It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Darren Robinson Insofar as the dastardly johnny foreign types who are currently holding you hostage wouldn't know the right way up, yes. All that nastiness in Saudi could have been avoided if only they'd had some flags. -- Dave GS 850 x2 / SE 6a SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3 FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10
Christofire says... I have a Cross of St George on my CeeBee. No-one sells Maltese flag stickers over here.
It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the They could always have pawned the medal, worth at least thirty bob. I'm only guessing here, but I'd imagine the treatment of Malta during the war and after led to the independence movement gathering steam. -- Dave GS 850 x2 / SE 6a SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3 FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10
Grimly Curmudgeon says... *ding* There were an awful lot of very unhappy people around when it all ended, and you're right, it sparked off a huge independence movement. My grandad was a trade union leader in the dockyards, it led to him becoming a ministerial advisor after independence was granted.
It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like: No thanks, I've just put one out. -- Dave GS 850 x2 / SE 6a SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3 FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10
How about set them on fire and see how long anyone takes to notice? Brings to mind Bill Hicks. "Hey, buddy! My daddy died for that flag! Really? I bought mine. They sell 'em in K-Mart..." What I'd like is two to go on either side of the bonnet of the Rangie, pretend I'm royalty and carve up every car on the road. Hah.
Perhaps you can suggest an answer better than me, as a child of the '50s and '60s it's often hard to see the wood for the trees, but then it simply *wasn't* jingoistic, it was something you took for granted, something that was "there", like Belisha beacons, or standing for the national anthem at the end of a night's snogging in the cinema, it just wasn't done not to do it. There was no question of rampant patriotism or football hooliganism, just a rather nice way of decorating an empty space. The closest it came to jingoism was the Buy British campaign that came later, but as that was all such an English in-joke it was still just something to smile about. Perhaps it was a hangover from wartime solidarity or something that a Union flag gave such a warm feeling. But something happened, and today overt demonstrations of patriotism seem to be associated with drunken, tattooed, shaven-headed louts and the BNP. Could it have been the troubles in Ireland starting up again? Or news shots of foreigners burning flags? Or perhaps the nasty side of patriotism started with that lamentable Rivers of Blood speech. It's all a bit of a shame I reckon. -- Dave Remove my gerbil for email replies. Bike's are bosh, PC's are pointless, and the 1990's are nuts! Bikes are great, PCs are super, and the 1990s are the time to be! Save the apostrophe! Get 'em right! If in doubt, leave 'em out!!
And everyone called the island Malta GC, until that twat Mintoff decided to stop it. Er, I think. Have I got it right or not?
Probably right. My grey matter must be soggyer than yours ;-) -- Dave Remove my gerbil for email replies. Bike's are bosh, PC's are pointless, and the 1990's are nuts! Bikes are great, PCs are super, and the 1990s are the time to be! Save the apostrophe! Get 'em right! If in doubt, leave 'em out!!
The Older Gentleman says... My mum still puts Malta GC on envelopes when she writes to family. My grandad worked for Mintoff as an advisor. Pretty much. At one time the Maltese govt was quite anti-Brit, to the extent that a few of my cousins weren't taught English as part of the curriculum. That's all changed again now.
YTC#1 left a note on my windscreen which said: Euro 04 I'd imagine. Have you noticed they also say ENGLAND across the centre of the cross? I'm guessing this is to inform potential buyers what the flag represents just in case they missed it.
If not for the Sun, Earth would be a cold wasteland devoid of any life. Kind of like popular tabloids.
