St Georges Day?

[curlyperm]

Put this Q here, cos dont really venture anywhere else, just thought that as it is St Georges Day, you think Google might have done something a bit different on their home page to mark the occasion? (hope it is S.G.D......... after all that : /

[4getmenot]

google are american arent they?

[nat_84]

Yes it is defintely St Georges Day - extremely under celebrated especially in comparison to that of St Patricks Day!

Oh Well..

Happy St Georges Day everyone!!

[curlyperm]

Hi 4get, yes they probably are, but seem to recall them doing something for St Pats (?) and just thought that as its a WWW that they might just have done something? Ah well not to worry x Just fancied a moan ; )

[happyred]

I was thinking the exact same thing! They did something for St. Patricks day, so why not St. Georges day?!! They should also make it a national holiday, like they do in Scotland, Ireland and Wales! Unfair!

[4getmenot]

because the English celebrate St Patricks and dont even celebrate St Georges so why should Google :-)

[Rubyrose]

They could have at least done something on the www.google.co.uk ... even if not on the www.google.com ...!!!

They did indeed do something for St Patricks day!

[curlyperm]

i agree Ruby, they could have just put a little something on the .co.uk site at least : (

[Bohne]

It's also 'Day of the German Beer'!

Will celebrate accordingly!

[4getmenot]

let all e-mail google

[curlyperm]

lol............ Cheers (dont know how to say it in German)

[curlyperm]

Been looking how to 4get?? for the 'Contact us' it just gives the address, fax and tel number, and i'm certainly not ringing them, looks like the address is Canada

[Gromit]

Don't see any point in celebrating an 1800 year old Turkish Roman soldier. Totally irrelevant.

If we are searching for another bank holiday, how about World Peace Day

[wigglebum]

Google did actually put St george header up last year so perhaps they forgot this year? xx

[B00]

I think it's really sad how we as a nation don't seem to celebrate St Georges day. Yes i know he was a Turkish soldier etc, but I think it'd be nice to at least celebrate being proud of our nation, we still have some good points!

I honestly believe that nowadays we are considered racist should we be seen to proud of our still great country.

Last year I posted a Happy St Georges day post and it was promptly removed! Why? I've no idea.

Another sad example, at work (Co Op) we have a whole section of shelves dedicated to all things Italian for a promotion.....what have we got celebrating things British/ English? Bloody nowt!

[dave1969]

Around parts where i live they were told to take all the flags down.
Banned by the council
Who's country is it ?

[Octavius]

Both St George and St Patrick days are Christian observance days and a celebration of the memory of that saint and their achievements. Since a huge portion of the UK think that religion is a sham it�s unlikely that it would be anything other than a chance to get lashed on a few pints of Bombardier.

For histrocity, you are quite right. It is widely believed that St George was a roman officer based in Turkey and it is almost certain that he never stepped foot in England. That said, he is our chosen patron Saint.

So if you truly believe that St Georges should be celebrated, why not go to a church service? If you want to celebrate or observe �Britishness� then you could try a Saturday night in Romford!

[dave1969]

You will find boo they class it as rasist like i said above shops put flags up only to be told to take them down.
As it could insite trouble