Florentine_Pogen Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 2 hours ago, velo army said: When was that D? I cycled through the southern states in 2014 and I was quite shocked at the amount of flags on display. It had dialled down a bit after I crossed the MD, but the southern flag shagging was intense. The Yanks have a fairly serious FlagShagCode whereby if you choose to fly Ol' Glory on your property, there are lots of ROOLZ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: The Yanks have a fairly serious FlagShagCode whereby if you choose to fly Ol' Glory on your property, there are lots of ROOLZ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code I'm sure I read there was someone employed by the UK government to go round all the civic buildings in the country to make sure they were flying the Union flag correctly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 As long as they do it safely.They've almost hit their demographic right on the head with the depiction of the guy on that leaflet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 The Yanks have a fairly serious FlagShagCode whereby if you choose to fly Ol' Glory on your property, there are lots of ROOLZ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_CodeThe Danes also have to limit people's ability to fly the national flag due to overzealousness. Instead they just wave hand held ones at every opportunity.Below is the first Google image result I got for "Danish birthday party". The UK is miles behind Denmark for flag-fucking. Edit: in case the results were skewed by searching in English I searched in Danish to be returned this belter: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 58 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: The Yanks have a fairly serious FlagShagCode whereby if you choose to fly Ol' Glory on your property, there are lots of ROOLZ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code The ironic thing about a lot of American flag botherers is that they tend to breach the flag code a lot. You're not allowed to wear it as clothes, which is one in the eye to all the stars and bars hot-pants/tank top crowd. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, velo army said: The ironic thing about a lot of American flag botherers is that they tend to breach the flag code a lot. You're not allowed to wear it as clothes, which is one in the eye to all the stars and bars hot-pants/tank top crowd. Is that not the Confederate flag? Do the same rules apply to it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 There's a film (Rules of Engagement, I think) where a US embassy in Random Arab Country is evacuated after coming under siege from protesters. The troops get all the staff out safely, then realise that the flag is still flying above the building and go back in to fetch it. One of the soldiers is killed in the process. I've mentioned that on here before, but 20+ years on, I still can't get over the insanity of that. I saw it in an American cinema and nobody present seemed to find anything strange about men risking their lives and dying to "rescue" a mass-produced piece of cloth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Should be removed toot suite 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said: The Yanks have a fairly serious FlagShagCode whereby if you choose to fly Ol' Glory on your property, there are lots of ROOLZ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code There are numerous rules for Flag Etiquette. For example, the national flag must be flown higher than any other flag, such as the state flag, a company logo flag or whatever. Similarly a flag must never touch the ground. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, 101 said: I'm sure I read there was someone employed by the UK government to go round all the civic buildings in the country to make sure they were flying the Union flag correctly Including ten years in jail (hard labour) for anyone caught flying it upside down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Empty It said: 3 hours ago, Antlion said: As long as they do it safely. They've almost hit their demographic right on the head with the depiction of the guy on that leaflet. I thought it was a shaved Rolf Harris at first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Not sure whether this is mindless sticking a flag on stuff or a political statement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 We can’t really criticise England when no one loves a bit of fleg pumping more than yer OF fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Fullerene said: Including ten years in jail (hard labour) for anyone caught flying it upside down. Unless it's Boris who will just lie about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 5 hours ago, velo army said: The ironic thing about a lot of American flag botherers is that they tend to breach the flag code a lot. You're not allowed to wear it as clothes, which is one in the eye to all the stars and bars hot-pants/tank top crowd. Yep, they consistently breach the rules and moan like f**k when others breach the rules, bit like tories. Fun fact, if you ever go to Disney world, they have flags up the main street, but because the flag code says the stars and strips should be taken down at sun set they have altered flags with less stars etc to avoid having to take down every flag every night and re-raise it. I remember being in San Diego and talking to a marine at the Aircraft carrier museum they have there (its superb btw) and mid sentence revelry started playing, he stopped talking turns and salutes and then starts talking again picking up where he left off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Yep, they consistently breach the rules and moan like f**k when others breach the rules, bit like tories. Fun fact, if you ever go to Disney world, they have flags up the main street, but because the flag code says the stars and strips should be taken down at sun set they have altered flags with less stars etc to avoid having to take down every flag every night and re-raise it. Maybe Walt was like Grandpa Simpson and didn't want to recognise Missourah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 6 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: The Danes also have to limit people's ability to fly the national flag due to overzealousness. Instead they just wave hand held ones at every opportunity. Below is the first Google image result I got for "Danish birthday party". The UK is miles behind Denmark for flag-fucking. Edit: in case the results were skewed by searching in English I searched in Danish to be returned this belter: It is the oldest flag in the world to be fair I think the biggest flag in the world is a North Korean one on the border with South Korea although there will be some w@nker somewhere will want to put a giant Butcher's Apron on the White Cliffs so the French can see it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 26 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Yep, they consistently breach the rules and moan like f**k when others breach the rules, bit like tories. Fun fact, if you ever go to Disney world, they have flags up the main street, but because the flag code says the stars and strips should be taken down at sun set they have altered flags with less stars etc to avoid having to take down every flag every night and re-raise it. I remember being in San Diego and talking to a marine at the Aircraft carrier museum they have there (its superb btw) and mid sentence revelry started playing, he stopped talking turns and salutes and then starts talking again picking up where he left off. Party tune? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Left Back said: Party tune? Its got potential 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Its got potential Played every night in Downing Street I believe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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