!!
Should be St Kieran init |
If we're going for Ipswich managers at least pick an English one you Irish heathen.
Saint Robert or Saint Alfred please. | |
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| So this St George fella on 08:49 - Apr 23 with 2165 views | Lord_Lucan |
Patrick was born in England and Andrew was born in Israel wasn't he?
This makes David the only native born chap from the home nations.
Not sure what your point is really BL apart from a bit of a wind up. |  |
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| So this St George fella on 08:53 - Apr 23 with 2130 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| So this St George fella on 08:49 - Apr 23 by Lord_Lucan |
Patrick was born in England and Andrew was born in Israel wasn't he?
This makes David the only native born chap from the home nations.
Not sure what your point is really BL apart from a bit of a wind up. |
I'm seeing it as a public service to distract us from the sudden football related atmosphere of doom and gloom....season's gone innit!! |  |
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| So this St George fella on 08:54 - Apr 23 with 2128 views | bluelagos |
| So this St George fella on 08:49 - Apr 23 by Lord_Lucan |
Patrick was born in England and Andrew was born in Israel wasn't he?
This makes David the only native born chap from the home nations.
Not sure what your point is really BL apart from a bit of a wind up. |
So can't we have St Patrick then? St Patrick's day always looks a lot more fun tbh. | |
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| So this St George fella on 08:57 - Apr 23 with 2106 views | bluelagos |
| So this St George fella on 08:53 - Apr 23 by BanksterDebtSlave |
I'm seeing it as a public service to distract us from the sudden football related atmosphere of doom and gloom....season's gone innit!! |
I have even managed to swerve a thread where some are openly criticising the police - accusing them of racism etc.
Have not said a word. Got to be a first innit? | |
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| So this St George fella on 08:57 - Apr 23 with 2096 views | Keno |
| So this St George fella on 08:49 - Apr 23 by bluelagos |
If we're going for Ipswich managers at least pick an English one you Irish heathen.
Saint Robert or Saint Alfred please. |
yep but we all know Irishmen are better | |
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| So this St George fella on 09:02 - Apr 23 with 2052 views | Churchman |
What about St Cuthbert? He’s almost English - from Northumbria, Lindisfarne and all that.
Died in 687. He was named after my cat…. or was it the other way around? |  | | |
| So this St George fella on 09:03 - Apr 23 with 2035 views | Keno |
| So this St George fella on 09:02 - Apr 23 by Churchman |
What about St Cuthbert? He’s almost English - from Northumbria, Lindisfarne and all that.
Died in 687. He was named after my cat…. or was it the other way around? |
How about a modern day one?
Saint Corbyn? | |
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| So this St George fella on 09:08 - Apr 23 with 1997 views | bluelagos |
| So this St George fella on 09:03 - Apr 23 by Keno |
How about a modern day one?
Saint Corbyn? |
Piers or Jeremy? | |
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| So this St George fella on 09:10 - Apr 23 with 1969 views | Keno |
| So this St George fella on 09:08 - Apr 23 by bluelagos |
Piers or Jeremy? |
or Saint Piers Morgan, patron saint of the countryside | |
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| So this St George fella on 09:13 - Apr 23 with 1937 views | bluelagos |
| So this St George fella on 09:10 - Apr 23 by Keno |
or Saint Piers Morgan, patron saint of the countryside |
That sainthood's been reserved for Kelvin MacKenzie. | |
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| So this St George fella on 09:17 - Apr 23 with 1922 views | Radlett_blue |
St George was a fanatical Christian soldier in the Roman army & he refused to recant his faith under the rule of Emperor Diocletian, so he was put to death. He was understandably popular during the Crusades, but probably didn;t become the patron saint of England until the reign of Edward III. It's sometimes hard to understand how religious people where in those days.
BTW, he never fought a dragon. |  |
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| So this St George fella on 09:18 - Apr 23 with 1903 views | Churchman |
| So this St George fella on 09:03 - Apr 23 by Keno |
How about a modern day one?
Saint Corbyn? |
Back in the good ole days they had loads of saints so why not bring it back? You could have:
Saint Johnson - sloth and greed
Saint Truss - stupidity
Saint Farke - thatched hair
Saint Russell Martin - patron Saint of whinging gits
Saint Steve Evans - dieting and restraint | | | |
| So this St George fella on 09:18 - Apr 23 with 1909 views | Help |
400 years ago he usurped a certain st Edmund. Who was and should be reinstated as our patron saint. |  | | |
| So this St George fella on 09:22 - Apr 23 with 1882 views | Keno |
| So this St George fella on 09:17 - Apr 23 by Radlett_blue |
St George was a fanatical Christian soldier in the Roman army & he refused to recant his faith under the rule of Emperor Diocletian, so he was put to death. He was understandably popular during the Crusades, but probably didn;t become the patron saint of England until the reign of Edward III. It's sometimes hard to understand how religious people where in those days.
