St Georges Day

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Anywhere celebrating this event ?

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As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

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As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

Good excuse for a p!ss up, though.

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As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

Good excuse for a p!ss up, though.

Absolutely, l have already started.

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As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

Are you a teacher in Tower Hamlets or Haringay....you bluddy colonials know nothing, just coz you aint got no history dont go spoiling ours

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As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

Are you a teacher in Tower Hamlets or Haringay....you bluddy colonials know nothing, just coz you aint got no history dont go spoiling ours

Hmmmm, sorry but l am 100% English and my ancestors paid taxes to the crown way back in the 11th century. BUT a simple google of St. George will reveal all.

[Upnotover]

Punch & Judy, Soi 17. Free bacon butties if I remember the poster well.

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As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

Are you a teacher in Tower Hamlets or Haringay....you bluddy colonials know nothing, just coz you aint got no history dont go spoiling ours

Hmmmm, sorry but l am 100% English and my ancestors paid taxes to the crown way back in the 11th century. BUT a simple google of St. George will reveal all.

I knew it...come on...Tower Hamlets or Haringay??? ...Google .

The bacon butties sound nice

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As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

Are you a teacher in Tower Hamlets or Haringay....you bluddy colonials know nothing, just coz you aint got no history dont go spoiling ours

Hmmmm, sorry but l am 100% English and my ancestors paid taxes to the crown way back in the 11th century. BUT a simple google of St. George will reveal all.

I knew it...come on...Tower Hamlets or Haringay??? ...Google .

The bacon butties sound nice

With a dash of HP sauce, count me in.

[moo9]

23rd April is Easter Sunday. Who is George and what was his involvement in Thailand?

[chickenslegs]

As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

St Patrick wasn't Irish. St Andrew wasn't Scottish and St Michael never bought anything from Marks and Spencer.

[Ulysses G.]

23rd April is Easter Sunday.

Actually, 24 April.

[wobblyjohn]

As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

I think I trust the BBC to come up with the real truth

England's patron saint, a fourth century Christian martyr, is also patron saint of Georgia and the city of Moscow.

Very little is known about the real St George. He is thought to have been born into a noble Christian family in the late third century in Cappadocia, an area which is now in Turkey. He followed his father's profession of soldier and became part of the retinue of the Emperor Diocletian. The emperor ordered the systematic persecution of Christians and George refused to take part. In 303, he was himself tortured and executed in Palestine, becoming an early Christian martyr.

The legend of George slaying a dragon and rescuing an innocent maiden from death is medieval. St George's Day is celebrated in England on 23 April, reputed to be the day of George's martyrdom in 303.

[Thaddeus]

As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

I think I trust the BBC to come up with the real truth

England's patron saint, a fourth century Christian martyr, is also patron saint of Georgia and the city of Moscow.

Very little is known about the real St George. He is thought to have been born into a noble Christian family in the late third century in Cappadocia, an area which is now in Turkey. He followed his father's profession of soldier and became part of the retinue of the Emperor Diocletian. The emperor ordered the systematic persecution of Christians and George refused to take part. In 303, he was himself tortured and executed in Palestine, becoming an early Christian martyr.

The legend of George slaying a dragon and rescuing an innocent maiden from death is medieval. St George's Day is celebrated in England on 23 April, reputed to be the day of George's martyrdom in 303.

Yep, he was a Turkish bloke who had a bit of a barny with a big lizard. (did they have shrooms back then?)

CH, if we have to evac from here, I'll be round for lunch tomorrow

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As time goes on and history can be more explained we know that Saint George was not English. Seems Syrian, so l wonder if he is just a myth in the UK, as a super hero but not a native, perhaps a hero of his own home land.

I think I trust the BBC to come up with the real truth

England's patron saint, a fourth century Christian martyr, is also patron saint of Georgia and the city of Moscow.

Very little is known about the real St George. He is thought to have been born into a noble Christian family in the late third century in Cappadocia, an area which is now in Turkey. He followed his father's profession of soldier and became part of the retinue of the Emperor Diocletian. The emperor ordered the systematic persecution of Christians and George refused to take part. In 303, he was himself tortured and executed in Palestine, becoming an early Christian martyr.

The legend of George slaying a dragon and rescuing an innocent maiden from death is medieval. St George's Day is celebrated in England on 23 April, reputed to be the day of George's martyrdom in 303.

Yep, he was a Turkish bloke who had a bit of a barny with a big lizard. (did they have shrooms back then?)

CH, if we have to evac from here, I'll be round for lunch tomorrow

Soup kitchen, blankets and cases of Chang at the ready

[kopite]

Punch & Judy, Soi 17. Free bacon butties if I remember the poster well.

3 hours of music english music videos from 4-7pm and some comp where you can win a 5000 baht prize.

should be fun

[Sommaz]

23rd April is Easter Sunday. Who is George and what was his involvement in Thailand?

It is common knowledge that St. George came here on R&R from the crusades. After meeting a nubile lass from Peppermint, he decided to stay a while and opened a bar close to Soi Buakhow.

Sadly he was cheated out of his share, the mamasan left and took all the best looking girls with her. He has now swapped his knights clothing and chainmail for a Beer Chang vest and a pair of flip-flops.

He often sits alone in the Jack Tar Bar on Soi 6, contemplating what might have been.....