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What more can I say.............the world cup is weeks away and these stupid flags on cars have started to reappear. Sorry but the just do my head in, just a big build up so we can be knocked down. Sooner it all ends the better !
Mike
Graham M
02-05-2006, 19:09
Those flags are just obnoxious!
homealone
02-05-2006, 19:13
Bless, I don't see anything wrong with expressing support for the team - expecting them to win anything is probably a bit far fetched, but we may as well start with some confidence.
If we could get the press to calm down their hype, then that would be an improvement - they are the ones who do the 'set you up to fall' jobbie, the fans with flags are just showing their support, in my opinion. :)
Those flags are just obnoxious!
Out of interest Zeph why are these flags obnoxious?
Those flags are just obnoxious!
What a bizarre thing to say. I can't think of another nation on Earth where anyone would hold such a view. What is 'obnoxious' about them?
Because they promote racism.
Hahahahaaaaaaaaa!!! Fooled you!!! :D
Well one of these days there will be accident due to this fad.I hope I'm not involved when it happens.It wouldn't be so bad if everyone stuck to the small ones but last time I saw one that was full sized attached very badly to a pick-up truck.:erm:
budwieser
02-05-2006, 20:31
Because they promote racism.
Hahahahaaaaaaaaa!!! Fooled you!!! :D
******!:D
Hahahahahahaha Fooled you!:D ****!
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What more can I say.............the world cup is weeks away and these stupid flags on cars have started to reappear. Sorry but the just do my head in, just a big build up so we can be knocked down. Sooner it all ends the better !
Mike
Aw, C`mon, where`s your sense of patriotism.?:)
England! England! Three lions on a shirt.:D
skyblueheroes
02-05-2006, 20:31
Other counties are passionate - why shouldn't we be ?
Graham M
02-05-2006, 20:37
What a bizarre thing to say. I can't think of another nation on Earth where anyone would hold such a view. What is 'obnoxious' about them?
I know its a weird view, maybe obnoxious wasnt the right word, i just seem to see them everywhere, usually on the cars associated with chavs, gives a bad view of them :)
What a bizarre thing to say. I can't think of another nation on Earth where anyone would hold such a view. What is 'obnoxious' about them?
I know its a weird view, maybe obnoxious wasnt the right word, i just seem to see them everywhere, usually on the cars associated with chavs, gives a bad view of them :)
I dunno maybe a few Chavs and the chavmobiles need to hide behind a flag..pity they go on the road in them though.:)
Theodoric
02-05-2006, 21:12
It's not the plain English flags that annoy me; it's the ones with ENGLAND written across them. Are these patriotic fans so uncertain of what their flag looks like that they need to reassure themselves that it is indeed an English flag? When was the last time that you saw the Stars and Stripes with USA written across it, or the Tricolour with FRANCE emblazoned on it?
Give it a month or so and there will be tonnes of these flags littering the roads that have fallen off cars.
DaggaDagga
02-05-2006, 21:30
I thought they were a safety device to warn everyone else that the driver is a moron.
There's another similar one - a badge with the letters B, M and W on it.
Oh dont be spoilsports ..the flags are fun https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2006/05/13.gif :D
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I thought they were a safety device to warn everyone else that the driver is a moron.
There's another similar one - a badge with the letters B, M and W on it.
Ouch! :rolleyes: ..ooh jealous?
I might get a flag.........................
Of Sweden
ik
I thought they were a safety device to warn everyone else that the driver is a moron.
There's another similar one - a badge with the letters B, M and W on it.
No, that badge doesn't necessarily signify a moron. It might be just that they don't know how to use the indicators..
Anyway, I don't see the problem with the flag. Us English don't get to be patriotic much. Don't even really celebrate our national day (which we must be the only country in the world that doesn't),
cookie_365
03-05-2006, 17:42
Does this mean that there'll be nothing on TV except for boring football? :(
Being flashy and proud is just not English, is it?
Much better to keep the profile down, not get excited and back whoever is the underdrog. That's more like us.
Graham M
03-05-2006, 17:49
Does this mean that there'll be nothing on TV except for boring football? :(
Unfortunately that's more than likely :(
There are some sad people about. :rolleyes:
Fly the flag and be proud of your country. :)
Scarlett
03-05-2006, 18:24
Does this mean that there'll be nothing on TV except for boring football? :(Unfortunately that's more than likely :(
Don't you have digital TV ? why then you can have nothing but football on 20 channels including that all important Neasdon FC Vs Langly FC world cup theme local derby.
And if football isn't your thing then you can watch one of the 100's of repeats that'll be on instead. I can't wait for my 'Eldorado (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1992/tv3.shtml)' all nighter instead of the opening England match...
Oh an I don't like the flags either they just kind of put me in the mind of people who quote the entire previous post and add 'I agree' or 'me to' to the end of on long emails, newsgroups and discussion boards.
