St. George
Today is St. Georges day, apparently. I don’t really feel the need for a day to celebrate being english, but I’m quite happy to have an excuse to get drunk.
Lunatic xenophobes like Richard Desmond might be surprised to learn that George is also the patron saint of Germany. His other responsibilities include Portugal, Lithuania, Malta, soldiers, skin diseases and syphilis. For more fascinating facts about him, visit The Guardian.
April 26th, 2004 at 13:24
Richard Desmond is responsible for Portugal?!? I could understand the last couple…
April 26th, 2004 at 13:45
No, St. George is.
April 27th, 2004 at 23:47
Although my Scottishness demands that I be making some snide remarks with regards to the English and syphilis, I’ll put aside all that nonsense to say that I hope you got very, very drunk. As did I, on Friday, strangely enough. Thank you for the comment on the man in the background - I was quite pleased with that, myself.