bridge too far

tar

sparrow

chanson

No - Christmas is for Christians (and for merchants). I don't do Eid or Divali either. But I get p*ssed as a fart on my birthday so don't suggest I should 'loosen up'. I do that already

manhattan

How is that middle class, lefty and loonish? Because I don't want to be a lemming and follow the crowd? I'm not a Christian - why should I celebrate Christmas FFS? I'll give to people who matter most to me on their birthdays - their special days - not to people who want to rip me and countless others off in the name of a non-existent being. I think that's sanity of the highest order TBH.

kiss

No, don't do Christmas / Easter either. However, we do celebrate birthdays because that is a day unique (well almost) to the individual. I guess flag sellers and people who offer 'St George's Day' dinners, etc, at pubs and restaurants are cashing in a bit? But no doubt they have the same customers that also celebrate St Patrick's Day, St Andrew's Day, St David's Day.............. But you miss the point. I'm glad I'm English, British, European but I don't need A DAY to encourage me to recognise that.

Since I don't believe in any god, I can't believe in a saint, can I. Why do we have to celebrate 'special' days for anything? Mothers' Day, Fathers' Day, Valentines' Day, Saints' days....... If you really care about something (country, father, mother, lover) you don't need one day a year to do it - you do it all the time. Just an excuse for someone, somewhere to fleece us all.

Oh FFS - what did I just say I said: "I was simply (so you should have got it) pointing out that lots of things happened many years ago that were embarrassing." So you're arguing against yourself because I opined that it was embarrasing then and not that it was OK then. Got it this time?

fort

You are a bit slow on the uptake sometimes, aren't you? I was simply (so you should have got it) pointing out that lots of things happened many years ago that were embarrassing. Like celebrity endorsement and Black Wednesday. Got it now?

opportunity

Your opening statement can so very easily be turned on its head.

If you withdrew your head from your blue-tinted backside, you will see that we were discussing things that happened many years ago. OK?

unknown territory

What on earth are you on about? The Labour Party was elected 13 years ago. Before that, under the previous administration, we had Black Wednesday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wednesday

arsed

But that was 13 years ago! If we're remembering back that far - well, Black Wednesday anyone?

lab

flight

bun

dutch

self

educating