St. Georges day - not on google

|Referee|

Hi people just letting you know that today is St. Georges day, The national feast day of England/britain and hillariously google who celebrate world womans/earth/water and St. Paddys day have done nothing!
ha ha

Sarky

Go Team Britain!

Dempsey

haaa:)

mike65

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/customavatars/avatar4308_7.gif

Mike.

Rabies

childish :rolleyes:
grow up

Crucifix

Do people in England actually celebrate it?

Pigman II

Yes that is hilarious that a nation that have actually have achieved something significant in the context of world history are snubbed by a web search facility. Wow, it makes me feel so superior right now.

anitpc

Couldnt give a dam about it. I think since its not multicultural then thats why liberal england are ignoring it.

WhiteWashMan

|johnsadro| wrote:

Hi people just letting you know that today is St. Georges day, The national feast day of England/britain and hillariously google who celebrate world womans/earth/water and St. Paddys day have done nothing!
ha ha

its not the british national holiday.
there is no british national holiday.

it would appear that you are not very bright, not to mention bigoted.

haha

StupidLikeAFox

|johnsadro| wrote:

Hi people just letting you know that today is St. Georges day, The national feast day of England/britain and hillariously google who celebrate world womans/earth/water and St. Paddys day have done nothing!
ha ha

OMG lets get the wembley bridge changed to Roy Keane bridge, wouldnt that just be HILARIOUS

damnyanks

He is the patron saint of England. They don't really celebrate it... some do. The Welsh don't celebrate their saint either

Blisterman

No, Ive never heard anything of it really here in the capital.

mike65

The BNP chose to day launch thier election manifesto which prolly says it all.

Most Engiish ppl never felt the need to make a big deal of St Georges Day.

Mike.

Chalk

interesting Facts
However, unlike other countries, England does not celebrate it like Americans celebrate 4 July with fireworks. In fact, you are more likely to see big St Patrick parades in England celebrating Ireland's National Day, more than you would see any sign of St Georges Day being celebrated.

Despite the fact that St. George has been the patron saint of England since the 14th century, only one in five people know that St. George’s Day falls on April 23rd.

More than a quarter of people living in England do not even know who their patron saint is!

tbh

regi

there is no british national holiday.

The June bank holiday weekend is actually the Queen's official birthday, which is the UK national holiday. (I would say na na, but I'm not 100% sure)

sceptre

Regi wrote:

The June bank holiday weekend is actually the Queen's official birthday, which is the UK national holiday. (I would say na na, but I'm not 100% sure)

It's not a public holiday in the UK (all the events occur on a Saturday every year), though it is in other commonwealth countries (though a lot of them celebrate it on different days). Civil servants get a privilege day though, as you say tacked on to the bank holiday weekend. In the Falklands they buck the trend by celebrating the Queen's birthday on the date she was actually born. Thie year the official birthday is on June 11. Handily enough Phil the Greek has his real birthday the day before (June 10 every year).

I want two birthdays a year - the only people with this that I can think of are Mrs Windsor of the Palace and Paddington Bear of Darkest Peru.

Gir

Happy St Georges day to any English boards.ie members.

Mossy Monk

a day off would have been nice though

Victor

This thread is so yesterday.

|johnsadro| wrote:

Hi people just letting you know that today is St. Georges day, The national feast day of England/britain and hillariously google who celebrate world womans/earth/water and St. Paddys day have done nothing! ha ha

Did you try www.google.co.uk or some other version?

MadsL

Google only celebrate world events, and since you lot get everywhere, Paddy's day counts as a world event.

mike65

...and they do make such a fuss about being born on this rock too!

Mike.

Lump

TBH, St. Georges day is a catholic Holiday, all you orange brits can **** off :P

John

Lump

That post was ment is jest obviously

John

BlitzKrieg

does that mean tomarrow is a bank holiday (in england)??

Lump

No.

John

BlitzKrieg

crap...i didnt want to go to uni tomarrow.

sceptre

BlitzKrieg wrote:

crap...i didnt want to go to uni tomarrow.

So just don't go then. Get someone to bring a life-sized cardboard cutout of you to lectures.

sceptre

MadsL wrote:

Google only celebrate world events, and since you lot get everywhere, Paddy's day counts as a world event.

They had a special logo for Bloomsday though and only 12 people have ever read the whole book.

|Referee|

Victor wrote:

This thread is so yeaterday.Did you try www.google.co.uk or some other version?

Yes,
Yes I did

commuterised

I celebrate St Georges day every year, as it's my birthday!

damnyanks

Is your name George?

stormkeeper

BlitzKrieg wrote:

does that mean tomarrow is a bank holiday (in england)??

May the 2nd is a bank holiday... I just checked it.

WhiteWashMan

Regi wrote:

The June bank holiday weekend is actually the Queen's official birthday, which is the UK national holiday. (I would say na na, but I'm not 100% sure)

well there are a number of national holidays that england, scotland, wales and NI share, i am not aware of any of them being a 'british holiday'.

but you could be right with regards the queens birthday. gord bless her cotton socks, two long weekend bank holidays coming up!

anyway, it was in reference to 'national' holidays


besides, i work with danish people, and they seem to get more holidays than eveyone else put together.

Megatron

I've always found that NUrses have more holidays than anyone else.


It's amazing nearly everytime i get a phone call from my sister or brother-in-law ( both nurses) they are ALWAYS off.

BlitzKrieg

Kennett wrote:

May the 2nd is a bank holiday... I just checked it.

sweet...*does the happy dance*