Happy St George's Day

[mrtrebus]

To all Englishmen, both home & abroad a very very happy St George's Day. God bless you all!

 

[larss]

And the same to you Trebus.





I saw hot cross buns in Tesco yesterday with the cross in red - they were then labelled St Georges day buns.:dunno:

 

[Shadowfax 10]

Happy St George's Day Englanders.

 

[james85]

As a 24 year old, most of my friends don't know it's St Georges Day due to the lack of green and black Guinness hats....

Sad times

 

[LukeEl]

Didn't he kill the last dragon in England as well, he could have went the philantropist route and contain the dragon in some kind of park reserve. Other than that bless you all British folk and your enchanted ways

 

[hiropro]

Happy St. George`s Day to all.


artysml:

 

[gunslingingbird]

Is there an official beer for St. George's Day? I mean, if the Irish saint's day has its official beer (however dark, thick, and vile it is), why shouldn't the English saint's day have its own beer? :dunno: :beer:

 

[LukeEl]

Is there an official beer for St. George's Day? I mean, if the Irish saint's day has its official beer (however dark, thick, and vile it is), why shouldn't the English saint's day have its own beer? :dunno: :beer:

Samuel Smiths, Old Speckled Hen, or Newcastle those would be decent English beers, but I am a "Yank" to those chaps across the pond so what do I know. Still good beers to drink any day not just on St. Geroges Day.

 

[james85]

Bombardier or whatever it's called seem to be the beer which celebrate it the most, by that I mean give out free hats with 4 pints lol

 

[hiropro]

Definately Bombardier.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Samuel Smiths, Old Speckled Hen, or Newcastle those would be decent English beers, but I am a "Yank" to those chaps across the pond so what do I know. Still good beers to drink any day not just on St. Geroges Day.

Of the ones you mentioned I've only had the pleasure of being introduced to Newcastle. I've never seen the other two.

Bombardier or whatever it's called seem to be the beer which celebrate it the most, by that I mean give out free hats with 4 pints lol

Hmm... I don't think we have that on this side of the pond. At least I've never seen it in San Francisco. Is it light? Dark? Drinkable?

 

[mrtrebus]

Yep it's Bombardier. . .

 

[GregCentauro]

The Englishman says: "I named my son George because he was born on St. George's Day"
The Scotsman says: "I named my son Andrew because he was born on St. Andrew's Day"
The Irishman says: "I named my son Pancake."

 

[HE1FiNEARTiST]

for the colonists here in the states that dont know what st. george's day is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George's_Day

i learned about this while working at 118 in England

 

[mrtrebus]

 

[mrtrebus]

Pageant of St George returns to London after 425 years
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8639335.stm
I missed it.

 

[marquis2]

Is there an official beer for St. George's Day? I mean, if the Irish saint's day has its official beer (however dark, thick, and vile it is), why shouldn't the English saint's day have its own beer? :dunno: :beer:

Many breweries are producing special beers for the occasion but we aren't a one horse race like Ireland has Guinness.

 

[calpoon]

Wait, so you English people believe that Dragons, flying fire-breathing reptiles, actually existed?

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

 

[mrtrebus]

Wait, so you English people believe that Dragons, flying fire-breathing reptiles, actually existed?

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

Odd, when did anyone here say they believed that dragons existed? Then again, believing in dragons is no more dumb than believing in god. . .

 

[calpoon]

Odd, when did anyone here say they believed that dragons existed? Then again, believing in dragons is no more dumb than believing in god. . .

Well I suppose that you believe in both if you believe in saint Georgie.