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03-03-20, 10:10
A Quiet Monkfish

Re: Being Welsh

The Welsh's favourite topic is 'The Welsh'. Pretty much everything the Welsh media, Assembly, etc., discusses has an element of 'look how different we are from England/the English. And I'm a Welshman. I suppose it's a small-nation mentality..
03-03-20, 10:22
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

The Welsh's favourite topic is 'The Welsh'. Pretty much everything the Welsh media, Assembly, etc., discusses has an element of 'look how different we are from England/the English. And I'm a Welshman. I suppose it's a small-nation mentality..

I think it is

As long as we beat the English song by the english football team supporting kelly jones of the stereophonics , a plastic leeds fan

But hes a proud welshman mun
03-03-20, 11:02
Taunton Blue Genie

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

The Welsh's favourite topic is 'The Welsh'. Pretty much everything the Welsh media, Assembly, etc., discusses has an element of 'look how different we are from England/the English. And I'm a Welshman. I suppose it's a small-nation mentality..

I have lived in both countries and the people don't strike me as being as different as some people would like. A red line on the map is severely overcooked as defining characteristics and Wales is not the only part of the UK that hasn't fared well economically.
03-03-20, 11:29
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

In wales , rugby has a cultural resonance and importance that goes way beyond what it's like in other countries ( what about New Zealand? )*

It's SO embedded in our DNA as a nation ( that's your opinion )

Kevin Brennan , Cardiff West MP*

What a complete load of rubbish , I like rugby but it's so far up it's own arse its unbelievable*

He goes on to say that it helps identify us as a nation which in other words means if you are on holiday in holland and some local says ahh welshman, you like rugby !, then that means everything else means jack shit*

Thank you mr brennan for telling me what it means to be welsh , thank u BBC wales for those stupid trailers , praise the lord
03-03-20, 12:05
delmbox

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

In wales , rugby has a cultural resonance and importance that goes way beyond what it's like in other countries ( what about New Zealand? )*

It's SO embedded in our DNA as a nation ( that's your opinion )

Kevin Brennan , Cardiff West MP*

What a complete load of rubbish , I like rugby but it's so far up it's own arse its unbelievable*

He goes on to say that it helps identify us as a nation which in other words means if you are on holiday in holland and some local says ahh welshman, you like rugby !, then that means everything else means jack shit*

Thank you mr brennan for telling me what it means to be welsh , thank u BBC wales for those stupid trailers , praise the lord

Whenever I travel abroad further than Europe it's football I use to identify us as a nation.

"Where are you from?"

"Wales"

"Wayls?"

"Ryan Giggs, Gareth Bale"

"Aaaaah Wales!"

is a conversation I'm sure many of us have had when thousands of miles from home. Never "Dan Biggar"
03-03-20, 12:08
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by delmbox

Whenever I travel abroad further than Europe it's football I use to identify us as a nation.

"Where are you from?"

"Wales"

"Wayls?"

"Ryan Giggs, Gareth Bale"

"Aaaaah Wales!"

is a conversation I'm sure many of us have had when thousands of miles from home. Never "Dan Biggar"

Indeed

But kevin brennan , an elected political representative , would have you think otherwise

**** em
03-03-20, 12:47
Harry Monk

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

I find a lot about our country embarrassing yes , it's beautiful but to hear and listen to the complete crap coming from the media is cringeworthy

Most of us are welsh because our parents snagged here and no more

If my old man and old dear got it together in Devon I would be an exeter city fan

The biggest generalisations come from the media and from the outside image we as a country portray ourselves as

Someone saying I am proud to be welsh mun , whilst supporting an english football club like liverpool , makes a complete mockery of patriotism

There is just as much pride , and that's not a lot , in being from guildford or Norwich

You are right about what you find cringeworthy, but why not try and be proud of the things Wales and its people have achieved?
03-03-20, 12:48
Harry Monk

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

To be fair the english are admired all over the world

Often wrongly as they colonised half the flipping globe

But the inventions , scientists , philosophers , writers etc that have come from england is staggering in number

So are the ones who've come from Wales.
03-03-20, 12:50
MacAdder

Re: Being Welsh

It seems trendy these days to go overboard on self-promotion.
I prefer to take a more modest approach.
Self praise is no praise.
03-03-20, 13:10
xsnaggle

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

The Welsh sometimes conveniently forget that they participated in securing the British Empire. I call it 'Zulu' syndrome.......

