tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post4776451059361941594..comments2024-03-25T07:15:16.752+00:00Comments on white rabbit: Yorkshire flag, Death Row and Clarence Whitewhite rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-60824167777795052672008-07-31T22:45:00.000+01:002008-07-31T22:45:00.000+01:00Hello! I have added you to my blogroll as well. ...Hello! I have added you to my blogroll as well. <BR/><BR/>I signed the Petition. Ah yes, Texas... our one state that insists on swift cowboy/vigilante justice. Let the record reflect that I did not vote for that moron in the white house.<BR/><BR/>I don't understand what the big deal is about the flag though. It's not like it's the flashpoint Southern rebel flag that symbolizes racism and the KKK. Question: Does the white rose flag of Yorkshire have anything to do with the (extremely confusing)War of the Roses?JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-60200127032160103652008-07-30T22:59:00.000+01:002008-07-30T22:59:00.000+01:00Thanks to all for comments - American (and Scottis...Thanks to all for comments - American (and Scottish!) comments show how ludicrous the whole Yorkshire flag thing was...<BR/><BR/>Thanks to Renegade - and others who let me know by other means - that they signed Blanton petition.<BR/><BR/>As sound (andeed picture) quality on 'truck Stop Girl' clip are not that much cop - here are lyrics - a cautionary tale...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Tailights flickerin, as he pulled up to a truckstop<BR/>The same old crowd was hangin out again tonight<BR/>He said, fill up my tank while I go check my load<BR/>It feels like its shifting all around<BR/><BR/>He was the kind of man, do all he could<BR/>Above all he had integrity<BR/>But he was so young<BR/>And on a ten city run<BR/>In love with a truck stop girl<BR/><BR/>As he went inside, he was merrily greeted<BR/>By the girl with whom he was in love<BR/>She held out a glass and said, have another<BR/>This is the last time we can meet<BR/><BR/>With her hair piled up high and a look in her eye<BR/>That would turn any good mans blood to wine<BR/>All his eyes could see, well all his eyes could see<BR/>Was the stare from all those around him<BR/><BR/>He ran out to the lot, and climbed into his rig<BR/>And drove off without tightening down<BR/>It was a terrible thing, to see what remained<BR/>Of the rig that poor Danny was in<BR/><BR/>And he was so young and on a ten city run<BR/>In love with a truck stop girl<BR/>But he was so young, and on a ten city run<BR/>In love with a truck stop girlwhite rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-16664026533711830782008-07-30T04:39:00.000+01:002008-07-30T04:39:00.000+01:00Hi Andrew--Like my fellow Yanks who have commented...Hi Andrew--Like my fellow Yanks who have commented here, I have a bit of difficulty understanding the whole flag controversy. While we admittedly have many things that need improving upon in the states, freedom of expression is one thing that is very highly valued in our country.Meatbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976111435346246886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-4547688184364807172008-07-30T03:04:00.000+01:002008-07-30T03:04:00.000+01:00AndrewI have awarded Ryedale a "For Idiocy" medal ...Andrew<BR/><BR/>I have awarded Ryedale a "For Idiocy" medal as per your nomination!<BR/><BR/>Being a Scot - albeit a London based one - I do, in fact, have a saltire. Only problem - no flagpole. I shall bring the flag out and wave it about on my roof terrace. <BR/><BR/>Yes... that should do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-979935629979784022008-07-29T22:30:00.000+01:002008-07-29T22:30:00.000+01:00Planning Charge? Flag Institute? Gawd, your gove...Planning Charge? Flag Institute? Gawd, your government sounds as screwed up and log jammed as the states. I thought you Brits had sorted all this out over the years and had a legal system where bullshit dosen't reside.Bruce Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898228670873232050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-61541699572938858662008-07-29T18:21:00.000+01:002008-07-29T18:21:00.000+01:00One of my best friends is from Yorkshire. I alway...One of my best friends is from Yorkshire. I always go to him when I need a translation. I'll share this flag story with him.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the petition. The death penalty in the US makes me proud to be an expat.<BR/><BR/>Great music video, for which I am old enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-60072302994864599952008-07-29T16:14:00.000+01:002008-07-29T16:14:00.000+01:00The flag is advertising the sentiment that "If tha...The flag is advertising the sentiment that "If thas not from Yorkshire, stuff the lot of yer!"<BR/><BR/>Ah, how I love Gods Own County and its blunt tongued folk.Simon Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09538660411583313462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-78775196610934967862008-07-29T15:18:00.000+01:002008-07-29T15:18:00.000+01:00That flag item is pretty weird. Why would they ca...That flag item is pretty weird. Why would they care? Adverstising? Seems curious.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-69091047113970505912008-07-29T12:15:00.000+01:002008-07-29T12:15:00.000+01:00Sadly, the current British stance on flying flags ...Sadly, the current British stance on flying flags is seriously third world. It's time that England dropped it's "let's not offend anyone" and took pride in it's once green and pleasant land. <BR/><BR/>Up here in the far North I fly the Scotttish flag from each of my business premises as well as my hilltop residence at home. It's all about pride... something that any Yorkshireman will be only too happy to tell you about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com