Union Flag "in distress"

[opstrat]

i dont get it. fly the american flag upside down then it its a signal of distress. fly the union jack upside down it insults the queen. why so different?

 

[FortuitousFluke]

i dont get it. fly the american flag upside down then it its a signal of distress. fly the union jack upside down it insults the queen. why so different?

I'm 100% sure the Queen couldn't give a monkey's. Having said that if the household cavalry turn up you know I'm wrong, and I will eat my Royal Dalton, Charles and Diana commemorative tea set as penance..

 

[joeyjojo]

Top tip for remembering which way up it should be: the diagonal red bits are "heavy on the flag pole side". (i.e. the pole would be on the left in the image a few posts up.)

 

[bloodiedathame]

You can't fly it upside down, it's the same pattern.

 

[Mynight]

You can't fly it upside down, it's the same pattern.

What flag are you looking at?

 

[bloodiedathame]

What flag are you looking at?

Oh yeah my bad, was rotating it 180degrees. Where's my coffee.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

 

[Rybo89]

*put phone upside down*

Its the exact same

Edit ^ ah.....

Well you learn somet new everyday...

 

[Hagar]

Top tip for remembering which way up it should be: the diagonal red bits are "heavy on the flag pole side". (i.e. the pole would be on the left in the image a few posts up.)

I understand what you are saying, when I was in the scouts it was 'broad white diagonal at the top'

 

[Mynight]

To be fair I never knew how to tell which way it was as I dont really hang many flags. I will remember joeyjojos way now though.

*put phone upside down*

Its the exact same

Did your phone auto-rotate?

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

*put phone upside down*

Its the exact same

 

[lafemmefatale]

*put phone upside down*

Its the exact same

Auto-rotate is a wonderful thing.

 

[Nasher]

WHAT, no one actually talks to their neighbours any more. We just peep at each other through the curtains.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

A neighbour in the village is flying the Union Flag upside down. How do you respond in these situations?

Is it a sufficiently urgent indication of distress to warrant a 999 call or just 101?

Do I take the sign of distress as a call to arms, arm up with my favourite keyboard, and prepare to do battle?

Or are they simply ignorant and do they deserve to be hanged for the treasonous crime of Lèse-majesté?

Option C:- Don't give a ****. Who actually cares?

 

[Chris Wilson]

That'd entail having to have the slightly awkward conversation where you explain they're doing it wrong. Not very British.

It's not racist to fly one... that label applies to the St George's Cross, in this country .

Is this issue with flying the St.George's cross set in statute, bye laws or what? There are plenty of households flying the St.George's cross in these parts.... The most visible is outside a very nice country bungalow owned by what appear to be Pakistanis or Bangladeshis, a family of doctors, or so I am told.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

Can you not turn the Union Jack back the right side up yourself?

Not without tipping everything out of the ship.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Not without tipping everything out of the ship.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

It's only the "Union Jack" when it's hoisted on a ship. Otherwise it's the "Union Flag."

 

[Mat]

Not without tipping everything out of the ship.

This guy gets it.

 

[Burnsy2023]

It's only the "Union Jack" when it's hoisted on a ship. Otherwise it's the "Union Flag."

Ah, I see. That's quite funny

It's also an urban myth though.

http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/british-flags/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/