Graham M
03-05-2006, 18:57
Thats a bit Skew?
nemesis01
03-05-2006, 20:20
What more can I say.............the world cup is weeks away and these stupid flags on cars have started to reappear. Sorry but the just do my head in, just a big build up so we can be knocked down. Sooner it all ends the better !
Mike
My my, are you always this optimistic? You never know, they might just win, put it this way if S Korea can get to the semi's then anything's possible.:erm:
Saw one today in a very racially fueled area of Doncaster... I'm just waiting for the windows to be put through and tyres slashed to be honest...
DaggaDagga
03-05-2006, 21:28
Oh an I don't like the flags either they just kind of put me in the mind of people who quote the entire previous post and add 'I agree' or 'me to' to the end of on long emails, newsgroups and discussion boards.
I agree.
Unfortunately that's more than likely :(
Thank god, im not the only person who thinks football is boring
what is the point of the game :shrug:?, what does kicking a bag of wind into a string net and then all the players running around the pitch putting their shirts over their heads achieve?????
I might get a flag.........................
Of Sweden
ikYou are only saying that because we cannot retort...you're not in the World Cup, so we cannot flag of your opposing team ;) :D
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Anyway, you will end up paying (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5038310.stm) for those flags... ;)
enjoymarcus
02-06-2006, 02:58
I have 3 problems with them.
1. They look stupid. There's being patriotic, and theres being OTT.
2. Half the people who put them on their cars couldn't tell you who half the squad are, what im saying is, they aren't football fans, they just jump on the bandwagon and hype train.
3. Just another example of the English flag being used as a symbolism of capitalism, rather than a symbolism of patriotism. The reason i say this is, as soon as any major sporting event involving England rolls around, all this cheap knock off merchandise (no doubt from the far east) springs up, and it looks horrible and tacky. T-shirts, chairs, gazebos, towels, flip flops, and anything else that can fit a England flag on it springs up in market places, pound shops, and council estates.
Fair enough support your country, but don't paint your house with the flag, don't decorate your car with minature flags, don't go out and buy anything with the St George scrawled all over it.
[Might be controversial] No wonder non-English people feel alienated in this country and there is such a large divide between ethnic communites, we are constantly flouting in their faces that they are not English, and that we are. Maybe they should respect our customs, but no need to rub it in their faces at every possible oppurtunity. Sorry, didn't mean to turn this into a immigration debate. I was just bulstering my argument for the destruction of mini English car flags.
Thank god, im not the only person who thinks football is boring
what is the point of the game :shrug:?, what does kicking a bag of wind into a string net and then all the players running around the pitch putting their shirts over their heads achieve?????
Now if that bag of wind was replaced by another bag of wind, say a politician, that could be interesting ;)
What more can I say.............the world cup is weeks away and these stupid flags on cars have started to reappear. Sorry but the just do my head in, just a big build up so we can be knocked down. Sooner it all ends the better !
Mike
With you on that one.
http://www.thisishampshire.net/hampshire/southampton/thesaints/wallpaper/england_flag_thum.jpg
scrotnig
02-06-2006, 07:54
No wonder non-English people feel alienated in this country and there is such a large divide between ethnic communites, we are constantly flouting in their faces that they are not English, and that we are. Maybe they should respect our customs, but no need to rub it in their faces at every possible oppurtunity. Sorry, didn't mean to turn this into a immigration debate. I was just bulstering my argument for the destruction of mini English car flags.
I'm sorry too.
Firstly, I don't know of any non-English people (apart from Scots, possibly) who DO feel they have it rubbed in their faces. Immigrants and the like don't need members of the indigenous population to feel offended on their behalf, if they have a problem then they are able to say so themselves.
Secondly, even if they do have a problem, it's rather tough! If they have a problem with the English, then don't come to England. Plenty of other non-English countries they could settle in if ours is not to their liking.
If you are guest in someone's house, you don't start complaining about the way they live.
etccarmageddon
02-06-2006, 08:23
and surely the only non english people in england are tourists/visitors and temp assylum seekers. if you have imigrated here then you become an english person.
spiderplant
02-06-2006, 09:06
Thank god, im not the only person who thinks football is boring
Not at all. I saw an article in the Times a while back about media hype. It said despite being the so-called "national game", only 14% of the UK population are interested in football.
Why is it that pretty much the only time the country gets anywhere near patriotic is for a game of football?
Scarlett
02-06-2006, 09:48
Why is it that pretty much the only time the country gets anywhere near patriotic is for a game of football?
Not true!, there's loads of people who get patriotic on March 17th each year... Okay not English patriatism but patriotic none the less :D
Firstly, I don't know of any non-English people (apart from Scots, possibly) who DO feel they have it rubbed in their faces.
:wavey:
Scarlett
02-06-2006, 10:59
Just received this on email...
DEPT OF TRANSPORT INITIATIVE - MAY 2006.
