Maybe we should all go out
on March 18, 2016 at 12:01 amOf course Jason has a Union Jack up on the wall behind his chair. Is this about around the time that I did up Squad 128’s apartment in 3DStudio Max and realized the walls were bare and needed to put something on them? Probably.
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I always wondered why it was called the Union Jack…
The “union” bit is because it combines the crosses of St. George (England), St. Andrew (Scotland) and St. Patrick (Ireland), thereby representing the union of those three countries. The “jack” bit is because that’s the Navy word for flag.
It’s properly called the Union Flag unless it’s flown as a jack, a flag flown at sea. Presumably it got the more naval nickname because the UK was for so long the world’s preeminent naval power. As for the “Union” part, if you look at it carefully you can see it’s a combination of the flags of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Wales got absorbed by England too early I guess.
And I guess I type and/or think too slowly. Wait, I already knew that.
As I recall, the English flag has elements that already historically represented the union of England and Wales. I could be wrong though, as it’s been over a decade since I read up on all that. I do remember though that the current Welsh flag only dates to the Tudors.
The English were using the St George’s Cross for a few years (a century or more, if you believe the tradition that it was Richard I who started it) before England and Wales could be considered anything resembling ‘unified’. But also a significantly after England started trying to conquer Wales.
“And as for you Mr Connolly, only an idiot hangs the Union Flag upside down. Shame on you!”
Remind me not to get myself stuck in a tv.
Oh thank goodness I’m not the only one!
It doesn’t have the Welsh but on it because having a dragon on your flag automatically makes it kickass, and the English would prefer no other ethnicities being seen as cool.
I don’t think today’s hairstyle experiment is an unqualified success.
Hmm, Walky and alcohol, this could get interesting.
Out of panel: Jason’s portraits of Churchill, Shakespeare, and assorted Queens (Victoria, Elizabeth II, and the band).
Thank you, I needed that.
Freddie Mercury FTW.
SPOILER:
Drunk Walky acts exactly like Faz from “Shortpacked.”
Still better than sober Mike?
Faz and sober Mike have interacted repeatedly in Shortpacked.
I’d stilll root for sober Mike, since there is a chance he might be hassling/hurting someone who actually deserves it.
Couldn’t you say the same about Faz?
Is…is this sarcastic?
Ah well, that depends on your definition of better.
Drunk Mike is so nice it’s scary, as compared to the sober Faz a short total sex-maniac with a hugely overblown opinion of his appeal.
All I see are a pair of concerned parents, Jason’s even doing that cliche dad trope with the newpaper thing