Enter the dragon:... Now Wales wants a 200ft sculpture to roar across the border

Daily Mail ^ | March 1, 2010 | Staff

[Mrs. Don-o]

Behold, the Flag of Wales!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Bingo (or whatever) in Wales.

[onedoug]

KING HENRY V
Then call we this the field of Agincourt,
Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus.

FLUELLEN
Your grandfather of famous memory, an’t please your
majesty, and your great-uncle Edward the Plack
Prince of Wales, as I have read in the chronicles,
fought a most prave pattle here in France.

KING HENRY V
They did, Fluellen.

FLUELLEN
Your majesty says very true: if your majesties is
remembered of it, the Welshmen did good service in a
garden where leeks did grow, wearing leeks in their
Monmouth caps; which, your majesty know, to this
hour is an honourable badge of the service; and I do
believe your majesty takes no scorn to wear the leek
upon Saint Tavy’s day.

KING HENRY V
I wear it for a memorable honour;
For I am Welsh, you know, good countryman.

FLUELLEN
All the water in Wye cannot wash your majesty’s
Welsh plood out of your pody, I can tell you that:
God pless it and preserve it, as long as it pleases
his grace, and his majesty too!

KING HENRY V
Thanks, good my countryman.

FLUELLEN
By Jeshu, I am your majesty’s countryman, I care not
who know it; I will confess it to all the ‘orld: I
need not to be ashamed of your majesty, praised be
God, so long as your majesty is an honest man.

KING HENRY V
God keep me so! Our heralds go with him:
Bring me just notice of the numbers dead
On both our parts. Call yonder fellow hither.

[jla]

I'm familiar w/Welsh flag and a sizable number of Welshmen who invaded Ireland a couple of years ago during the Six Nations rugby tournament.
The Welsh are no strangers to drink. Yet, very polite.

[RedMDer]

‘So who is this a picture of you ask? Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877) was accused of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow for allowing forces under his command to conduct a massacre of black Union Army prisoners. He served as the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan’

Do a little more research and you will find that while he served as the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, he did so only as a politcial organization and did not condone violence. As a matter of fact when the klan got violent, he disassociated himself from it. As far as being accused of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow is concerned, he was not guilty.

[RedMDer]

‘Of all the Confederates why Nathan Bedford Forest?’

He was one of the most competent and feared commanders.

[frithguild]

I will not “do a little more research” into an obvious racist and loser. My time is more valuably spent than sifting through the dustbin of history. You should grow up.

[APFel]

Well, this settles it then. No one on that entire island has any sense of aesthetics whatsoever.

What’s next— a giant Easter Egg on the London skyline and a garish Ferris wheel on the Thames?

Nah.

APf

[bd476]

Cymru am Byth !



Happy St. David's Day!

The First of March
is the
Feast of St. David

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant

St. David
is the
Patron Saint of Wales


Wales Forever!

Cymru am Byth!

[GonzoGOP]

I hear Scotland is putting up a giant statue of this guy, telling the rest of Europe to "Geet of a me lawn ya Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys".

[Mrs. Don-o]

Proposed motto to be graven upon escutcheon: (tagline)

[Buckeye McFrog]

if this trend ever comes to the states we are gonna see some interesting stuff along the Michigan-Ohio border

[GonzoGOP]

OK here is the picture that was supposed to go with my earlier post.

[C19fan]

I want to hear your ideas. My thought is a big electronic sign facing MI showing how many days since UM beat THE OSU.

[Mrs. Don-o]

My colorful past: I was in London once, in a demonstration against abortion. We drew counter-demonstrators, mostly fresh-faced cheery girls from the Communist Party. All fairly congenial until a florid fellow in a huge tam-o-shanter wobbled by and started shouting, "Gae hame, ye scoom!"

One of the Communist lassies remarked, a bit apologetically: "A Scot."

[Mrs. Don-o]

My God, it's him!

Add a big floppy tartan hat, and it's him!

[Myrddin]

Diolch yn fawr! Y Ddraig Goch!

[Ramius]

I like. it. I don’t know why, I just like it.

I'm with you on that. I like it.

[Myrddin]

The Scots get really hot and bothered when the English include English subtitles during TV interviews with Scots (in English). Mae'r Albanwr yn siarad Saesneg :-)