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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 12:54:33 PM   
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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:00:06 PM   
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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:02:45 PM   
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The fans that do that are from the smaller clubs on the whole.



Nonsense.

Every flag has the name of the club on it.

If you had said supporters of the bigger clubs don't tend to follow England, I'd agree with you.

Man United lads couldn't give a flying one about England, primarily because they play in Europe every year so save their money for following United 'round Europe.

Viva Ronaldo after he'd just put United one up in Rome http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb77jvyly2o&NR=1

The few United lads who do follow England would have Manchester across the middle of the flag, all the same.

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:06:00 PM   
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Maybe it's cause we Yanks lent you such awesome music for your anthem?

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:08:08 PM   
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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:18:41 PM   
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Maybe it's cause we Yanks lent you such awesome music for your anthem?



Isn't it German? Who knows. Anyway, 'bout time we got something in return!

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:30:35 PM   
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Yeah?  You'll see plenty of Chelsea and Man Utd following England at the World Cup or the Euro - if they manage to qualify. 



Chelsea maybe. 'Ever been to Old Trafford? There's some graffiti outside the ground........"Fuck England, this is the Republic of Mancunia". Fairly typical of United lads.

You must know the United song about Ronaldo that finishes "makes England look shite"?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9HbokONydWU

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And some of the snottier fans down here sneer at the whole practice of carrying flags.  It seen as being about as cool as waving a wooden rattle.



'Totally agree with them. England flags are for daytrippers who wouldn't know what it's like to stand in a rain at somewhere like Port Vale on a Tuesday night.

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:33:00 PM   
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Isn't it German? Who knows.


No idea, actually. I was just being goofy.

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Anyway, 'bout time we got something in return!


You mean besides bailing you out in two world wars?

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:39:13 PM   
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You mean besides bailing you out in two world wars?



You've started something here, DC.

The second - granted. To be fair though, there aren't that many of us and we'd fought so many wars, and wiped the floor with all-comers, we were no longer interested - nothing left to prove - didn't count on Hitler and associates getting ideas above their station, though.

The first - the Americans only turned up when everyone else had fought themselves to a standstill. The equivalent would be like watching two lions savage one another, only for a dingo to turn up and pick at the scraps :-)

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:48:38 PM   
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Actually God Save the Queen dates back to the early 1600s at least, and is NOT based on an American tune. It is the Star Spangled banner that is sung to a pre-existing song: The Anacreontic Song, which was the official song of a group of amateur British musicians...

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:49:39 PM   
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You've started something here, DC.


Just teasing, NG.

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:50:46 PM   
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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 1:55:37 PM   
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Maybe it's cause we Yanks lent you such awesome music for your anthem?

Actually God Save the Queen dates back to the early 1600s at least, and is NOT based on an American tune. It is the Star Spangled banner that is sung to a pre-existing song: The Anacreontic Song, which was the official song of a group of amateur British musicians...


I really was just kidding, Arpig. Thanks for the info, though. I think I once heard/read that the "Star-Spangled Banner" was set to a drinking song. Any idea if that's true?

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 4:55:23 PM   
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lYC0lBfkA

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RE: British posters/national anthems.... - 4/6/2008 7:20:02 PM   
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Kitten.... Porstmouth meet Cardiff in the FA Cup Final.


OMG. Does anyone else know about this? Cardiff? Cardiff?

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