Blue ensign dick'ed

[WFA]

I really like blue ensigns

and a privilege to fly one.

 

[Colvic Watson]

Or just £9 on eBay for a massive one, no privileges required

 

[NormanS]

I really like blue ensigns

They are much less contentious than retired sailors and airmen fighting the last war.

 

[Sandyman]

They are much less contentious than retired sailors and airmen fighting the last war.

 

[Mad Pad]

I like mine with the nice crown on,always good for a wind up.
When Johnny foreigner enquires I mumble " royalty" and walk away!

 

[jac]

Or just £9 on eBay for a massive one, no privileges required

Although technically breaking the law.

 

[Mad Pad]

I wonder how many people with a blue duster have a valid warrant on board?
Maybe someone could start a poll?

 

[blackfish]

I am told by a friend in the Royal Ulster YC that a red ensign with an Irish tricolour in place of the union flag has an almost unbeatable power to induce apoplexy.

Our Welsh Dragon always raised the blood pressure of Solent fisherfolk.

 

[capnsensible]

I wonder how many people with a blue duster have a valid warrant on board?

I have

 

[Colvic Watson]

They are much less contentious than retired sailors and airmen fighting the last war.

Agreed, though I think the two old blokes in this particular British Legion bar were fighting the last war but one, or was it three wars ago, I've lost count

Although technically breaking the law.

I do hope so

 

[[163233]]

Although technically breaking the law.

So much for freedom of expression, just imagine a jackboot stamping on a human face forever.

Actually that'd look quite good on a blue background.

 

[john_morris_uk]

I wonder how many people with a blue duster have a valid warrant on board?
Maybe someone could start a poll?

Guess.

The wrong answer's an anagram of "on".

Sometimes Serendipity wears a Red Ensign..... when I get fed up with the stupid reactions of some people (admittedly very few) to the Blue Ensign...

On a more serious note:


Some people take freedom and democracy for granted. Some even take the privileges and responsibilities and rights that go with it less than seriously as well.

I hope their rights and privileges are never taken away as they might find the way some people in this world are forced to live their lives a bit of a shock.

 

[Mad Pad]

Yes JM,I knew that,just thought we might draw out a few of the illegals!

 

[john_morris_uk]

Yes JM,I knew that,just thought we might draw out a few of the illegals!

Indeed - I edited while your were commenting; see the second half of my post above.

 

[PhilipH]

I wonder how many people with a blue duster have a valid warrant on board?
Maybe someone could start a poll?

We also have a valid warrant on board. Why do folks get so wound up about Blue Ensigns - we are all just sailors aren't we???

 

[Mad Pad]

PH,
Also don't forget Whites,subject to the same rules as Blues.
No one's getting wound up about it as far as I have read this thread,but the law says if you fly a blue or white duster you need a warrant?

 

[Sandyman]

I have

You would have expect you've got LSGC on display in a nice wooden cabinet as well

 

[capnsensible]

You would have expect you've got LSGC on display in a nice wooden cabinet as well

Thats the only one i ever got!

Have lived aboard for 18 years now so no room for frippery.

Just the odd tatt!!!

 

[Sandyman]

Thats the only one i ever got!

Have lived aboard for 18 years now so no room for frippery.

Just the odd tatt!!!

jack-me-tickler to the end lol

 

[Serin]

Good example here of the difference between reality and internet/journalistic "reality". They are two different things entirely.

I don't believe a word of all this guff about "iffy" reactions to the blue, or apoplexies triggered by the dragon etc. The real world is a much calmer and more sensible place than the internet, which is where such things kick off.

Mind you, my experience of sailing on the south coast (and I do mean south, not south west) is very limited. If they have adopted internet/journalistic "reality" in those parts, well, so be it, but I shall continue to make sure I keep well clear.

Bah! It's all my eye and Betty Martin!