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ahh blob, thats it for me, im taking inspiration from those fine words and lunching early in sunny stratford (i feel flex time is going to take a bashing) and blitzkrieg the following ..
Have one for me Disco My Old Cocker - I'm off the sauce.
"In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman, and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true, that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during "God Save the King" than stealing from a poor box"
To be fair Saint George had f.uckall significance to England but seeing as the government have spent the week declairing that we're a Christian country and that anyone who disagrees is deluded then I'm sure they'll back up their words and give us the day off to enjoy St Georges Feast Day.
Flagons of mead and wild boar all-round...For Dave and St George!
St George was taken up as the patron saint of England and made popular by Edward III in the 14th Century.
Patriotism isn't really my thing. The way I see it there are just two types of people in the world: people who are cool to each other and those who are pr1cks.
But it's good to remember that England has done some ridiculously good shit in its time. Most of the best music ever made happened here (or in our little colony America) and we also invented the ZX Spectrum and QPR. So I'll celebrate that for sure.
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MARTI THE REDEEMER WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
"The value set by her people on the freedom and sanctity of the individual, on justice and fair play, on mercy and tenderness towards the weak, and their dislike of lawless violence and their capacity to tolerate, forget and forgive have been, for all England's past mistakes and faults, a very real factor in human evolution."
"The value set by her people on the freedom and sanctity of the individual, on justice and fair play, on mercy and tenderness towards the weak, and their dislike of lawless violence and their capacity to tolerate, forget and forgive have been, for all England's past mistakes and faults, a very real factor in human evolution."
It is also the 450th anniversary on the birth of one of England's greatest men, Sir William Shakespeare and the 398th anniversary of his death. The Bard was also a QPR supporter, and to prove this, having read his works, I found this in Hamlet:
Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love QPR!
Bet none of you lot knew that then. Shocked Now with the summer coming upon us and with that the lack of football (other than a World Cup), I would recommend that you each treat yourself to an evening at the Globe, which despite my love of Loftus Road has some definite features that HQ doesn't have such as:
- Some decent hostelries within a few hundred yards selling some excellent ales and good grub, - You are able to drink alcohol in front of the field of play, - Your view is not blocked by irritating stewards who once given a Hi-vis jacket think that they are now a member of the Gestapo, - The knowledge that you are going to have a good couple of hours of entertainment, and under floodlights with a very atmospheric and sometimes raucous crowd, - And best of all, they operate a safe-standing policy, where you can watch for just a fiver! Yep the same monetary amount that I paid to watch QPR at Wembley against Spuds in the FA Cup Final 32 years ago!
Oh, and also it is my birthday today aswell Happy St George's Day everybody!
St George was taken up as the patron saint of England and made popular by Edward III in the 14th Century.
Yes but medieval romanticism aside Saint George was a bubble/Turk/Palestinian in the Roman army and had f.uck all to do with England.
He's the patron saint of s.hitloads of other countries and provencies including half of eastern Europe and the middle east...actually maybe that gives him some Englishness...Multicultural big society and all that!
Anyway it's all good Dave flying the flag above Downing St but where's our day off eh? EH?
Not for today. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt St. Crispin's Day, October 25th. But it is Shakespeare's birthday.
If you Google William Shakespeare and check the Wiki page set up for him it states.
Born Baptised 26 April 1564 (birth date unknown) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England Died 23 April 1616 (aged 52) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Which surprised me because I thought he was born on St George's day.
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Happy St George's Day everybody! 
