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Thread: Forum in distress??
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31st January 2007, 03:20 PM #1
Forum in distress??
I might be wrong but, I always thought that a flag presented in reverse indicated a signal for help...or is that upside down?
I think, therefore I am... unable to get anything finished!
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31st January 2007, 03:23 PM #2
Sorry Moo, a flag in reverse means the wind is coming from the other way!
Upside down if you are in trouble!
If you can't see the flag, your ship has sunk.
P
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31st January 2007, 03:27 PM #3a flag in reverse means the wind is coming from the other way
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31st January 2007, 05:04 PM #4
If the Union Jack is flown upside down, it is a distress signal.
If you flew the Australian flag upside down,your a b#$%^&y idiot.
a proud Aussie Nine Fingers.
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31st January 2007, 05:19 PM #5
I'm dead sick and tired with all this bloody flag flying jingoism. Why don't we all just enjoy our great country and make anyone welcome who comes here to live and contribute.
Stupid Mundine burns a picture of Howard and the bloody queen's flag. So what? We still have free speech in this country don't we. If people have something to say let 'em say it. That's freedom. If someone calls me a fool I just laugh. I don't ring that nitwit John Laws or the fairy queen (A Jones) and demand the law be changed to protect me.
If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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31st January 2007, 05:21 PM #6
Oooh I got a story bout an upside down flag!
My godfather was a merchant seaman, roo hunter and all round aussie larrikan.
In the early 70's he was living in Horsham and drove past the copshop and saw the flag was upside down.
Walks into the station and plonks his rifle down on the counter and tells the constable he is here to help to repel the invaders.
Wouldnt give up the gig till the Sgt comes out to see what the nuffy wanted and spied the flag flapping upside down.
"Constable go and put the *&&*** flag up the right way.
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31st January 2007, 05:22 PM #7
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31st January 2007, 08:21 PM #8
An upside down flag in the Navy normally mean the Officer of the Day owes a lot of drinks!
(yes Outback, I did notice!)"Clear, Ease Springs"
www.Stu's Shed.com
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31st January 2007, 09:16 PM #9
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1st February 2007, 05:11 AM #10
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1st February 2007, 09:07 AM #11
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1st February 2007, 09:40 AM #12
In July it will be 46 years since I flew back to Australia after a couple of years on active service - now, I'm not New South Wales born but seeing the bridge from the plane REALLY got the emotions acting-up, and the Australian flag truely grabs the attention of service men and women whenever and where ever they come upon it sudenly/unexpectedly.
I don't accept the intentional/unintentional sarcasm of dazzler's post, quote:
'Dont forget the " Ï fought and died under that flag rubbish".'
soth
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1st February 2007, 09:47 AM #13
Hold Your Horses
I'm sure this thread started as an interpretation of different methods to fly a flag and the message it symbolises........
Upside down = distress
Half mast = someone has died
etc.
Let's not confuse it with an argument as to whether or not we are allowed to fly a flag, what the flag means to us, etc.Retired member
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1st February 2007, 10:03 AM #14
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1st February 2007, 10:06 AM #15
Flags are symbols. Of course no one fights for a flag, they fight for what the flag represents. So the flag becomes a symbol of what they are fighting for.
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