to be annoyed that the house across the road has a bloody big England flag flapping around outside?

[SleepyCaz]

Huge thing, it is. Hung from two of the upstairs windows. I HATE that. It makes the whole street look horrid. I know that might make me sound like a knob, but it just looks so tacky. My DB has just nipped over, and when I told him I hated the look of it, he laughed and said I was being a snob. Am I?

It is DIRECTLY opposite my front window, every time I look out, it is there, looming!

Yup my bus route into town goes through one area that has them pretty much hanging from every house. Will only get worse aswell.

I dont really like football but I must admit that I get swept up in the world cup fever. The sun shining, people cheering etc it's nice. Especially sitting in a beer garden somewhere.

Unquietdad - you are correct. Engaland aren't crap, but the fans are deluded.

Never mind an England Flag. My entire neighbourhood thinks I support UKIP after my neighbour has a sign up in her hedge that everyone thinks in my hedge. 3 people have mentioned it today and I'm very flipping embarrassed so am going to vandalise it under the cover of darkness tonight.

Yes I saw a car with two stuck to the windows today. What's it all about then? It can't be the world cup yet can it - its not for weeks! Is it something to do with the general election. I agree it looks well tacky.

...especially when the flags are so faded its obvious they saved them from the last time. They could atleast have bought some new ones.

I despise that flag-out-of-a-window look. The flag should be hung properly from a pole if you're going to display one.

We have this in our street.

Next there will hundreds put up for the twelth.

I win.

YABVU.
Its England- having an English flag shouldnt really offend any sane being.
Go to Wales and you see their flag almost everywhere, nobody bats an eyelid.

my neighbours are the sort to get pissed off about big flags so i think i'll get several - and have them hanging off my car just to wind them up

You are completely right, they are horrible.
I hate football with a passion, the only good thing about the world cup is that restaurants and shopping centres are really quiet when england are playing.

Hmm, I think people saying it's just a flag are being slightly naive .

Didn't even know it was world cup year, would have been most confused at flags popping up all over the place. It'd have been yet another of those awkward I'm sure I should know what's going on so too to ask situations that seem to happen all too frequently.

What is it then Gleeb?

I was mildly irked in M&S today when I saw some girls white trousies which I thought DD would like ... only to find England in big red letters emblazoned across the bum. Ew. Tops to match too. Flags I can live with but not slogans on DDs bum and chest, thanks!

Flags aren't necessarily chavvy/tacky. I'm not quite sure what the ones down the lane from us are. It started with one farmhouse flying the hammer and sickle. In short order first one and then the other neighbouring farmhouses sported George crosses. The hammer and sickle has now gone, replaced by a Canadian maple leaf. I'd love to know what the backstory to that is!

I can't wait for World Cup fever! I live in central London and it's like the united nations round here, there are so many different flags flying from cars and flats! DS1 can name them all

Well the flag is a symbol of your country - you should be proud to fly it. Certainly see plenty of people flying flags in Wales and Scotland and virtually every house in Denmark. That's on a daily basis not just when there are elections/footie.

Definitely BU. The flag is not tacky and I am looking forward to the World Cup

mars bars today had george cross packaging

UnquietDad LOL!!!! at your photo. Where is this wonderful house? You always make me laugh. Will you marry me?

Cocolepew, at least the flag's on a proper flagpole. It's the flag hanging art the winder look that's so tacky.

But hey, it's the triumph of hope over experience. And I'm glad I have a second TV so I can escape the footie.

And it could be worse, I too have to face our Conservative candidate's smiling toothsome face every day - and I thought the neighbours across the road were SOOO ok till then! - this man has more teeth than a shark, and believes in being fruitful and multiplying, then using his ever increasing family in all his campaign literature. It's not the six children I object to, it's seeing them in all his bumpf that really creeps me out.

My co op is selling football bread rolls ...I love all the flags and stuff ..but then I like a bit of tack

'Football bread rolls'? Pleese, more detail?

Eurgh World Funcking Cup. Is there anything more revolting and grotesque. Half the world is starving, not least a lot of this country. We're supposed to be dragging ourselves out of recession and most people here in my company have already planned to down tools every time a game is on.

As for having an England flag outside the house. CHAV. Is all I have to say about that.

Lets just pray that England go out asap so that no one mentions it from then on.

And we'll get 4 years peace.

dunno ladies day at aintree is pretty chav imo

oxfam (i think) are selling flags etc for charity

I HATE chavvy flags out of windows. Agree that they can look good if they are on a pole. And Granny23 is right - I lived in Denmark once and practically every house does indeed have them and for some reason, it doesn't look half as offensive as it does here. Maybe it is because it's been appropriated by negative types in this country? (Although Denmark has some very right wing groups...). Oh and I am dreading the footie and what it'll do to the telly schedules. Makes me grrrr!