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[moonlettuce]

So, there's one thing I wonder about when I watch Atlantis. Everyone wears a patch on their left arm to identify their nationality. The thing is, Carson wears the cross of St Andrew, whereas Grodin and the rest of the Brits wear the Union Jack. Why? I mean, if Carson is wearing the St Andrew flag, then shoudn't Peter be wearing the St George's Cross?

I had this conversation with temaris a little while back, and I can't remember us coming to any definitive answer, and I'm still curious.

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[graculus.livejournal.com]

Maybe they have a Scottish Nationalist on the costume team? ;)

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

The other one we came up with was, maybe tptb don't realise Scotland is actually part of the UK *g*

[cycnus39]

Scotland is part of the UK? I wondered why I didn't need my passport... ;-)

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

*g*

[cycnus39]

Does Carson ever say 'wheesht'? Because he should. *nods*

[hampden.livejournal.com]

I like the Mum theory and I haven't seen the show bar one ep at M's....
But I suspect that TPTB think the Union Jack is the British (where British =English) flag.

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, that's the most likely explanation *rolls eyes at tptb*

[zortified.livejournal.com]

Because Carson is quite fiesty, underneath that cool exterior, and when the SGC offered him a uniform with the Union Jack on it, he took it off and replaced it.

Or his mum did. ;-)

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

*g* Now *that* explanation I can accept :-D

[temaris.livejournal.com]

*g* I can believe his mum did it!

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

I can, too. She'd be all, "You're not wearing a bloody Union Jack!" and pulling out her sewing kit *g*

[zortified.livejournal.com]

"You're not going off to another galaxy wearing the Union Jack! I'll be dead in the ground, first! Bad enough you go trapising about the universe, I'll not have everyone think you're English!"

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

And Carson would be all, "But, mum, the Union Jack is the UK flag, it's what I should be wearing."

She'd just wave the patch and go "If this flag was good enough for Saint Andrew, it's bloody well good enough for you!" and carry on sewing.

[zortified.livejournal.com]

And I bet when he showed up at the SGC, Rodney said "Shouldn't you be wearing the UK flag? Aren't you gonna get in trouble?" Carson would say, "Oh, don't even start! It's the US military or my mum - I'd rather the US military were mad at me!"

Um. Not that someone should go ahead and write this.

[spacedmonkey.livejournal.com]

Was going to say that in the five seconds of F1 motor racing I managed to tolerate the other week I noticed that they did the same thing, but since I haven't stopped giggling, I think I'll go with the Mrs Beckett theory.

[cycnus39]

*Scottish giggles*

[temaris.livejournal.com]

He's not military and he figured no one would notice *g*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

*g*

[alyse]

Weird thing is, davechicken and I have just had this conversation too. I like Carson's mother being the explanation, but that kind of contradicts Letters from Pegasus, where she didn't know what they were up to, but I suppose it would work if she just thought he was going on an international expedition to Deepest Borneo or something :)

BTW, davechicken is staying with me this week. Do you want to try and meet up for a coffee sometime next weekend, if you're around? I don't have Nibble on a Sunday.

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

I'm up for that *grin* I'm free all next weekend, so whenever you want is fine by me :-D

Also, hee! I can jsut see Carson's mum packing his bag with the things she thinks he'll need in Boneo. "You'll need to take some proper tea with you. And some biscuits..."

[alyse]

All righty then ::g:: Shall we say Sunday, as then we'll be Nibble free? Any preferences as for when or where?

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

I'm easy ;-) How about meeting in Newcastle around 11 or 12? We can go for dinner / coffee / rampant talk about porn somewhere :-)

[davechicken.livejournal.com]

You mean there are times when rampant talk about porn is not the norm? For me, it counts up there with breathing and liking sharp and shiny things. Food, air, liquids, weird kinky sex and pretty. The essentials in life...

Also, 11 or 12 sounds like a me-time to be awake for. *eg*

*checks is signed in as self*

*is, yey*

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

Food, air, liquids, weird kinky sex and pretty. The essentials in life...

Yay!

[davechicken.livejournal.com]

*would do a little dance but the cushions are in place and just got comfy*

*dances in her head, yey!*