Posted by tealady on May 31, 2006, at 4:53:46
In reply to Re: National differences, posted by Declan on May 31, 2006, at 1:39:42
. I have seen maybe 5(?) flags on lawns in 50 years here. That's the difference.
>Wow Dec.. where!!
I've seen one at parliament house(OK maybe 2 one on the Old one and one on the New one?) in Canberra?
umm..one at primay school and used to play "god save the queen " to it every morning.
I was in the band.. mainly as I hated standing out on a parade ground and trying to stay still especially with bare feet on almost melting bitumen:)OK so where else?.. maybe some other govt houses?
You know I heard the Americans thought it stange that we handed out the words of our national anthem to the Ozzies at the Olympics.. but heck if you want people to sing along they have to know the words right? :-)
I got this really neat piccy of a house I took in England. The whole front is just one big union jack!
I did show it to a friend who lives over there, via the net, but he reckons it musta been for the footy.. but would you get away with that here..even if anyone did ever feel so inclined??
I mean we had the rugby played over here in Sydney in that year (2004).. but no houses painted as flags!
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