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This is a normal post It always amazes me that people don't know the name of their countries flag!
The is the Union Flag, it is only the Union Jack if it's flown from a ship:D
 (I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 9:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post It always amazes me when people try to be smart arses through pedantry
and fail horribly. It is a disputed case and either can be used officially. Don't give me the old 'it's only a jack on a ship' line, as this is at best an educated guess. The origins of the term are not documented.

Also, if you want pedantry, it's 'country's' not 'countries'. Amazing how some people can't even write in their own language.
 (I helped save b3ta! thiswasmyclone, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 9:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah but
it's the Union Flag :P
 (I helped save b3ta! Christian Bale of Hay in a field, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 9:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Aaaw didn't we get laid last night.
I can spell dyslexia, a condition that I do suffer from, which can be treated with some success. Sadly there's no cure for being a twat though.:)
 (I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 10:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post One day I will stop laughing at that.
Not today though.
 (I helped save b3ta! Occulus Swallowed, instead of spat, on, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 18:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'll be a pedant
where's your fucking icon?

a year and a half, over 200 messages on all the boards and still you can't contribute 1 pound to this wonderful site? terrible show old chap

and you are wrong, I run a yacht club and it is the union flag, it is only BOY ORDER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY the union jack when flown upon "a seworthy vessel that represents us in other countries"
 (I helped save b3ta! SickRik float like a camembert sting like a brie, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 12:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Where's my icon?
Wherever I fucking like, dickhead. I've contributeded money towards this site, now whether or not I choose to also do so through the form of voluntary donation...ahem...voluntary. donation., is my business and my businsess alone. You're like those numbnuts who suggest total lfreedom of speech "except in some cases". Well, I'm afraid it's all or nothing. Either this is a pay-site - in which case feel free to lambast me over not having an icon - or it is free, with the option to donate - in which case fuck off.

Also, allow me to quote from the Flag Institute:
"It is often stated that the Union Flag should only be described as the Union Jack when flown in the bows of a warship, but this is a relatively recent idea. From early in its life the Admiralty itself frequently referred to the flag as the Union Jack, whatever its use, and in 1902 an Admiralty Circular announced that Their Lordships had decided that either name could be used officially. Such use was given Parliamentary approval in 1908 when it was stated that "the Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag". Put that up your yacht club and capslock it.
 (I helped save b3ta! thiswasmyclone, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 13:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ooooh Handbags.
And it's 'business'.

;)
 (I helped save b3ta! mr_wicksy is.... old., Tue 27 Nov 2007, 15:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post nice one
Please take a goody bag on your way out.
 (I helped save b3ta! thiswasmyclone, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 17:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post prove it
show us your icon
 (I helped save b3ta! SickRik float like a camembert sting like a brie, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 22:54, , Reply)