Cut saints' working hours now!

As some others have raised the issue of Saint George 'keeping people English', it's interesting to note some of the other causes this probably mythical figure is associated with. Anyone praying to him might want to make sure that they're quite specific about what they ask for - if he's particularly busy, he could end up making you Catalan, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Maltese, Canadian, Lebanese or Georgian instead or even, and this would no doubt be quite worrying for some who invoke him, a Palestinian Christian. Then again, should he get the English confused with any of his other non-national responsibilities, you could wake up one morning to find that you've become an archer with herpes or even a horseman with syphilis.

Still, I guess if you believe any of that nonsense about gods, saints and all the rest, it's no doubt quite simple to ignore the problems it creates.