Upside-Down Union Jacks

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Others are now subject to his bellowing.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... r-unionist
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PopulusTremula wrote:Others are now subject to his bellowing.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... r-unionist
Ha, yes, I saw that and enjoyed it!
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jdaw1 wrote:Seen in Nice. Not nice.
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How do you even do that? Do UK flags actually have grommets on all 4 corners? Or did some uninformed Frenchman deliberately add grommets to the wrong side of the flag so that it could be raised improperly?

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From a BBC article entitled Scotland votes 'No': How the 'No' side won the referendum:
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A dog’s breakfast.
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"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Professor Brian Cox (Wonders of the Universe S1/E1) should know better...
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It is possible that this was ironically intentional given that it appeared during a scientific explanation of disorder.
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