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

219 replies

BusyAzureFatball · 23/04/2025 12:02

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

Yet nothing

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SallyWD · 23/04/2025 13:11

Jesus Christ, get a life. I'm 50 years old and never remember anyone even mentioning St. George's day in the past, let alone having a national celebration. Now people keep droning on about it in the usual miserable way "I see they mentioned Eid on the council website but nothing for St. George's day" etc. etc. So bloody tiresome. Why the hell would it be mentioned on TEAMS??

Hoppinggreen · 23/04/2025 13:04

Everydayimhuffling · 23/04/2025 12:52

@Hoppinggreen I get to eat fish and chips? Suddenly I'm in! Never cared about St George's Day before, but if there's chips...

OP, make a post of you care. Of course, if you actually cared then you probably would have known it had been moved...

I will celebrate anything that involves food to be fair
Eid, Easter, Hannukah bring it on (as long as you feed me)

Hoppinggreen · 23/04/2025 13:03

youve987456 · 23/04/2025 12:57

Tell me you are a racist and will be voting for Reform without telling me you are a racist and will be voting for Reform.
What utter nonsense you write. 😂

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I think this may be sarcasm
We really do need a sarcasm emoji
Maybe this one 😏
I was banned by MNHQ for Racism and told MN "was not the place for me" when I was being sarcastic once.

user499978802 · 23/04/2025 13:01

Hey @BusyAzureFatball

Are you the same poster who practically laid their own egg in hysteria over Brora sending an 'opt out of Easter marketing' message?

Or are there actually two of you?

Toddlerteaplease · 23/04/2025 12:59

It’s still within the octave of Easter, therefore it’s postponed until 28th April.

ghostyslovesheets · 23/04/2025 12:58

@youve987456 i think both those post are a good example

ghostyslovesheets · 23/04/2025 12:57

I think a few people are missing the sarcasm in some of the posts

youve987456 · 23/04/2025 12:57

ExtraOnions · 23/04/2025 12:24

You can’t even say you are English now, without being arrested.

I long for the days when Winston Churchill paraded about London with a bulldog dressed in a Union Jack Waistcoat..

You get arrested now for flying a Union Jack

Woke gone mad

Tell me you are a racist and will be voting for Reform without telling me you are a racist and will be voting for Reform.
What utter nonsense you write. 😂

youve987456 · 23/04/2025 12:55

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 23/04/2025 12:05

These days people are probably too woke to even mention it. Probably more worried about the welfare of the dragon. Bring back national service I say.

(Why don't you put something on there? Be brave like st George)

Do you actually know what "woke" means? I don't think you do. Either way, I don't care about St George's day and didn't know it was until just now, and that is nothing to do with my 'wokeness', more I don't care.

LadyEv · 23/04/2025 12:53

I also thought it was strange that no one was mentioning that it was Saint George's Day today. Then I found out (at the age of 40) that it's been moved to Monday, because it can't be celebrated during Easter week. I guess they can't have Saint George stealing the limelight.

Maitri108 · 23/04/2025 12:52

Wrap yourself up in a flag and screech Rule Britannia. I'm sure everyone will be delighted.

Everydayimhuffling · 23/04/2025 12:52

@Hoppinggreen I get to eat fish and chips? Suddenly I'm in! Never cared about St George's Day before, but if there's chips...

OP, make a post of you care. Of course, if you actually cared then you probably would have known it had been moved...

IstayhomeonFridaynight · 23/04/2025 12:51

If you want it to get more attention, I suggest you lobby for it to be a bank holiday in England, then people will be aware, and will have a positive take on it.

ghostyslovesheets · 23/04/2025 12:48

Why would anyone mention St George’s Day when it isn’t?

LadyKenya · 23/04/2025 12:45

ExtraOnions · 23/04/2025 12:24

You can’t even say you are English now, without being arrested.

I long for the days when Winston Churchill paraded about London with a bulldog dressed in a Union Jack Waistcoat..

You get arrested now for flying a Union Jack

Woke gone mad

Such nonsense.

SapphOhNo · 23/04/2025 12:45

I haven't heard Rule, Britannia! played once. Fuming

ilovesooty · 23/04/2025 12:44

I don't see why it should be mentioned on Teams. It's nothing to do with work.

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

BoredZelda · 23/04/2025 12:42

NoSoapJustUseShowerGel · 23/04/2025 12:31

Although of the 68m people in the UK, 58m live in England - the vast majority, not 1/4 of the UK.

I’m English but not bothered about St George’s day, just making the point that it’s a lot more than a quarter. I can see why it’s more of a big deal to celebrate St David’s day for the Welsh and St Andrew for the Scots.

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We don’t actually celebrate St Andrews day, burns night is more of a thing here. It was made a public holiday by SNP to appeal to the flag wavers, but most if us just said “O.k a public holiday in November”

MysticCatLady · 23/04/2025 12:39

St. George never step foot in England. It's bizarre.

heroinechic · 23/04/2025 12:39

National celebration? I’ve never seen any St George’s Day celebrations in my life, let alone taken part!

ThisWOMANWontWheesht · 23/04/2025 12:35

Why would there be a Teams post about it?
I'm Scottish and have literally no idea when St Andrews day is, that’s how much I care about patriotic tub thumping.

I live in Wales now though and St Davids Day is hard to miss!

Mumble12 · 23/04/2025 12:35

Depends really, do you get a teams message for every single event throughout the year?

Needmorelego · 23/04/2025 12:35

@NoSoapJustUseShowerGel I meant one fourth as there is 4 countries in the UK - not as in a quarter of the population 🙂

DUsername · 23/04/2025 12:34

HelpMeGetThrough · 23/04/2025 12:32

Well the way this stupid bloody country is going, it would probably “offend” some silly bugger if it was mentioned.

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You're absolutely right. As ExtraOnions rightfully points out, you can't say anything these days.