Th colonisation wasn't all bad, it had some good aspects for many people..
03-03-20, 13:24
Croesy Blue

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by xsnaggle

Th colonisation wasn't all bad, it had some good aspects for many people..

Yeah the British :hehe:
03-03-20, 13:50
Baloo

Re: Being Welsh

Could national pride be quite a natural thing because identification and loyalty to local groups offered our ancestors evolutionary benefits? It may be something we can’t help feeling to some extent whether we like to admit to it or not.
03-03-20, 13:55
Louth

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

I find a lot about our country embarrassing yes , it's beautiful but to hear and listen to the complete crap coming from the media is cringeworthy

Most of us are welsh because our parents snagged here and no more

If my old man and old dear got it together in Devon I would be an exeter city fan

The biggest generalisations come from the media and from the outside image we as a country portray ourselves as

Someone saying I am proud to be welsh mun , whilst supporting an english football club like liverpool , makes a complete mockery of patriotism

There is just as much pride , and that's not a lot , in being from guildford or Norwich

You talk more about Liverpool/ Man Utd and Rugby than fans of same.
03-03-20, 14:13
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Louth

You talk more about Liverpool/ Man Utd and Rugby than fans of same.

Easy WUM angle
03-03-20, 15:35
City123

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

The Welsh's favourite topic is 'The Welsh'. Pretty much everything the Welsh media, Assembly, etc., discusses has an element of 'look how different we are from England/the English. And I'm a Welshman. I suppose it's a small-nation mentality..

What else are the Senedd meant to talk about?
03-03-20, 15:35
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

In wales , rugby has a cultural resonance and importance that goes way beyond what it's like in other countries ( what about New Zealand? )*

It's SO embedded in our DNA as a nation ( that's your opinion )

Kevin Brennan , Cardiff West MP*

What a complete load of rubbish , I like rugby but it's so far up it's own arse its unbelievable*

He goes on to say that it helps identify us as a nation which in other words means if you are on holiday in holland and some local says ahh welshman, you like rugby !, then that means everything else means jack shit*

Thank you mr brennan for telling me what it means to be welsh , thank u BBC wales for those stupid trailers , praise the lord

I will take your lifting of my post as a compliment

Keep it clean now theres a good lad , you cant undoe what has been embedded but you can move on from your faux pas

Here's looking at ya
03-03-20, 15:36
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry Monk

You are right about what you find cringeworthy, but why not try and be proud of the things Wales and its people have achieved?

Give me half an hour or so
03-03-20, 15:38
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by City123

What else are the Senedd meant to talk about?

I bloody well voted for that

And what do we get ?

Idiots like neil Hamilton and that ex city fan gareth Bennett
03-03-20, 16:35
Tuerto

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

I have lived in both countries and the people don't strike me as being as different as some people would like. A red line on the map is severely overcooked as defining characteristics and Wales is not the only part of the UK that hasn't fared well economically.

Spot on Mr Genie.
03-03-20, 18:46
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

I will take your lifting of my post as a compliment

Keep it clean now theres a good lad , you cant undoe what has been embedded but you can move on from your faux pas

Here's looking at ya

I notice you waited to reply :hehe:

The attention drying up was it Nancy.
03-03-20, 18:54
Harry Monk

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Give me half an hour or so

Do you need some help?
03-03-20, 19:20
Zowhore

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

I notice you waited to reply :hehe:

The attention drying up was it Nancy.

Here we go..
03-03-20, 19:25
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Zowhore

Here we go..

Not from me.

I just found the timing curious that's all, as I'd replied hours before, mainly because it fitted in this thread, and got no response, then up he pops hours later..

Doesn't go unnoticed. Know his game...
03-03-20, 19:34
Baloo

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

Not from me.

I just found the timing curious that's all, as I'd replied hours before, mainly because it fitted in this thread, and got no response, then up he pops hours later..

Doesn't go unnoticed. Know his game...

Thinly veiled “I’ve wasted my day refreshing this thread” post imo.
03-03-20, 19:52
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Baloo

Thinly veiled “I’ve wasted my day refreshing this thread” post imo.

You'd have a point if it hadn't taken me 3 hours and 11 minutes to reply :biggrin:
03-03-20, 20:20
G rangetown Blue

Re: Being Welsh

Quote:

Originally Posted by delmbox

Whenever I travel abroad further than Europe it's football I use to identify us as a nation.

