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Royal Mail bans Union Jack from sorting offices

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  • #2
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    No. Would be a riot if that happened. We live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Long live the Union. :)


  • #3
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    I know it's quite off topic, but the point is still there. Probably about flags................in general...............What they stand for, etc.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBCkm9-LvRg


  • #4
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Isn't there a wedding thread for all this shíte already? :P


  • #5
    Dangerous Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Dangerous Man


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    No. Would be a riot if that happened. We live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Long live the Union. :)

    As a proud Irishman - I agree. Now if we only we could come up with a way of somehow seperating the North from Ireland, and gluing it permanently to the rest of the UK.


  • #6
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    No. Would be a riot if that happened. We live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Long live the Union. :)

    Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    must hurt not to be even properly british after all these years :(


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  • #7
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭Richard


    Maybe the wedding is an exception, but IMHO national flags should be treated with respect and used sparing, not all over the place. Sorting offices aren't the most obvious place to hang flags. I doubt the sorting office in Belfast is bedecked with union flags, even today.


  • #8
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Dangerous Man wrote: »
    As a proud Irishman - I agree. Now if we only we could come up with a way of somehow seperating the North from Ireland, and gluing it permanently to the rest of the UK.

    "Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious." - Oscar Wilde.


  • #9
    Auvers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,987 ✭✭✭Auvers


    ahhhh the auld "Butchers Apron" never ceases to cause a bit of upset


  • #10
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    No. Would be a riot if that happened. We live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Long live the Union. :)

    English people don't want you, Irish people don't want you.

    forever alone.


  • #11
    smokedeels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭smokedeels


    chin_grin wrote: »
    I know it's quite off topic, but the point is still there. Probably about flags................in general...............What they stand for, etc.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBCkm9-LvRg

    That's a knowingly tenuous link on your part, just to post some Bill Hicks, I approve.

    Banning a flag is about as stupid as saluting one, imo.


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  • #12
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    Bambi wrote: »
    Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    must hurt not to be even properly british after all these years :(
    The British and Irish volunteers give us the right to celebrate being in the United Kingdom. Why knock it? Enjoy it and embrace it. :)


  • #13
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    RichieC wrote: »
    English people don't want you, Irish people don't want you.

    forever alone.

    the North is like the ginger kid in a family, nobody's quite sure who he belongs to


  • #14
    LondonIrish90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 882 ✭✭✭LondonIrish90


    Auvers wrote: »
    ahhhh the auld "Butchers Apron" never ceases to cause a bit of upset

    I strongly advise you to sit down before putting on the telly.


  • #15
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    RichieC wrote: »
    English people don't want you, Irish people don't want you.

    forever alone.

    Forever a groan? :pac:
    smokedeels wrote: »
    That's a knowingly tenuous link on your part, just to post some Bill Hicks, I approve :)

    Mmmyep, agree completely! It's Friday afternoon and I'm in a cheeky mood. Oooh chikka chikka.


  • #16
    PatsytheNazi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭PatsytheNazi


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    No. Would be a riot if that happened. We live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Long live the Union. :)
    Maybe you and your friends should go to the Falls Road or down to Crossmaglen and try flying the Butcher's Apron there ;).


  • #17
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    ROYAL Mail bosses have banned the Union Flag from Scots sorting offices ahead of the royal wedding. Post office bosses don't want the British flag displayed because they fear it might cause trouble over its link to Rangers.

    Shouldn't the same be applied to the north ?

    http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/lead-story/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-royal-mail-bosses-ban-union-flag-from-sorting-offices-over-partisan-connections-86908-23091504/

    Who cares?


  • #18
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    Maybe you and your friends should go to the Falls Road or down to Crossmaglen and try flying the Butcher's Apron there ;).
    Just let us enjoy our day. Its a proud day to be British. Everyone has come together and is enjoying it. :)


  • #19
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    krudler wrote: »
    the North is like the ginger kid in a family, nobody's quite sure who he belongs to

    I wish i could thank this more than once :D


  • #20
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    chin_grin wrote: »
    "Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious." - Oscar Wilde.

    "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Samuel Johnson April 7 1775


  • #21
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Just let us enjoy our day. Its a proud day to be British. Everyone has come together and is enjoying it. :)

    Our defences can't repel trolling of that magnitude!


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  • #22
    Auvers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,987 ✭✭✭Auvers


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Its a proud day to be British. Everyone has come together and is enjoying it. :)

    I ain't British, as its being rammed down our throats from all sides of the media so its pretty hard to avoid (even though I am doing a good job)

    plus I am not enjoying it as I don't give a toss about the British\German royal family

    now off you go Keith with your white hood and burning cross


  • #23
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    Auvers wrote: »
    I ain't British, its being rammed down our throats from all sides of the media so its pretty hard to avoid (even though I am doing a good job)

    plus I am not enjoying it as I don't give a toss about the British\German royal family
    Some people on here are though. I think its been a wonderful day for everyone to celebrate. Soon to be King William has got married and it seems to have brought the UK together and communities. :)


  • #24
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Bambi wrote: »
    Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    must hurt not to be even properly british after all these years :(

    "The whole map of Europe has been changed ... but as the deluge subsides and the waters fall short we see the dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone emerging once again." - Winston Churchill


  • #25
    tommyhaas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭tommyhaas


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    No. Would be a riot if that happened.

    Your typical sh!te again Keith If we don't get what we want we'll start a riot


  • #26
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    tommyhaas wrote: »
    Your typical sh!te again Keith If we don't get what we want we'll start a riot
    Banning the Union flag in our own country? :confused:


  • #27
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPhlP6AfptY


    Stupid flag, means nothing to me.


  • #28
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    dooferoaks wrote: »
    Stupid flag, means nothing to me.

    Thanks now I have this in my head.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WdUgn0XkU


  • #29
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    The Union Jack won't be flying for long in any part of Scotland judging by the trends towards the SNP.


  • #30
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    chin_grin wrote: »
    Thanks now I have this in my head.

    Well thank you too, now I have:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9G3iXqqYSU


    In my head.


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  • #31
    df1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,432 ✭✭✭df1985


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Just let us enjoy our day. Its a proud day to be British. Everyone has come together and is enjoying it. :)

    Get off boards then and go out and enjoy it, not sitting with your computer.


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