Colonial party for Brits Sat 23 April incl free food

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http://gaybuttonthai.com/images/icons/smile/info.gif St. George's Day Party - Saturday, April 23

http://gaybuttonthai.com/styles/pros...ost_target.gifby lemondrop » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:07 pm
There will be a St. George's Day party at the Colonial Bar in Soi VC on Saturday, April 23rd. There will be free English food (Lancashire Hotpot and Toad in the Hole) served from 8.30pm. There will also be a sing-along of traditional English songs and a balloon bursting game where you can win prizes. All true Englishmen are expected to attend but other nationalities are also welcome - especially people from our former colonies! http://gaybuttonthai.com/images/smil..._e_biggrin.gif

That's one event I will run mile to avoid!

Do you Brits celebrate St. George's Day in honor of General George Washington,a former colonist? Will you be singing Yankee Doodle? Sounds like fun to me.

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Originally Posted by francois

Do you Brits celebrate St. George's Day in honor of General George Washington,a former colonist? Will you be singing Yankee Doodle? Sounds like fun to me.

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I believe they sing the US version

Yank my doodle its a dandy

St George's Day has nothing to do with George Washington and St George (who was a Roman soldier) predates Washington by quite some margin!!

I echo Fountainhall, and cannot think of an event I would be LESS inclined to attend than the one threatened to take place at the Colonial Bar.

The whole idea is utterly bizarre as "Colonial" in the bar's title refers to Ireland*

Let me assure our gentle readers that there's little the Irish (as in the ones living in Eire, and at least half the NI ones) would appreciate less than a bunch of Englishmen singing God Save The Queen, There'll Always Be an England, Rule Britannia, and Land of fucking Hope and Glory - no doubt topped off by some Morris or Lancashire Clog dancing, in an "Irish" bar.

Jesus fucking Christ! If there was a ROFL smiley I'd be using 3 of them!! :D

* Nicky's Blog: "The Colonial is a friendly Sports Bar with an Irish theme"

Ah yes. Francois, Scottish and Wombat are suddenly in cahoots to launch a premeditated attack on the English. A peaceful nation that never did anyone any harm. Shame on you.

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Originally Posted by arsenal

...the English. A peaceful nation that never did anyone any harm...

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OMG your tongue must be so firmly in your cheek it's impossible to speak!

I won't mention the invention of concentration camps (because that was the British as opposed to the English) but just off the top of my head and relating to Scotland only - have you never heard of the Highland Clearances, Culloden, William Wallace or Mary Queen of Scots?

. . . or the fact that whilst the Scots and the English had been enemies for centuries (Scotland had much closer ties to France than ever with England), it was the English who were forced to accept King James VI of Scotland on their throne when Elizabeth I despite numerous affairs could't bear a child. Somewhat ironic considering it was Elizabeth who had had James' mother's head cut off. Thus was born the romantic and true legend of Mary Queen of Scots. Mind you, James was not to everyone's taste. A gay lad indeed, on Elizabeth's death some wits spread the gossip that "The King is dead! Long live the Queen!"

Indeed. It has been said that the English gentleman is even today considered the standard to which all high minded fellows should aspire. We built an empire with little more than tea and deft diplomacy. Hip hip hooray.

Yes, where would the English (I suppose I have to expand that to Brits) be without their tea and diplomacy, along with more than a touch of slavery and opium wheeling-dealing to spice things up?