Information Release.
There is concern over the current driving standards in England, so the
Department of Transport have devised a scheme to identify poor and
dangerous drivers. This system will allow all road users to recognise
the potentially hazardous and dangerous ones, or those with limited
driving skills. From the middle of May 2006 all those drivers who are
found to be a potential hazard to all other road users will be issued
with a white flag, bearing a red cross. This flag clearly indicates
their inability to drive properly. These flags must be clipped to a door
of the car and be visible to all other drivers and pedestrians.
Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills will have
to display two flags: One on each side of the car to indicate an even
greater lack of skill and limited driving intelligence. Please circulate
this to as many other motorists as you can, in order that drivers and
pedestrians will be aware of the meaning of these flags.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Department of Transport.
LOL
Quality !
Those flags are starting to get way over the top now.
There are some everywhere.
Just received this on email...
DEPT OF TRANSPORT INITIATIVE - MAY 2006.
Information Release.
There is concern over the current driving standards in England, so the
Department of Transport have devised a scheme to identify poor and
dangerous drivers. This system will allow all road users to recognise
the potentially hazardous and dangerous ones, or those with limited
driving skills. From the middle of May 2006 all those drivers who are
found to be a potential hazard to all other road users will be issued
with a white flag, bearing a red cross. This flag clearly indicates
their inability to drive properly. These flags must be clipped to a door
of the car and be visible to all other drivers and pedestrians.
Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills will have
to display two flags: One on each side of the car to indicate an even
greater lack of skill and limited driving intelligence. Please circulate
this to as many other motorists as you can, in order that drivers and
pedestrians will be aware of the meaning of these flags.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Department of Transport.
Ahem!
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showpost.php?p=751333&postcount=25
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showpost.php?p=751947&postcount=77
Does this mean that there'll be nothing on TV except for boring football? :(Unfortunately that's more than likely :(
Don't you have digital TV ? why then you can have nothing but football on 20 channels including that all important Neasdon FC Vs Langly FC world cup theme local derby.
And if football isn't your thing then you can watch one of the 100's of repeats that'll be on instead. I can't wait for my 'Eldorado (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1992/tv3.shtml)' all nighter instead of the opening England match...
Oh an I don't like the flags either they just kind of put me in the mind of people who quote the entire previous post and add 'I agree' or 'me to' to the end of on long emails, newsgroups and discussion boards.
I agree..
:D
Just seen a council maintenance van rolling down the streets with two of these flags attached. Must say i was suprised :D
Just seen a council maintenance van rolling down the streets with two of these flags attached. Must say i was suprised :D
I'd have been surprised - didn't they put the handbrake on or something?
*ahem* :disturbd:
I so wish i could give out more greenies with out tarting around as Nug would get a bucketfull of them lol
They were saying on the radio today that putting these flags on your car may invalidate your insurance policy....
How? lol Will they stop at nothing to save paying out? :rofl:
How? lol Will they stop at nothing to save paying out? :rofl:
It's probably cos an irate Scotsman is technically an act of God (or possibly a force of nature) :D
No puns about Green Flag coming to the rescue??
No puns about Green Flag coming to the rescue??
Nah, no-one's got a direct line for them :)
Nah, no-one's got a direct line for them :) Oh my god... *slaps forehead* That was the worst pun i've ever heard Nuggy. Well done :D
And yes, the handbrake was indeed in the disengaged position as they were driving it... That or the local lads had managed to get inside and drove it away...
Oh my god... *slaps forehead* That was the worst pun i've ever heard Nuggy. Well done :D
And yes, the handbrake was indeed in the disengaged position as they were driving it... That or the local lads had managed to get inside and drove it away...
That was the worst pun? You've obviously not read all of my posts - that one was right up the top of the list :D :disturbd:
That was the worst pun? You've obviously not read all of my posts - that one was right up the top of the list :D :disturbd: Ahhh. True, very true. I've only been here just over a month or so though ;)
Ahhh. True, very true. I've only been here just over a month or so though ;)
And you have a post count of 1000+ does any one have a special flag for Druchii? lol
And you have a post count of 1000+ does any one have a special flag for Druchii? lol As long as it's in the shape of a life and i can use it then go ahead :D
scrotnig
02-06-2006, 18:32
:wavey:
Do the English still rub things in the faces of the Welsh? :erm:
I thought we'd got all bored of that since the damn Scots took over the government! :angel:
Besides, Welsh people need to get MUCH more grumpy if they want to hold a candle to the Scots. Though they do win on the 'incomprehensible speech' front...just!:disturbd:
What more can I say.............the world cup is weeks away and these stupid flags on cars have started to reappear. Sorry but the just do my head in, just a big build up so we can be knocked down. Sooner it all ends the better !
Mike
Here Here... :tu:
There banned at my workplace.. engineers are not being allowed to showboat the ruddy things... thank god.
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