The NFL certainly turned up some cracking entertainment yesterday

[SWv2]

I can't imagine ever going out and buying a flagpole, tbh. It seems deeply weird.

I do think it very odd when you see Yankee suburbia in films and they have flags outside their homes. I used think it was exaggerated for effect but not so.

They also have a very curious predilection for calling people “Sir” and an utterly fúcking bizarre sense of regard for people who “have served” in the forces.

There is one house I can think of with a flag pole, just as you come into Dun Laoghaire. I have always just assumed they are nutters.

[PSRB]

I do think it very odd when you see Yankee suburbia in films and they have flags outside their homes. I used think it was exaggerated for effect but not so.

They also have a very curious predilection for calling people “Sir” and an utterly fúcking bizarre sense of regard for people who “have served” in the forces.

There is one house I can think of with a flag pole, just as you come into Dun Laoghaire. I have always just assumed they are nutters.

House at the bottom of my parent's road has one, they just fly random flags such as California State, Jolly Roger, F1 teams, etc

[SWv2]

House at the bottom of my parent's road has one, they just fly random flags such as California State, Jolly Roger, F1 teams, etc

Are you not tempted to knock the door and politely ask "what the fúck?".

[PSRB]

Are you not tempted to knock the door and politely ask "what the fúck?".

I assume they're attempting to be humerous. I don't think these are people I wish to enter any form of dialogue with

[Burney]

I do think it very odd when you see Yankee suburbia in films and they have flags outside their homes. I used think it was exaggerated for effect but not so.

They also have a very curious predilection for calling people “Sir” and an utterly fúcking bizarre sense of regard for people who “have served” in the forces.

There is one house I can think of with a flag pole, just as you come into Dun Laoghaire. I have always just assumed they are nutters.

That's the thing, though, isn't it? Over here, if you see a private citizen purchasing a flagpole, it's a pretty fair bet he's a thoroughgoing cock with some deeply unpleasant views. It's just not something a normal human would ever do. Over there, it's seen as perfectly normal.

[Monty92]

That's the thing, though, isn't it? Over here, if you see a private citizen purchasing a flagpole, it's a pretty fair bet he's a thoroughgoing cock with some deeply unpleasant views. It's just not something a normal human would ever do. Over there, it's seen as perfectly normal.

That's a rather metropolitan view, is it not?

[Burney]

That's a rather metropolitan view, is it not?

Dunno. It's my view. I've always found flag fetishism weird. It seems to me that the only reason to fly a flag in this country is to advertise something about yourself and your views.

[Ash]

Dunno. It's my view. I've always found flag fetishism weird. It seems to me that the only reason to fly a flag in this country is to advertise something about yourself and your views.

Not much need to do that now though, is there? Much easier to open a facebook account and start signalling.

[Monty92]

Not much need to do that now though, is there? Much easier to open a facebook account and start signalling.

Well on Twitter, certainly, you often see people with Union Jack/St George's cross symbols by their name. Virtue signalling, perhaps, but maybe the good kind?

[SWv2]

Well on Twitter, certainly, you often see people with Union Jack/St George's cross symbols by their name.

Tricky one all the same innit.

A chap may stick a few of your Georges Cross flags out the window during a World Cup finals and he will be lambasted for this.

We’re mad for football/sport related flags over here. Not me I should add but neighbours may have them out for weeks on end, perhaps too lazy to just bring them in after the first match.

No flag poles mind, just lashed out the front window.