Happy St George's Day | Celebrate England's Patron Saint

[J77]

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[cristo]

Happy St George's day to all. Although I'll have to embarassingly admit that I forgot it was st georges day today!

 

[hypatia]

Have a wonderful day! Will there be feasting and roses?

 

[G01]

I'll give you guys three guesses to guess my first name!

Yay, its my saints day.....shouldnt I be getting presents or something.

 

[hypatia]

Yes GO is a proper shortening of George. George Washington, often signed his name with it.
Hope you day is special too!

 

[Kurdt]

Well as you can see by this thread its isn't celebrated by many and there are no real formal festivities so I doubt there will be feasting :(

 

[brewnog]

I wore my Union Jack cufflinks at work. 2 people noticed.

 

[Mk]

What the face is St. George's Day?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

In Christian hagiography Saint George - The Saint who killed the Dragon (ca. 275-281–April 23, 303) was a soldier of the Roman Empire, from Anatolia, now modern day Turkey, who was venerated as an Islamic and Christian martyr. Saint George is the most venerated saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches. Immortalised in the tale of George and the Dragon, he is the patron saint of Canada, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia, the cities of Istanbul, Ljubljana and Moscow, as well as a wide range of professions, organisations and disease sufferers.

...Hymn of St. George:

"Liberator of captives,
and defender of the poor,
physician of the sick,
and champion of kings,
O trophy-bearer,
and Great Martyr George,
intercede with
Christ our God that
our souls be saved."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George

 

[brewnog]

He was some dude who killed a dragon! A DRAGON!

 

[hypatia]

NO feasting? Well that just can't happen. So, I will roast a giant Turkey, set out a trencher table of all manor of wonderful things to eat!
All are welcome to come...feasting begins at 6 PM.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I intend to roast a giant lizard in honor of SG.

Do you serve roasted Komodo Dragon with red or white wine?

 

[Anttech]

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Whos St george? Ohhh yeah ---> he is from Georgia...

hehe

Happy your saint day, shame (maybe you are) not called George then it could also be your name day too

 

[Anttech]

I wore my Union Jack cufflinks at work. 2 people noticed.

Union Jack, on Saint George day?

 

[brewnog]

Union Jack, on Saint George day?

Obviously I meant Cross of St George. Well spotted!

 

[Anttech]

Obviously I meant Cross of St George. Well spotted!

Glad you meant that, because I could hear St Andrew screaming in the background

hehe..

 

[hypatia]

I intend to roast a giant lizard in honor of SG.

Do you serve roasted Komodo Dragon with red or white wine?

I would go for a red one with a rosey blush, sense the rose is the flower of the day. Its just so hard to find good dragon these days, enjoy!

 

[Math Is Hard]

I'll give you guys three guesses to guess my first name!

Yay, its my saints day.....shouldnt I be getting presents or something.

hey, Frylock, I made you a sweater.

 

[G01]

hey, Frylock, I made you a sweater.

Wow...a sweater...made out of...pine cones?? Thanks Meatwad??

 

[turbo]

I would go for a red one with a rosey blush, sense the rose is the flower of the day. Its just so hard to find good dragon these days, enjoy!

Fresh-killed dragon must be gutted, rinsed out, and hung until the skin feels about to slip off the carcass, or the meat isn't fit to eat. Cooks have been banished for failing to properly time the aging of the carcass to coincide with the feast. There is no wine that can properly be served with dragon - only ale or (in the 5-star castles) spiced mead. How has our culinary knowledge slipped to this low ebb? Next, someone will claim that unicorn is best served fresh-killed grilled with a dry rub, garnished with capers!

 

[Math Is Hard]

Wow...a sweater...made out of...pine cones?? Thanks Meatwad??

 

[turbo]

Wow...a sweater...made out of...pine cones?? Thanks Meatwad??

You're lucky she didn't make it out of thistle heads.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Fresh-killed dragon must be gutted, rinsed out, and hung until the skin feels about to slip off the carcass, or the meat isn't fit to eat. Cooks have been banished for failing to properly time the aging of the carcass to coincide with the feast. There is no wine that can properly be served with dragon - only ale or (in the 5-star castles) spiced mead. How has our culinary knowledge slipped to this low ebb? Next, someone will claim that unicorn is best served fresh-killed grilled with a dry rub, garnished with capers!

I guess I had better not mention McDragon burgers then.

 

[experiment6]

Could his reasoning be in public ?