In Yorkshire

[cheekbones3]

Being in England at the moment, it feels like someone's won a war lately, what with all the flags on the cars. Vaguely ironic. Seems to be a phenomenon that started with Euro'96, and has carried on ever since, hand-in-hand with the huge amount of hype that major football tournaments get these days. It all leads me to ask the following questions:

1) Why do people feel the need to show how patriotic they are when they're still in their own country? I could understand a litt le flag-waving and national pride if you were abroad, but I can't see much in the way of purpose of doing it at home.

2) If you are going to have your car/house/head festooned with flags, why not have a proper national flag instead of one with "England" written on it! Surely writing the name of the country on the rag removes the purpose of the colour and design? You may as well have the name written clearly in black and white on a piece of paper.

Bowels almost fine again. My regards to Edinburgh, and other nice places.

Comments

[cr4k.livejournal.com]

Hey I've seen it on someone's car in Edinburgh, that's doing it in a different country! (Brave man) I think it's part of the quasi religious effect that football has on people, with 'supporting' being equivalent to prayer and buying a season ticket for your local team being equivalent to 'sacrifice'.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Aye it's certainly the closest thing a lot of people have to religion now. Almost as tedious in many ways too!