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Title: Flag row hangs over Downpatrick St Patrick's parade
Post by: RedLeader on March 17, 2011, 09:03:25 AM
QuoteA row over which flag should fly at the St Patrick's Day celebrations in Downpatrick has cast a shadow over the planned festivities.
Suprise = none!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12769581

I'm assuming there wont be any actual trouble but forewarned is forearmed and all that.
Title: Re: Flag row hangs over Downpatrick St Patrick's parade
Post by: 666_pack on March 17, 2011, 09:36:24 AM
This is just sad!
Title: Re: Flag row hangs over Downpatrick St Patrick's parade
Post by: RedLeader on March 17, 2011, 09:39:16 AM
I could solve this easily, I'll just pop down to the town hall with the NI-Wild skull & crossbones flag and save the complex decision making.

Quote from: 666_pack on March 17, 2011, 09:36:24 AM
This is just sad!
Title: Re: Flag row hangs over Downpatrick St Patrick's parade
Post by: 666_pack on March 17, 2011, 09:46:01 AM
Wasn't he Welsh anyway! And look at what a "great" gift christianity has been to this part off th world anyway!
Title: Re: Flag row hangs over Downpatrick St Patrick's parade
Post by: RedLeader on March 17, 2011, 09:58:44 AM
This is why I have chosen the path of Pastafarianism and now worship at the altar of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Oddly that means since Pirates are central to the dogma, the skull&crossbones flag is actually a religious icon  ;D Never noticed that before!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

Quote from: 666_pack on March 17, 2011, 09:46:01 AM
Wasn't he Welsh anyway! And look at what a "great" gift christianity has been to this part off th world anyway!
Title: Re: Flag row hangs over Downpatrick St Patrick's parade
Post by: LandyLiam on March 17, 2011, 10:10:52 AM
or just use the gay pride flag (it was a rainbow themed parade and it was all i could get  ;D )
Title: Re: Flag row hangs over Downpatrick St Patrick's parade
Post by: Kayakgirl on March 17, 2011, 01:32:56 PM
Numpties!!!
Title: Re: Flag row hangs over Downpatrick St Patrick's parade
Post by: LandyLiam on March 17, 2011, 05:24:11 PM
turns out that junior ni-wild had the flag situation covered  ;D