‘Patriots’ mistakenly paint Danish flag on English roundabout (www.msn.com)

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You only had one job. One ‘patriot’ painted their St George’s Cross spectacularly wrong, inverting the colours, leaving their decorative roundabout with a more Scandinavian feel. In the excitement of national pride that has reached fever pitch in recent days, one Englishman accidentally pledged their allegiance to Denmark. Drivers near the Newton Farm roundabout in Hereford may have been a bit confused while passing the Danish flag (Picture: SWNS)

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[-] florge@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

Direct image

[-] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

About average for a flag shagger I suppose.

[-] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Flag shagger sounds very good. I’m keeping this one in mind.

[-] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'll be honest. It looks more swiss to me.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago

swiss cross doesnt touch the edges

[-] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I know, but the danish cross feels less centered. It feels like a bad one of both.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago

so... an inverted english flag

[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Same vibes:

CW: Attempted Nazi symbolism

Source: Hale Hortler - Know Your Meme

[-] visc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Balaclava and exposed tattoos. Bunch of geniuses.

[-] Pumafred9@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Also running off to their distinctive German car...

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

In the excitement of national pride that has reached fever pitch in recent days, one Englishman accidentally pledged their allegiance to Denmark

Speaking as a Dane, you guys can have the racist idiot back if he's anything like most nationalists..

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Or perhaps you should show up and demand gold from them.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Good point! Got a longboat and crew I can borrow?

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Flag shaggers aren't known for their high intelligence...

[-] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

In the excitement of national pride

Read that as excrement at first. Then realised that it's probably quite fitting.

[-] WilhelmStroker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The patriots are not sending their best.

[-] Palerider@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Half the Union Jack's tied to lampposts round here are upside down... That's how patriotic they are.

[-] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

No, I think they are.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 1 points 1 month ago

I especially like that they're wearing masks with the correct configuration. They could have just looked at eachother and realised something wasn't right.

[-] Im_old@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Like, in their lives?

[-] seejur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

For that one I think it's a little bit more than "something". More likely it's "everything"

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Rarely do you see something more fitting for this comm 😅

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