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Slowly Turning To The Dark Side!

date posted: Apr 12, 2006 6:51 AM | updated: Apr 12, 2006 6:58 AM

This isn't about Star Wars or Blogging

Hello Peep's

I'm going to start this Blog with a non Star Wars topic and something of a trivial point to most readers. The British Union Flag sometimes (wrongly) named the Union 'Jack' celebrates it's 400th birthday today so I'm feeling (somewhat surprisingly) Patriotic today, We don't really have too much to celebrate in terms of heritage on a daily basis, so the slightest thing pops up, and I run with it!

My imagination has already shown me bright idols of Nelson flying the Union Jack at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Captain Robert Scott proudly marching the flag to the South Pole in 1912 and Sir Edmund Hillary 'hauling' the standard to the top of Mount Everest on his pioneering ascent in 1953. I've read that it was also used in the first flag of the United States, The Grand Union Flag, Fantastic things to put a lump in the throat of any proud Brit.

But what association will be etched into the young minds of our nations youth? Yes that stupid dress that Ginger Spice 'fell out of' at the 1996 Brit Awards.. No justice!

Now I've completely forgotten what my Star Wars link was so I'll do that later!

It's been jolly spiffing sharing my thoughts.

Thank's awfully for reading old bean!

Cheerio!

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	Kenobi-fan The Jundland Wastes Journal
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:06 AM But what association will be etched into the young minds of our nations youth? Yes that stupid dress that Ginger Spice 'fell out of' at the 1996 Brit Awards.. No justice! I was enjoying this brief history lesson until you brought this up...I forgot all about Ginger Spice...it's both sad and funny!

	JediMasterPickles Slowly Turning To The Dark Side!
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:19 AM I forgot all about Ginger Spice...it's both sad and funny! Yeah, I wish that I hadn't remembered it.. I mean her! but my mind won't let me just be happy.

	Kataar Read, Write, Watch, Enjoy!
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 8:05 AM Congratulations to the Union flag then for four hundred years You know, of course, the whole description of "I wouldn't bother reading it if I were you!" immediately made me curious and so I came to check out what you had to write

	JediMasterPickles Slowly Turning To The Dark Side!
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 8:39 AM Yeah.. not really all that subtle was it?

	Tkia Fett
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 9:21 AM Jolly good show old chap! I didn't know it was the Union Jack's 400th Birthday. Wait for it.... Nope, no patriotic feelings. Ah well. Maybe in another 100 years i'll be more patriotic.

	captainj007
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 10:49 AM whispers "How does that go again .. ohh yeah" Pip, Pip and Cheerio! (I think). And to think us Yanks really have only had our flag (in the current form) for 50 some odd years (after the 50th state was added). Not much patriotism on this side (kind of hard with the world's state of affairs and the American ideal to put our nose in ALL of it).

	DarthVicomte Vicomte's Blog Extravaganza (Now Defunct)
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 12:29 PM Britain? Macaroni and tea, big deal.

	jedimasterninks
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 3:36 PM Congrats. Canada just got an individual flag not so long ago!

	Sol Kassar Ramblings from the Detention Center (Startled)
date Posted: Apr 12, 2006 4:21 PM Ginger Spice isn't so bad...............the British Bulldogs on the other hand............

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