Did not know that. You're more Lincoln than Dorset then?

The plural of pasty is pasties, and in several cornish pasties. See here..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty

However Wikipedia also has this..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasties

You pays yer money and takes yer choice, but eating the wrong one, or covering you nipples with the wrong one wouldn't work too well.

Lincolnshire yellowbelly me, born in Lincoln and lived most of my life, well till I retired, in Lincolnshire, at least the Lincolnshire that was before they divided it up.

Never heard of that ?

What goes with your Lincolnshire sausage?

Pasty, pasties, pastis

Its a bit less crappier than the Devon one. Same thing 4 x rectangles and a cross with different colours. Is this a southern thing with the 4 x rectangles and a cross as opposed to the Northern ones that use pretty flowers. The Northumberland one I admit is a sight for sore eyes.
http://www.englishcountyflags.com/in...d=28&Itemid=39

Getting back on topic...

So this lady is basically saying "I'm English and proud!"

...and they want to take her licence away?

I'm confused. If she is English, and working in England, then what the hell is she doing wrong exactly????

I've only been out the UK 8 months, did I miss an invasion?

Her licence is not being taken away, she's just being asked to remove the sticker.

I think the problem here is linking the idea of "local driver" and "English" because it implies that someone with those two factors is a better choice than someone who lacks the factors. It can be seen as divisive.

If her sticker was just the English flag, there should be no problem. There's certainly no shortage of minicab drivers displaying Jamaican or Nigerian flags for example!

Ermm .. Lincolnshire SOUTHERN, nahhh Midlands..

The term Yellowbelly for Lincolnians come from the original uniform of the Lincolnshire regiment, which had a yellow waistcoat.

You seem to see these flags as "four rectangles"...I see them as a cross on a coloured background (which is what they are). I think you have been looking at too many open suitcases.

If I ever need a taxi in Newton Abbot, I'd certainly consider using her cab because as a local driver, she'd be more likely to know where even the most hard-to-find location would be. But I'd also use any other driver that was a local driver, regardless of whether they're displaying an England flag or not.

As long as the driver understands where I need to get to and how to get there quickly and safely, we won't have a problem. As most cab drivers even in the UK these days either have a satnav of their own or one built into the taxi despatch software, we're highly unlikely to get lost unless there's a communication issue between the driver and I.

But would you get into a cab if it were displaying a Spurs sticker, that is the question.

+1 I used to live in Hampshire - Loved New Forest Ice cream and there was a place called carlo's near Romsey - all home made - amazing !!!

So you move to the country and then take offence to a local displaying their own flag and identifying themselves as a local? This just simply is not happening. How can you be offended on somebody else's behalf?

Its not offensive at all. Its someone sitting behind a desk with not enough to do.