it's really very distressin - not to mention depressing - to see the sad state of affairs the UK have gotten emselves in presently.
now, before you's lurvely english fan's of this fine blog think that i got me knickers into a right twist, see what Alice has got to say. and what another fan, confederatexpat said also.
see? all of us three [heh. the trinity?] are despairing. oh, hope you don't mind my quotin you there, confederatexpat :D
which reminds me of this wee episode right after england's world cup rugby semi-final:
this blonde cow of an acquaintance and i were euphoric over england's qualification that she ended up pissed drunk - which i'd found her to be always. so after the game and a meal, we queued up at this taxi rank to go our separate way's. that we started to warble the national anthem again.
this time round, said cow cautioned me to stop as there were onlooker's who seemed to be not rather chuffed. assumed wee islander of course.
i shrugged and replied: "yeah so fookin wot?" surely em islander's would have noticed my 3-lions shirt?
said cow: "well as you know they can get quite easily offended, and the national anthem doesn't help matters, you know.."
me: "too bad if they've got a problem, as far as i'm concerned england are gonna win the world cup [ooh, how optimistic i was] and i have the right to sing god save the queen. if they don't like it, they can bloody well sod off... i ain't doin this in their ugly mug's nor insultin their grandparent's. or did i?"
she turned beetroot. not sure if it is due to this incident that she stopped all contacts. or that i put her to shame over the patriotism bit. but what the hey, i don't give a flyin fuck.
i love thing's england, and i'm absolutely mad over this certain english lad... even my ex is english [bless him though he did a runner, that effin tosser]. and 99.9% of my good mate's past and present are english - if i include a fair number of irish person's who were born and bred there. and i am even more familiar with UK politician's and their portfolio's. than towards my very own country of birth.
but some of you's would have already known by now the reason's why which i shan't bore you's to death.
eh?
as enscribed by the letter b @ October 11, 2005 12:25 PM | someone's pingedAlice is right, us yanks take our national anthem pretty seriously. i wouldn't wanna be a wanker in the stadium who didn't sing it, it would be icccky to watch.
my pleasure Alice :)
not sure if their propaganda has borne fruit but wee islanders tend to be - or appear to be - so enthusiastic in warblin their national anthem. but this will only take place when overseas when they can't come up with anything else except warbling the national anthem.
as blahed by the letter b @ October 12, 2005 10:47 AMOne thing that would never happen in the US of A, denying our anthem before or after a game of anything. To say the least, it wouldn't be a crowd pleaser.
Oh and thank you b for mentioning me. :)
as blahed by "Alice" @ October 12, 2005 10:07 AM