Originally posted by EsteemedLeader
I know it's a sport, but, what the hell?Typical American response? Can you tell me a single thing about football? I thought not...
yeh i cud tell u a few things about football, ive saw a few games and at least i know the jist of the sport. you obviously havnt a clue about cricket😄
September 20, 1814
By Francis Scott Key
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Ya Brits.......
Bunch of farmers beat ya....
😄 😄
You know F. Key was on a ship watching the whole thing and wrote this poem...which was published and very much later became was it is today.
I saw the the original flag 2 years ago...quite huge.....He couldn't believe his eyes....
Could you pass the pot of tea please?????????...feeling quite..victorious.
Two lumps please... 😎
Re: The Great British Empire.
Originally posted by Britannia
What does the British Empire encapsulate for you? Is it the eppitomy of Imperial power? Or do you think otherwise?
Your thoughts....
i love the Empire...London is great..lived there once..but you still can't cook..learn how to cook!!
and luke warm beer...no es bueno... 😄