"Where are you from?"

"Wales"

"Wayls?"

"Ryan Giggs, Gareth Bale"

"Aaaaah Wales!"

is a conversation I'm sure many of us have had when thousands of miles from home. Never "Dan Biggar"

This.

I’ve never used one rugby “legend” (that’s all of them:facepalm:), to explain I was from Wales!
03-03-20, 20:22
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

You'd have a point if it hadn't taken me 3 hours and 11 minutes to reply :biggrin:

Always watching you x
03-03-20, 20:24
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Harry Monk

Do you need some help?

Not me but dembetheworrier might need some soon

Starting with a forensic psychiatrist
03-03-20, 20:33
Penywaun gentrified

Re: Being Welsh

What a load of crap. Our media is controlled by London media conglomerates. You don't have to read it. Then a thinly (not) veiled anti rugby rant. Confused that you feel proud ( but not sure why) about the football - however the decision of thousands of South Walians to learn and sing the anthem these days must annoy you as you appear to resent being here - a one way ticket across the bridge is free mate. Hwyl.
03-03-20, 20:45
CCFCC3PO

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Baloo

Thinly veiled “I’ve wasted my day refreshing this thread” post imo.

There's only one person craving attention in this thread. :hehe::hehe::hehe:
03-03-20, 20:46
CCFCC3PO

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

You'd have a point if it hadn't taken me 3 hours and 11 minutes to reply :biggrin:

Yeah, I noticed that. I found the timing curious as he'd replied 3 hours 11 minutes before and he got no response, then up you pop hours later.

Didn't go unnoticed. Know your game....
03-03-20, 21:30
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Penywaun gentrified

What a load of crap. Our media is controlled by London media conglomerates. You don't have to read it. Then a thinly (not) veiled anti rugby rant. Confused that you feel proud ( but not sure why) about the football - however the decision of thousands of South Walians to learn and sing the anthem these days must annoy you as you appear to resent being here - a one way ticket across the bridge is free mate. Hwyl.

BBC wales scrum v nonsense is controlled by the london media ?

Soundbites given to the local press are controlled by the london media ?

Those silly six nations trailers ? ...london media again ?

I dont resent being here , I like living here and I am not going anywhere butt
03-03-20, 21:33
SLUDGE FACTORY

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO

There's only one person craving attention in this thread. :hehe::hehe::hehe:

Hes very odd , he copies your posts and everything

Definitely needs to be seeing a psychiatrist under the mental health team

Hopefully they can help him
03-03-20, 21:51
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Not me but dembetheworrier might need some soon

Starting with a forensic psychiatrist

How's the solicitor Nancy?

You was looking for free advice last week now you have one on a retainer to help with your internet woes :hehe:
03-03-20, 21:52
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Hes very odd , he copies your posts and everything

Definitely needs to be seeing a psychiatrist under the mental health team

Hopefully they can help him

You of all people shouldn't take the piss when it comes to mental health, mate.
03-03-20, 22:09
Michael Morris

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

You of all people shouldn't take the piss when it comes to mental health, mate.

Can I politely ask that the pair of you back away from the keyboard and stop this personal arguing.
03-03-20, 22:16
Do me a Faerber

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Michael Morris

Can I politely ask that the pair of you back away from the keyboard and stop this personal arguing.

I can understand Sludge being argumentative, after all Dembe has been implying Sludge is a nonce over the last few days. That is acceptable in your world Morris. Anti-semitism is acceptable, bullying is acceptable.

I'd post a screenshot of the offending article, but it's still 1998 on this forum.

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03-03-20, 22:17
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Michael Morris

Can I politely ask that the pair of you back away from the keyboard and stop this personal arguing.

No worries on my end.

I posted something completely unrelated and he found a way to turn it into an old argument. Maybe you want to have a special word with him.
03-03-20, 22:19
Do me a Faerber

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior

No worries on my end.

I posted something completely unrelated and he found a way to turn it into an old argument. Maybe you want to have a special word with him.

Always the victim Dembe.
03-03-20, 22:33
dembethewarrior

Re: Being Welsh

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Originally Posted by Do me a Faerber

Always the victim Dembe.

Absolutely no idea who you are.

And I haven't repeated anything.

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