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Title: Should the British celebrate on September 25th?
Post by: spanner34.5 on September 10, 2014, 11:05:12 AM

A famous battle, in what is now east Yorkshire, 1066.

Title: Re: Should the British celebrate on September 25th?
Post by: Jack1704 on October 18, 2014, 07:28:51 PM

Which battle would this be?

Title: Re: Should the British celebrate on September 25th?
Post by: Tau on October 18, 2014, 07:53:09 PM

Quote from: Jack1704 on October 18, 2014, 07:28:51 PM

Which battle would this be?

Stamford Bridge, I think he's talking about. Wiki says it was the last battle in a failed invasion of England by the Vikings

Title: Re: Should the British celebrate on September 25th?
Post by: Crudblud on October 19, 2014, 12:45:47 AM

I don't know. Given that the Vikings are no longer around, it doesn't have the same impact as something like the Fourth of July. And what are such celebrations really about if not reminding your former oppressors that you fucked them up?

Title: Re: Should the British celebrate on September 25th?
Post by: Fortuna on October 19, 2014, 01:13:18 AM

Can we celebrate how the British got trounced by farmers in the American Revolution instead?

Title: Re: Should the British celebrate on September 25th?
Post by: Jack1704 on November 14, 2014, 02:25:51 PM

We also celebrate the 4th of July.

Title: Re: Should the British celebrate on September 25th?
Post by: spoon on November 14, 2014, 08:25:19 PM

Americans celebrate every day because we have freedom and guns every day.

Title: Re: Should the British celebrate on September 25th?
Post by: Thork on November 14, 2014, 08:42:06 PM

Unfortunately ... well maybe not unfortunately, the English went up to fight the Vikings and won, but whilst their army was busy the cowardly, sneaky, arsehole, weasel-like French attacked and the army had to rush South. Then ended up losing the battle of hastings. Would never have happened if not for the Viking intervention.

I say maybe not unfortunately, because obviously if the sequence of events hadn't played out, I and maybe you reading this (if you are English/French/Irish/Welsh descended), would probably not be here. Messing with the space-time continuum and all that. Great Scot.

Anyhoo, it would be silly to celebrate a battle that meant 200 years of Norman rule.