23.04.07

St George

Posted in People at 9:57 am by alby

Happy St George’s day to you all, all you rampid little Englanders anyway.

Yes it’s good to know that English people wish to celebrate their nationalism by reference to a roman soldier who never so much had a single thing to do with the nation of Britannia.  But that’s an old argument now.  But I’ve noticed that he’s hardly a “one-country” sort of saint.

When I was in Serbia a few years ago I found out that he was also their patron saint.  How dare they?  We had him first!

Well turns out he’s a bit of a slut.  He also seems to be patron saint of Canada, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro and Portugal and the cities of Istanbul, Ljubljana (ooh and Ptuj), Beirut and Moscow.  So what sort of man is so venerated?

One who is also the patron saint of syphilis and herpes sufferers apparently.  Well we do have the highest rate of STDs in Europe (number 1 woot!).

And it also turns out that he’s the patron saint of sheep.  Perhaps that’s why the welsh are so keen on (well you can fill your own joke in here).

[edit] Oh this will entertain and uplift the fat, lairy and drunken lads who follow the Eng-er-land footy team and show us in our best light by boozing, fighting and generally behaving like dicks.  George is also the saint of same sex marriages.  I’m sure the fans will like that one. Tee hee.

Have fun.

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