St George's day: BBC, ranty.

Well, Aunty beeb is having its say on St. George’s day.

But could it be that the English are actually better off with only a few low-key events, and slightly sad-looking flags flown from the odd pub or white van?

A national day of celebrations, with all the lost working hours they bring and the need to lay on exciting events the tourists will talk about back home, doesn't come cheap.

If St George wants us to have a party in his honour he's going to have to find somebody to pay for it.

Who’s going to pay for a national holiday? Business will suffer. Doom. We may loose a competitive edge. Pub business will boom somehow. Dragons may be injured or killed.

To be fair to the BBC it’s not a particularly unbalanced article. It’s just that I’m feeling upbeat today and any rain from the Beeb is going to land on ranty ears.

Wait, wait, here it comes. Just thinking about the Beeb nowadays makes me turn green. Look, my shirt is being torn to pieces by my expanding muscles of righteousness.

We should have a parade outside the BBC television centre. That way they can all stand at the windows and piss on it in comfort.

Ahhh, calm.

Yay!

Posted by John at April 23, 2004 12:22 PM | TrackBack