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Anyone been celebrating this today?  :sherlock:

Yep, been spamming the crap out of Welsh/Scotch friends all day.

I had a cup of tea?

Yeah. Happy imaginary person day.

No worse than Christmas or Easter. Except of course you don't get the day off.

Finishing my 10,000 word Dissertation on Linguistics. Then going to Weatherspoons in Coventry and be a complete and utter cunt in my Guiness foam hat.

No. Whether you believe Jesus was the son of God or not, it's widely accepted he existed. A dragon slaying knight on the other hand......

Hang on a minute...there's Dragon Hill at Uffington, complete with its permanent white spot where nothing grows, where the dragon slaying happened....which is why a dragon was etched in the chalk.

[url width=280 height=210]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dragon_Hill.jpg/280px-Dragon_Hill.jpg[/url]

How much more evidence do you want?

You've convinced me.

Are you at Warwick or Coventry?

I thought he was a roman soldier who was beheaded

You'll be telling me next that St Patrick never banished snakes and lizards from Ireland...after scaling Croagh Patrick and issuing his command.

Actually, Jesus is widely regarded as a composite figure in some respects. Like most Saints, it's likely his story was embellished/added to by various people.

And whilst I'm not saying St. George was everything the Victorians made him, he was definitely a real, historical figure. I know it's wiki, but I really can't be arsed to find the book I own with him in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George#Saint_George_and_the_dragon

I stand corrected.  (Although it's all bollocks anyway, isn't it?)

I'd have loved to have lived in the age when dragons walked the earth and men lived happily alongside dwarfs and elves.

You do know you work in Calne, right?

Oh god yes. Article on BBC today about it too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/22166363

http://www.swindonlink.com/news/st-georges-day-parade-in-swindon

:hmmm:

The Daleks are getting more cunning every day...

I guess that photo was taken before the procession arrived?

Why does St. George, a Greek martyr, always get depicted as an English crusader now? That's about 1,000 years after his time surely?

Who actually cares?

Fucking disgraceful. So it's ok to get pissed on St. Patricks day, but if me and my EDL mates go out with our engerland shirts, flags and a crate of Carling each then we're not allowed entry into the pub. Political correctness gone mad.

You'd have got in the Glue Pot yesterday...no problem.

That used to be such a nice pub.