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Old 11-03-2008, 01:40 PM
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Re: HM Customs and the Union Flag

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Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman View Post
If the flag is the correct way up the upper white stripe in the left hand corner should be thicker than the lower one. If it is thinner, then you have it upside down.

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Adam
Flying the flag upside down is traditionally a distress signal when you are under duress due to enemy action - perhaps the HM customs and excise are trying to tell us something ..... or perhaps they are a bunch of careless halfwits
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