St George's day and not on post on Teams about it

Due to a chain of events I won’t bore you all with here, but basically involving a mass import of crumpets which got lost by the airline and delivered today, on their expiration date, coupled with a migraine that meant I ordered take out for lunch, and throupled with a child who changed their mind about wanting crumpets the minute they’d gone in the toaster, I just ate two crumpets with baba ghanoush on them. Classic British with a culinary nod to Georgie’s roots.

I0/10 would not recommend.

I rather suspect that the dragon in the tale was in fact someone who had also accidentally eaten Baba GhaCrumpet and chundered it up so spectacularly that it was mistaken for flames.

"Saw them at the shopping centre. Sat on the benches they were. Terrifying!"

"Do you remember when no one locked their doors and everyone sang roll out the barrel?"

Yep, it's all "I'm so scared for my childrens/grandchildren future. It breaks my heart" etc etc. All because they've seen a few brown people.

Why do we need to celebrate? I have never celebrated St. George's day in my life and I don't know anyone who has either.
And how does one celebrate exactly? I'd love to know what a St. George celebration looks like.
You can go and ahead and celebrate whatever you want. The rest of us can choose to ignore it, if we wish.

Since this thread has taught OP when St George’s Day actually is she can spend the next few days putting her room-temperature IQ to the task of crafting a suitable Teams post to celebrate the day.

They wind each other up. They're always talking about how 'terrified' they are.

it is fair to say that in my part of the world virgins are in short supply....

I know we do not like to talk about it, but of course Churchill was a secret furvert. It was sad how he ended up altering his appearance to actually look like a dog to fit in with his identity and I do not think he did himself any favours by doing all of those insurance adverts.

Churchill would probably be non-binary if he was alive now 🥺🥺 #brokenbritain

Just come back to this … I’ve been out all day parading a Dragon up and down the streets of Newcastle.

It’s a sad state of affairs that people thought my original post was serious … what’s that say about us ??

And yes, a quote from my 2nd favourite comic .. the “I saw him and he looked fat” Stewart Lee…

@pimplebum I think there were some Morris Dancers at the Trafalgar Square event.
So dance.....with bells on 😂
(and drink tea)

I celebrate st Patrick’s day because it’s fun and involves booze and I know a lot of Irish people and they know how to enjoy themselves

I will acknowledge a college who is celebrating Eid and has bought in food or any one who is celebrating something and wafting food under my nose 👍

literally have no clue what to wear , dance , eat or do in celebration of St George ? And as it was never mentioned growing up or celebrated at school or church or at brownies I Have no cultural expectations of it ( other than the skin head facists who marched marched in the streets ) that all I associate it with

please post suggestions of what we should all be doing

Not sure where we would find one around here to be honest

Don’t forget to leave out a maiden for the dragon…..

Yes, thanks to the OP and the informative responses on this thread, I'll now be able to order a kebab from my favourite Turkish takeaway on the 28th and bask in the glow of my patriotism.

Mine is looking forward to our VE street party a bit less, although I have invited my Italian friend to back him up if needed

Go ahead no one is stopping you!

can’t make it compulsory for others though

My skipping days are over, I shimmy.

@BusyAzureFatball@
The Mayor of London hosted a St George’s day family festival in Trafalfar Square on Monday.

I thought he was fictional and made up as some guy from the Crusades? I mean, he wasn't slaying any dragons.
Maybe get a real saint and have his day on a better day ( not in the middle of potentially Easter and before several bank holidays anyway). You could pick anyone. Apparently St Patrick was born in Port Talbot!
I'm not familiar with any English saints that weren't martyred during the Reformation, and I'm presuming we couldn't have them!
OTOH- Kebabs, Turkish Delight, Baklava, Babaganoush...

What's depressing is some people really do seem to think that's true - going by comments I read on Facebook groups etc.
Actually.... it's scary - not depressing 🙁

That poster is joking. It's a Stuart Lee joke that you can't even say you are English any more, without being arrested.

What time should we come round?

I like my G&Ts with lots of ice and a slice of fresh lime. None of this room temp with lemon and one ice cube rubbish. I don't care how George takes them.

Now that I know it's actually next week (learn something new everyday 😁) I have time to prepare a St George's Day Basket for my daughter.
It will contain classic English products like Yorkshire Teabags and Walkers crisps.
A gift voucher for Marks and Spencer.
A plush toy of a dragon and a plastic sword so she can pretend to slay the dragon.
To read she's getting an Enid Blyton.
The basket will be decorated in red and white ribbons.

Yes but if any husbands take it up as a hobby it will be outing.