Comments on: The Swedes are coming for you… http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-swedes-are-coming-for-you Cryptic Philosopher Wed, 15 May 2013 20:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: cryptic_philosopher http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/#comment-276 cryptic_philosopher Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:10:00 +0000 http://crypticphilosopher.com/?p=606#comment-276 Sploosh.

That, tODD, was the sound of you blowing my mind. You are welcome at my parties.

]]> By: cryptic_philosopher http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/#comment-417 cryptic_philosopher Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:10:00 +0000 http://crypticphilosopher.com/?p=606#comment-417 Sploosh.

That, tODD, was the sound of you blowing my mind. You are welcome at my parties.

]]> By: tODD http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/#comment-275 tODD Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:22:00 +0000 http://crypticphilosopher.com/?p=606#comment-275 Ah, but Dave, the question is: to the right of what? In the context of the Flag Code, things are defined from the viewpoint of the flag, as it were. Thus, if you’re standing in front of Ikea facing the store (and the flagpoles), it would be against the Code to have the Swedish flag to the left of our flag.

This, frankly, is why my smalltalk at parties never goes very well.

]]> By: tODD http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/#comment-416 tODD Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:22:00 +0000 http://crypticphilosopher.com/?p=606#comment-416 Ah, but Dave, the question is: to the right of what? In the context of the Flag Code, things are defined from the viewpoint of the flag, as it were. Thus, if you’re standing in front of Ikea facing the store (and the flagpoles), it would be against the Code to have the Swedish flag to the left of our flag.

This, frankly, is why my smalltalk at parties never goes very well.

]]> By: cryptic_philosopher http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/#comment-274 cryptic_philosopher Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:07:00 +0000 http://crypticphilosopher.com/?p=606#comment-274 Okay, I didn’t read my own earlier post very carefully.

But do you know where the Swedish flag was??? To the right!!!

I think. I meant to snap a picture on my Blackberry, but I guess I wasn’t quite that outraged. It might have been to the right of the Texas flag.

Anyway, I for one welcome our new tall blonde overlords.

]]> By: cryptic_philosopher http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/#comment-415 cryptic_philosopher Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:07:00 +0000 http://crypticphilosopher.com/?p=606#comment-415 Okay, I didn’t read my own earlier post very carefully.

But do you know where the Swedish flag was??? To the right!!!

I think. I meant to snap a picture on my Blackberry, but I guess I wasn’t quite that outraged. It might have been to the right of the Texas flag.

Anyway, I for one welcome our new tall blonde overlords.

]]> By: tODD http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/#comment-273 tODD Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:55:00 +0000 http://crypticphilosopher.com/?p=606#comment-273 Afraid I have to disagree with you here, based in part on my years of Boy Scouting and also a hasty Google search.

From what I can find of the Flag Code, the prohibition reads as such: “(c) No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America.” Also, “(g) When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. … International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.”

]]> By: tODD http://crypticphilosopher.com/2007/10/the-swedes-are-coming-for-you/#comment-414 tODD Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:55:00 +0000 http://crypticphilosopher.com/?p=606#comment-414 Afraid I have to disagree with you here, based in part on my years of Boy Scouting and also a hasty Google search.

From what I can find of the Flag Code, the prohibition reads as such: “(c) No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America.” Also, “(g) When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. … International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.”

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