Chiefs Do you stand with your hat off, heart covered, for the national anthem?

Nickhead · 08-29-2016, 03:09 AM

even if you are alone in your living room watching the game on tv?

or is it like prayer at church. you only do it when others are watching?

i never liked being asked in church to lead prayer as a kid. it seemed too much like pandering to a wanting crowd.

**New World Order** · 08-29-2016, 03:40 AM

Not in my living room but if it's at a sporting event I stand, take my hat off and cover my heart.

Nickhead · 08-29-2016, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by New World Order

Not in my living room but if it's at a sporting event I stand, take my hat off and cover my heart.

i would too, but if a tree falls in the woods and...

listopencil · 08-29-2016, 04:06 AM

Go look up flag etiquette.

Nickhead · 08-29-2016, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by listopencil

Go look up flag etiquette.

listopencil · 08-29-2016, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Nickhead

Five seconds in and a dorky kid is saluting with no hat on. Stopped it there, did not watch.

Spott · 08-29-2016, 04:54 AM

Not in my living room, but I can't remember the last time I heard it on TV. If I'm at the game I stand up and take my hat off, although I don't put my hand over my heart. For a while at baseball games they would randomly play God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch. I didn't stand up for that song but there is no protocol that requires you to stand up for it like there is the national anthem.

KCUnited · 08-29-2016, 05:21 AM

Not if my helmet nachos are getting cold, but most every other time.

tx4chiefs · 08-29-2016, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by New World Order

Not in my living room but if it's at a sporting event I stand, take my hat off and cover my heart.

Agreed. Not at home, but at an event.

Deberg_1990 · 08-29-2016, 05:55 AM

Not in my living room. But any public event. Yes

scho63 · 08-29-2016, 06:06 AM

Stand everywhere with hand on heart and never a hat on, even indoors during the Anthem. Never stand indoors.

Imagine trying to stand 10 times while watching all the games on a Sunday at a sports bar?

**RealSNR** · 08-29-2016, 06:09 AM

I only ever take a shit during the national anthem. At home or in public.

Johnny Vegas · 08-29-2016, 06:43 AM

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Al Bundy · 08-29-2016, 07:00 AM

I usually don't arrive until that stuff is over.

**Baby Lee** · 08-29-2016, 07:06 AM

In public, I stand still. If I have a hat on, I take it off. Hand or hat over the heart isn't hard and fast. I generally go with the crowd. My instinct it to put hand/hat over the heart, but I don't want to stick out like the sore-thumb pious guy if no one else around is doing so.

At home, I don't get up if sitting, but if the anthem starts, I stop whatever I'm doing to watch until it concludes, sitting or standing.

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