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  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
     Beethoven said “I must show the English what a blessing they have in ‘God Save The King' ".
    Mind you, he was deaf.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    There's different versions too. We could have the happy one or the sombre one depending on the occasion
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    steephill said:
    I like Billy Connoly's idea that we should adopt the Archers theme tune as our new anthem.
    That'll be SIR Billy Connolly actually.  >:)
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    steephill said:
    I like Billy Connoly's idea that we should adopt the Archers theme tune as our new anthem.
    Well - the Big Yin has managed this   ;)
     https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/06/drunk-smashed-wasted-now-go-get-trousered-explains-oxford-english/

    @pansyface 's ?   :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I thought trousering was what MPs do with the little extras that they make on the job.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    pansyface said:
    These people really do live on another planet. Have they all swallowed some psychotropic drugs or something?

    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jan/07/bbc-god-save-the-queen-every-day-ministers


    They obviously don'y listen to BBC Radio 4 late enough in the day.  Shipping Forecast followed by National Anthem before going over to World Service. Every 24 hours.
    Apart from that, what on earth do they think playing the anthem every day will achieve ?  I'm always quick to press the button to avoid listening to it - perhaps it should be re named God Save Us All
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Reminds me of when we used to go to the pictures years ago,  as soon as the film finished there would be a huge stampede for the door, If the anthem started they wouldn’t  let you out and you had to stand still.  We never did see any credits. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Does this jar with you too? .......... At the end of the morning sports news on the radio this week, one of the racing tips was for a horse named "Shoot to Kill".  Does the owner or trainer think that this is clever or amusing?  I know that this is a police or military term but does it really have a place in sport and its associated betting industry?  It probably didn't occur to the sports presenter or broadcaster that this might be inappropriate. Grrrr!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Possibly not as inappropriate as a Premier League footballer, who's father was gunned down in an ambush, having a tattoo of a Kalashnikov rifle on his leg.  It's apparently to remind him of his father!
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