BTW, he never fought a dragon. |
WHAT!!!
but ive seen the photo
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| So this St George fella on 09:29 - Apr 23 with 1870 views | Churchman |
| So this St George fella on 09:18 - Apr 23 by Help |
400 years ago he usurped a certain st Edmund. Who was and should be reinstated as our patron saint. |
Edmund didn’t do a lot though, did he. Did he slay a dragon or anything like that? Nope, just got his butt kicked by the Vikings. Nobody actually knows if he was killed by the pointy hat brigade or fell off a ladder.
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| So this St George fella on 09:36 - Apr 23 with 1824 views | Leaky |
| So this St George fella on 09:17 - Apr 23 by Radlett_blue |
St George was a fanatical Christian soldier in the Roman army & he refused to recant his faith under the rule of Emperor Diocletian, so he was put to death. He was understandably popular during the Crusades, but probably didn;t become the patron saint of England until the reign of Edward III. It's sometimes hard to understand how religious people where in those days.
BTW, he never fought a dragon. |
Take it he wasn't married then |  | | |
| So this St George fella on 09:39 - Apr 23 with 1819 views | Guthrum |
| So this St George fella on 09:17 - Apr 23 by Radlett_blue |
St George was a fanatical Christian soldier in the Roman army & he refused to recant his faith under the rule of Emperor Diocletian, so he was put to death. He was understandably popular during the Crusades, but probably didn;t become the patron saint of England until the reign of Edward III. It's sometimes hard to understand how religious people where in those days.
BTW, he never fought a dragon. |
The concept of all countries having a single "patron saint" is more modern than that, too. People and countries often had several, covering different "areas of expertise" - i.e. the things which prayers invoking those saints were supposed to be particularly effective in dealing with.
Witness the Wilton Diptych, featuring Richard II and his three favourite saints, Edmund, Edward the Confessor and John the Baptist:
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| So this St George fella on 09:40 - Apr 23 with 1800 views | Guthrum |
| So this St George fella on 09:02 - Apr 23 by Churchman |
What about St Cuthbert? He’s almost English - from Northumbria, Lindisfarne and all that.
Died in 687. He was named after my cat…. or was it the other way around? |
Notably bad tempered. | |
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| So this St George fella on 09:41 - Apr 23 with 1796 views | Pinewoodblue |
| So this St George fella on 09:18 - Apr 23 by Churchman |
Back in the good ole days they had loads of saints so why not bring it back? You could have:
Saint Johnson - sloth and greed
Saint Truss - stupidity
Saint Farke - thatched hair
Saint Russell Martin - patron Saint of whinging gits
Saint Steve Evans - dieting and restraint |
Saint Rishi. Patron saint of boat people & Rwanda |  |
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| So this St George fella on 09:49 - Apr 23 with 1762 views | Keno |
| So this St George fella on 09:40 - Apr 23 by Guthrum |
Notably bad tempered. |
we had a bad tempered cat once
you to hiss if you went near it and was a nightmare to get into a basket to take to the Vet | |
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| So this St George fella on 09:55 - Apr 23 with 1751 views | Churchman |
| So this St George fella on 09:39 - Apr 23 by Guthrum |
The concept of all countries having a single "patron saint" is more modern than that, too. People and countries often had several, covering different "areas of expertise" - i.e. the things which prayers invoking those saints were supposed to be particularly effective in dealing with.
Witness the Wilton Diptych, featuring Richard II and his three favourite saints, Edmund, Edward the Confessor and John the Baptist:
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Given how it all ended for Richard II (reputed to have been starved to death after being kicked out by Henry IV), he should have chosen some better saints!
I think you should change your user name to Aethelstan by the way, unless you are a pagan 😃. | | | |
| So this St George fella on 09:59 - Apr 23 with 1734 views | GeoffSentence |
| So this St George fella on 09:22 - Apr 23 by Keno |
WHAT!!!
but ive seen the photo
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Early example of a deepfake.
Improvements have been made, in later versions the maid is not a minger. |  |
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