Happy Yorkshire Day!

[davywavy]

Might I wish you all a Happy Yorkshire Day, and offer commiserations to all those of you who had the misfortune to be born in any of the less good parts of the world.*

August 1st holds a special place in Yorkshire's history for, on this day in 1759, soldiers from Yorkshire regiments who had fought in the battle of Minden, in Germany, picked white roses from bushes near to the battlefields as a tribute to their fallen comrades.

There's been a lot of talk about how England should have it's own National Day (like the Scots, Irish and Welsh do), and I don't think we could do better than make Yorkshire Day a national holiday. After all, it does celebrate the very best thing about this country.

^{*i.e. all of them.}

Comments

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

It's marvellous to be from Lancashire, wouldn't want to be from your side.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Your words are English, but they make no sense in this context.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

You're all the same.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Says you, Ms. fan of homogenous-land.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Hey! We have brown people, they're just kept in the minority. Where they belong.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Cultural homogenaity, m'dear...Land of Days of our Lives and McDonalds, from sea to shining sea...

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Who needs culture? We have glossy TV and the Internet!

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

And that concludes, m'lud, the case for the prosecution.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Are you going to sentence us to Lost or Passions?

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I can think of no worse punishments than you have already inflicted upon yourselves.

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

denial of true greatness won't do you any good you know

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

See, Finally you understand.

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

not my denial, your denial

I am the one from a place of greatness

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Wow, what on earth must it be like in your head?

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

it is marvellous, well more marvellous than Yorkshire anyway

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

It's the flashing lights and music, right?

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

only on special occassions.
We don't need flashing lights and music to be marvellous.

[theoldcatlady.livejournal.com]

Is it like this?

www.zombo.com

be sure speakers are on for full Zombo effect.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Still the same, baby you're still the same....

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

no, no, no

that idea conflicts too much with my reality

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

No difference at all.

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

but but but

they are on the wrong side of the hills

[nicnac.livejournal.com]

Indeed, hurrah for Lancashire!

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

That's rather like cheering the losers at the Special Olympics, wouldn't you say?

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

All the same!