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The brits probably did notice but with typical reserve didn't want to say anything and 'cause a scene'.

I can't see how anyone would get upset or annoyed about flying your flag and getting behind your team - go for it!

We aren't even there and I'm getting quite excited - less than a day to go! :)
 
Ha, if someone burnt the Danish flag, I'm not sure a team of danes would get all that worked up, to be honest...

We're kinda used to it by now :p
 
Geddes said:
There was a documentary on telly years ago which looked at how people from different countries reacted to the same events.
The format was a group of people from each country 'won' a week's holiday in a hotel where they were filmed as a carefully controlled series of events were staged.

The hotel lobby had various flags-of-all-nations strung up and one of the events was that the guests came down one morning to find their flag had been burnt. The three (that I can remember) groups reacted very differently to this:

The Japanese were worried that they must have offended someone to make them want to burn their flag.

The Americans were outraged at the desecration of their flag. One woman wanted to take it back home and give it a decent burial or something.

The British. Well they didn't actually notice their burnt flag...
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:ROFLMAO:
 
Geddes said:
....The British. Well they didn't actually notice their burnt flag...
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Hardly surprising, most Brits don't even notice when the thing is flown upside down! Wandering the back streets of Cardiff this morning and I came across a parked car sporting two St George window flags. Not even vaguely tempted to use my keys.

(But then, I am an [English] immigrant to the Prinicipality ;))
 
sludgeguts said:
Round here we have over 1700 taxis on the roads - the biggest majority run/driven by Asians and loads of them have the george cross flags flying.
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Excellent, makes a mockery of these loony leftey councils who say we cant fly our flag in case we upset the non english population, or put up xmas decorations etc, makes me want to puke.

We should be proud to fly our flag, most of which i see are on cars driven by mums, so i guess its the kids who are asking for them , which is even better.

As for the money that footballers get, they are getting the going rate for their skill. I understand the point that solders, nurses, doctors etc do a much better job and should get paid more but if your boss said you were getting a pay rise of £5000 a week would you turn it down, no of course you wouldnt, so why should footballers settle for less money than they can get, get what you can while you can.


And for those who dont like football, turn over the channel, find a pub that isnt showing it, if you can, or go for a drive in your car. As for me i will be enjoying every game i can get to see, with my kids just like millions of others around the world. (y)

It makes a nice change to the global recession, oil spills and bloody wars.
 
paul100hp said:
We should be proud to fly our flag, most of which i see are on cars driven by mums, so i guess its the kids who are asking for them , which is even better.
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We should be proud and it's promising that future generations want to fly their flag. (y) Freakin' stupid all these bans.

paul100hp said:
And for those who dont like football, turn over the channel, find a pub that isnt showing it, if you can, or go for a drive in your car. As for me i will be enjoying every game i can get to see, with my kids just like millions of others around the world. (y)
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I'm certainly not a football fan, but I certainly support England for the cup. (y) Mind you, my other (better half) probably wants me to root for Denmark. ;) I'm one of those "live and let live" kinda guys, if you like something, great, if you don't well, that's great too. But please don't moan about those who do. Like you say, look the other way.

paul100hp said:
It makes a nice change to the global recession, oil spills and bloody wars.
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Totally agree. (y)
 
paul100hp said:
Excellent, makes a mockery of these loony leftey councils who say we cant fly our flag in case we upset the non english population, or put up xmas decorations etc, makes me want to puke.

We should be proud to fly our flag, most of which i see are on cars driven by mums, so i guess its the kids who are asking for them , which is even better.
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The whole thing about your so called loony councils saying you can't fly a flag is simply media hype and nothing more. Don't believe everything you read.

It might be the mums who want the flag on their car, best not to make assumptions IME.

I'm not interested in flying the flag despite being english. Wouldn't be seen dead with one on my car. But, then I'm not interested in the football. Each to their own and all that, it just seems so hard to avoid as it's in your face at the moment.
 
paul100hp said:
And for those who dont like football, turn over the channel, find a pub that isnt showing it, if you can, or go for a drive in your car. As for me i will be enjoying every game i can get to see, with my kids just like millions of others around the world. (y)

It makes a nice change to the global recession, oil spills and bloody wars.
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Amen to that! (y)
 
greyridertoo......is that your cat in your avatar?

trackdayqueen said:
it's in your face at the moment.
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once every 4 years is hardly in your face unlike reality shows, soaps,greys anatomy (which i must admit i have one eye on while on the laptop:eek:) and stupid fuds like that gok wan or those halifax adverts.

Freeview is a good thing and costs nothing...but FF is better:)
 
T14086 said:
greys anatomy (which i must admit i have one eye on while on the laptop:eek:)
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Shame on you....Get watching the Uruguay vs France game....It's rivetting....Not.

Same old argument....'Football on the telly too much blah, blah, blah'

Yet in between major football tournaments we have to endure a year and 11 months of crap....
 
ThisBitterPill said:
Shame on you....Get watching the Uruguay vs France game....It's rivetting....Not.

Same old argument....'Football on the telly too much blah, blah, blah'

Yet in between major football tournaments we have to endure a year and 11 months of crap....
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Ah but then some of us have NFL to watch, too ;)
 
T14086 said:
once every 4 years is hardly in your face unlike reality shows, soaps,greys anatomy (which i must admit i have one eye on while on the laptop:eek:) and stupid fuds like that gok wan or those halifax adverts.

Freeview is a good thing and costs nothing...but FF is better:)
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It's in your face once every 4 years, what's the difference? I can get on with my life quite happily without having a clue what's going on in Eastenders. You can't say the same of the world cup.
 
T14086 said:
oh right...its got a sorta human face to it if you know what i mean? (is it a pedigree cat)
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Pedigree? Thing cost me a quid! Cats and faces, yep they show all sorts of expressions. This little swine is my hot water bottle, sleeps tucked under my right armpit - whether I want it or not - and if you try shutting her out she rips the bottom of the door to shreds...and in warm weather it's not a lot of fun :(
 
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