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

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BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 12:02

It's St George's which should be a national celebration.

Yet nothing

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ilovesooty · 23/04/2025 14:46

BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 14:22

Doesn't matter. People in England need to celebrate

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You might. I don't.

Zanzara · 23/04/2025 14:46

Hoppinggreen · 23/04/2025 12:43

I have plastered our house in the St Georges flag and will be eating Fish and Chips later
Unfortunately St George was Turkish and Fish and Chips are probably Jewish
Plus German DH is a bit miffed
Oh well

I informed mine this morning, funnily enough. He took it very well I thought.

BobbyBiscuits · 23/04/2025 14:44

Never fucking heard of it. Lol.
There was a bank holiday two days ago isn't that sufficient?
If you celebrate that day with all your like-minded friends why not just have your own party? The entire country doesn't need to care/get involved.

ilovesooty · 23/04/2025 14:44

BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 14:12

But it's recognised. Big difference between recognizing something and celebrating it.

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Eid is a religious observance. St George's day isn't.

JustSawJohnny · 23/04/2025 14:42

BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 14:09

Yet trans is celebrated. Eid is celebrated. Yet your own country isn't celebrated.

Weird

Also we don't have an office

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Put it on teams then, FFS 🙄

You're moaning about others not doing it and you haven't even done it yourself!

Also, Eid is basically Christmas.

I'm willing to bet people message Christmas on teams!

Sugargliderwombat · 23/04/2025 14:42

My very white (I suspect racist) local high street has attached union flags to the lamppost. Idiots. But anyway, people do celebrate it still and it absolutely should not be a national holiday.

HauntedBungalow · 23/04/2025 14:42

Also we don't have an office

Are you farmers?

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 23/04/2025 14:37

ghostyslovesheets · 23/04/2025 14:35

You could join the Olympic cycling team with the speed of that backpedaling

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Backwards cycling: new olympic sport.mstart the campaign now!

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 23/04/2025 14:36

Look, we try not to mention it since Marty lost his magic flute and murdered HR Pufnstuf...

ghostyslovesheets · 23/04/2025 14:35

BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 14:16

Gives people time to talk about it now and prepare

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You could join the Olympic cycling team with the speed of that backpedaling

Heggettypeg · 23/04/2025 14:35

MoistVonL · 23/04/2025 14:25

It’s Shakespeare’s birthday and World Book Night. I just ordered this year’s Quick Reads (£1 each at your local bookshop) and some new novels to celebrate.

England doesn’t need another public holiday in April. April/May have a cluster already. We need one in autumn or maybe late February.

It's also, apparently, International Pallas's Cat Day.

EffortlesslyInelegant · 23/04/2025 14:34

If anyone should be thrown in the slammer it's the OP. Specifically for the heinous offence of posting utter shite all wrapped up in a shrivelled bawbag but also for being wantonly stupid and aggressively tiresome.

Sharptonguedwoman · 23/04/2025 14:33

BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 12:02

It's St George's which should be a national celebration.

Yet nothing

Well, I know I'm pretty old by Mumsnet standards but no one bothered about these days when I was a child. There would be a mention in school assembly, our Welsh headmaster wore a daffodil on St David's Day but that was about it. I'm not much of a one for performative nationalism or patriotism.

Needmorelego · 23/04/2025 14:33

BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 14:22

Doesn't matter. People in England need to celebrate

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It's May Day soon.
We (the English) seem to prefer skipping round a maypole.

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 23/04/2025 14:32

IndigoViolent · 23/04/2025 14:22

I find it bizarre that you’d expect your company to post about this. Do they send you Merry Christmas greetings on Teams? Happy Easter?

Usually we give everyone a bag of salt & vinegar dragon scales. Nobody likes the prawn cocktail ones.
Other than that, we're faily low key given the church unilarerally moves the days around according to the moveable feast that isxeaster.

ASimpleLampoon · 23/04/2025 14:31

Of course these days if you say you're English you're sent to jail.

LlynTegid · 23/04/2025 14:31

WeHaveTheRabbit · 23/04/2025 14:24

This thread has really made me laugh. The OP's Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells tone, followed by the posts informing her that it isn't actually St. George's Day. Too bad the OP didn't wait a week. Oh, what a missed opportunity for moral outrage. 😅

The OP could then have been disgusted if Ed Balls Day was mentioned first on Monday!!

SeaShellsSanctuary1 · 23/04/2025 14:31

HowardTJMoon · 23/04/2025 12:20

Why should St George's day be a national celebration?

Because England is a nation maybe??

greengrapesofwrath · 23/04/2025 14:31

These days, if you say you’re English, they’ll arrest you and throw you in jail!

ZaZathecat · 23/04/2025 14:31

Teams?? 🤔 I was a child in the 1960s and it wasn't celebrated then either so it's nothing new or so-called woke

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 23/04/2025 14:29

BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 14:22

Doesn't matter. People in England need to celebrate

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Why do they need to ?
People need to do many things more important to life thancelebrate an non-english saint.
Indeed, people need to stop worshiping saints

Uricon2 · 23/04/2025 14:29

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 23/04/2025 14:27

We can't celebrate as we don't know what food or hat St George wants us to eat / wear!

THIS is where we fail as a nation. Other people know their hats.

Full suit of plate armour. Inauthentic of course but Traditional.

BYO dragon optional.

kellygoeswest · 23/04/2025 14:28

I'm confused, why can't you message in the teams chat to say "happy st. georges day" if you want it brought up? I'm sure you'll get some replies and gifs.

I don't think we've ever talked about "holidays" in our teams chat, other than christmas, but I messaged on pancake day (a meaningful day to me).

Totot · 23/04/2025 14:28

Wow, so into St George’s Day, but doesn’t even know when it is 😂

Speckson · 23/04/2025 14:28

We've got the England flag up on our flagpole at home. Now I know St George's day has been moved this year I'll leave it up until the 28th.