Glasgow has them
Staff in the Glasgow store have been wearing them for about a week. Along with the Canadian one.
Staff in the Glasgow store have been wearing them for about a week. Along with the Canadian one.
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As a British person I can safely say that I've not seen a Union Jack hung anywhere in my city for ages...and its a big city.
It's nowhere near as bad (not sure thats the correct way of putting it) as in the US, where its seemingly common to have a flag hanging on the front of your house.
They are giving these in the Apple Store Chapelfield in Norwich, which is located way out of the M25 area.
Only lately with the Jubilee and Olympics have they been doing it. Otherwise they hardly ever fly the flag.
It's not just the flying of the full flag. It's Union Flag cushion, Union Flag key-rings, Union Flag iPad badges from Apple... I see them in live events on the BBC and other British channels all the time as well as in movies etc. When I was in France in 2010 there was a couple with a nice black convertible sports car, and the whole, large metal segment for the boot (trunk) was entirely painted as the union Flag. It's weird. I think many other countries, even including the States and others don't commoditise their national symbol nearly as much.
Anyway, I wish them the best. The disruption seems to annoy quite a few native Londoners though, judging from Twitter.
Well it's much better than them flying the England flag all the time. Surely the Union flag is a better option? But like I said before, this is a year of national pride for Britain. Let them have it.
And as an American, I genuinely don't think there's anyone who comes close to how much we plaster our flag onto everything. Our athletes, who play in American-only sports against American-only teams, always have the US Flag on their jerseys. Politicians ALWAYS have to wear the American flag on their lapel for fear of being considered unpatriotic. And of course we have American flag cushions, key rings, etc. on top of all that.
Point being, living here as an American I've always appreciated the British sense of modesty when flying the flag. Though it's been equally nice seeing them take a bit of pride in it this year and displaying buntings and putting the flag up for a change. I doubt it will last into next year.
I don't know. Now that we see it annoys Zyphras so much it might be worth keeping them up a while
Fair points. I guess depending on where we live, certain things are much more noticeable.
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I don't know. Now that we see it annoys Zyphras so much it might be worth keeping them up a while
Thanks.
I don't know. Now that we see it annoys Zyphras so much it might be worth keeping them up a while
Ah, the British sense of doing anything as long as it annoys the foreigners.
Scottish people don't wear underwear, you go Commando under a Kilt. The Ignorance of some people
Imperialistic? How? And the Irish tricolour is plastered all over the place in Ireland in any case.
My apologies. I forgot the rules had changed after the SNP took powerScottish people don't wear underwear, you go Commando under a Kilt. The Ignorance of some people
