Forth of July....

[luna87824]

Do our friends in the UK celebrate the 4th?

 

[2WheelsNot4]

Not really.
The BBC give it some air time, but theyre just playing suck up.

 

[steve_sordy]

No. But we do celebrate Star Wars Day. (May the 4th).

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

be like sending your ex wife a birthday card....

 

[luna87824]

be like sending your ex wife a birthday card....

But.....Just think of all the great times you once had together!!

 

[stonedwolf]

Do our friends in the UK celebrate the 4th?

Some of us, aye. It'll be hotdogs & Twinkies for my tea tonight.

As for my opinion on Roe v Wade, well, obviously it depends on how deep the water is.

 

[MountainBoy]

Do our friends in the UK celebrate the 4th?

Yeah, the UK celebrates the Fourth of July like you celebrate the time your bastard son sued you for your bass fishing boat and your lake cabin and won. It's a huge holiday all over the entire UK.

 

[BBear]

Biggest mistake you ever made leaving us - you could have had Boris Johnson as your PM if only you’d stayed.

 

[Doomanic]

Do our friends in the UK celebrate the 4th?

If we celebrated every time a former colony gained independence we'd never have time to do any work!

 

[RustyMTB]

Big mistake lads, that business in Boston. Two hundred years on & you lot still can't make a decent cup of tea.

 

[RustyMTB]

Shots fired. By the drunk at breakfast guy!

 

[steve_sordy]

I can understand a nation celebrating its independence when it happened only a few hundred years ago. That feels almost like yesterday. The Brits have been independent for nearly a thousand years and have got buildings still in use that are twice that. Even the church in my village is more than a thousand years old. When I moved to the village where I live the population was the same as it was in 1086. I know this because it was recorded in the Domesday Book. No blacksmiths, pig breeders or ostlers though.

We do however celebrate the battle of Trafalgar 1805, a crucial sea battle where the British Navy utterly defeated the French and Spanish fleets. Also, the battle of Waterloo 1815 where the Brits (with a little help from the Germans) beat Napoleon's army once and for all. Still relatively recent, comparatively.

 

[RustyMTB]

No one celebrates those. What on earth are you on about??

 

[steve_sordy]

No one celebrates those. What on earth are you on about??

OK fair enough, "celebrate" is a strong word to use, "commemorate" would be better. Mind you I'm sure that some do actually "celebrate", (especially when there are French people around).

 

[Doomanic]

 

[luna87824]

Biggest mistake you ever made leaving us - you could have had Boris Johnson as your PM if only you’d stayed.

Trade ya' for sleepy Joe?

 

[RustyMTB]

Done. I'll drive him to the airport. Now. Will you take Piers Morgan back for a twofer? You can keep Corden too.

 

[Tubby G]

OK fair enough, "celebrate" is a strong word to use, "commemorate" would be better. Mind you I'm sure that some do actually "celebrate", (especially when there are French people around).

In the 49 years of my life living in the UK I’ve never heard of anyone celebrating or commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar or Waterloo. However, I don’t mix in military circles, maybe that’s where it comes from ?

Things the average Brit appears to celebrate …

Christmas
Bonfire Night
Halloween (well the kids do)
World Book Day (kids again)
Summer Solstice
St Patricks’ Day (Irish)
Winning at football (rare)
Can’t think of anything else ….

 

[2WheelsNot4]

Can’t think of anything else ….

We celebrate WW2 like we actually did something to help win it..

 

[Tubby G]

We celebrate WW2 like we actually did something to help win it..

I almost forgot …

Burns night!

 

[Tubby G]

I almost forgot …

Burns night!

Pancake day !!

 

[Zimmerframe]

In the 49 years of my life living in the UK I’ve never heard of anyone celebrating or commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar or Waterloo. However, I don’t mix in military circles, maybe that’s where it comes from ?

Things the average Brit appears to celebrate …

Christmas
Bonfire Night
Halloween (well the kids do)
World Book Day (kids again)
Summer Solstice
St Patricks’ Day (Irish)
Winning at football (rare)
Can’t think of anything else ….

Friday ? I seem to remember that every week it was patriotically celebrated throughout the Empire - until 11pm !

Brexit ? Surely, with how magnificent the NHS is with all the extra money and having got rid of all the people who came to work who (god forbid) weren't conceived on a Friday night celebration in the UK, it must be celebrated annually for at least a week of none stop festivities ?

 

[Tubby G]

Friday ? I seem to remember that every week it was patriotically celebrated throughout the Empire - until 11pm !

Brexit ? Surely, with how magnificent the NHS is with all the extra money and having got rid of all the people who came to work who (god forbid) weren't conceived on a Friday night celebration in the UK, it must be celebrated annually for at least a week of none stop festivities ?

You dared to mention the B word, this thread will be locked!

Back in the days of celebrating Friday nights, the celebrations actually started on Thursday nights, and then they moved to Wednesdays, so the weekend was actually most of the week, with Monday being a paranoid mess of a coma day and Tuesdays the only day of work. Gosh I’m jibbering, much like I used to on a Friday

 

[RustyMTB]

Everything alright at home, pal?

 

[stonedwolf]

Everything alright at home, pal?

Aye. But I got to meet my relatives who fought and suffered in that, and I know too much of the history to let the revisionists piss & shit on their graves.

But I've deleted the post because, you know, mountain biking. Putting 2Wheels and Tubs on Ignore will suffice.

 

[billwarwick]

In the 49 years of my life living in the UK I’ve never heard of anyone celebrating or commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar or Waterloo. However, I don’t mix in military circles, maybe that’s where it comes from ?

Things the average Brit appears to celebrate …

Christmas
Bonfire Night
Halloween (well the kids do)
World Book Day (kids again)
Summer Solstice
St Patricks’ Day (Irish)
Winning at football (rare)
Can’t think of anything else ….

Realising that you can afford an ebike?

 

[TheRealPoMo]

Do our friends in the UK celebrate the 4th?

Probably.
They got rid of their convicts down here and their religious nutters over there.
Job done.

 

[BBear]

Trade ya' for sleepy Joe?

If you throw in Trumpy it’s a deal

 

[Pdoz]

So, is there significance in removing the " U " from fourth ?

An indirect reference to no longer being a United states?

Or go forth and fork off

 

[luna87824]

I know I'm badddddd!!