How many of YOU have a day named for you?

On the contrary, George - St. Jeff's Day is on the 1st October. It commemorates the hapless 17th century English saint who was on his way to do a good deed when he was unfortunately run over by a horse and cart. It was written by scribes that the driver was only going at around 3 miles per hour at the time, so it is customary on this day to drive very very slowly. This day is therefore very popular with elderly ex-librarians. Lucky colour is: oatmeal. Happy St. George's (hasten to add I'm not a Nazi or anything like that). [%sig%]

Humph no. But do YOU have a cathedral named after YOU? Aha! (St Paul's, not York)

How are we celebrating then? I've been round Sainsbury's (it was near by, dammit!) with my housemate buying as many varieties of English beer and cider as we can afford. A feast of Hobgoblin, Spitfire, Firecrest, Tangle Foot and Old Empire tonight!

in poland they have name days all year. and if you have the name of the right day you get prezzies. my polish mate was well excited coz its like havin two birthdays.

Read a nice patriotic editorial in the "Daily Star" today - I didn't buy it, I found it on the bus, honest ... "We've produced men and women who've shaped this planet in every imaginable way! Winston Churchill, Florence Nightingale, Bobby Charlton, Lord Nelson ..." Bobby Charlton might have shaped naff hairstyles for old baldies but the planet??? It then goes on about lottery grants being thrown at, amongst others, "daft poets". I'll tell you all when my slice arrives!

Just one of several.

I have a whole country........Scott=Scotland :)

Wow... hate to point it out... but I have roads, lakes, tube lines, museums, cities and EVEN Territories named after me! tee hee

vickys cities ?

Well 'I' have SIX kings of the British Empire named after ME! So there!

*jings* and a bridge in glasgow...........

And an army barracks in Portsmouth Missus... you must be so proud BTW didn't most of those kings go mad? Now Quenn Vic on the other hand lived and reigned for AGES and spawned many many pubs all round the world

e)P

Is that the bozz-eyed smiley?

Yeah, I'm afraid all the kings were tossers, but then all incestuous people tend to be. I can see you're winning this comp. and you haven't even played your trump yet. Mind you I ain't sure that footbawlers wives are to be desired.

oooh now I am insulted

i am sorry if i comment i contributed last night caused offence. It was lateish and i was half canned. sorry.

november 11th is St Martin's day...i never knew that until i googled.. there is also a city in slovakia called martin, that used to be a major producer of tanks...

i do have half a year named after me, almost half anyway, July,August,September,October,November ( J.A.S.O.N )

And there's also a well-known brand of doggie bum reliever under that name too, Bob.

I own dublin....and of course the "feast of................

dogs all over the world are thankful for bob martin...

Yeah, I know Martin, he will shag anything with a pulse.

I went round to get my haircut yesterday and although I have to admit that the girls, who I know quite well, seemed "distracted", I had no idea why until I got back home and my wife burst out laughing. They'd shaved a St. Mississippi Cross into the back of my head. They were pissing themselves by the time I arrived back. Hen, isn't Tanglefoot a fine beer? I usually get all my beer from Majestics because if you buy two cases it works out to £1 per bottle (as opposed to £1.50 in Sainsbury's or Tesco's). I usually opt for Pedigree or Speckled Hen, but grabbed a case of Tanglefoot last time around. I now think I'll stick to that for a while. Sadly, there's no St. Karl or a Karl's Cathedral or even a Karl Street as far as I know. There are small towns called Wiggins in the States though. Mostly in the dessert with tumbleweed blowing through them and a population of about 20.