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Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly Posted Jul 3, 2001
well that's ok, you can never be too cynical!
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Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly Posted Jul 3, 2001
and i don't see how you *can* be very patriotic if you are cynical in the least.
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Inanna has a theory - it could be bunnies. Posted Jul 3, 2001
Hmmmm. Isn't that post-modernism in the extreme form? "I'm incredibly cynical about my country, dislike its policies, its government and most of its people, but I also love it as an ideological concept representing freedom and justice and will defend it to the metaphorical death"? Or is that just ironic?
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 3, 2001
Herrrmmm.... I really don't defend the States... we are pretty ignorant... 
But our flag sure is pretty!!! 
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Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly Posted Jul 3, 2001
*waves said flag* LA-LA-LA! I'M NOT LISTENING!!!!
(all this is of course in a rather silly vein. we do not want another "things that should be invented" thread incident. blah.)
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vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) Posted Jul 3, 2001
Just thought I would pop in and say Happy Day the Brits Kind of Got Their Asses Kicked to any Americans who might want to party later on.
here in germany its been July 4th for aabout an hour and a half, so 
all round. I guess I will have to wait for the fire works though. Ach well, g'night folks 
.
vp - british and proud of it.
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Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly Posted Jul 4, 2001
here it has been the 4th for about 2 hours, maybe a little less depending on the accuracy of my clock.
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Sad, Mad or Bad? - I always wanted to be a dino, but alas, I'm just old. Posted Jul 4, 2001
Here it's been the fourth all day!
So now, how about this: 
anyone? 
?
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Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jul 4, 2001
*drops in* Oof.
Have they started yet?
*sips 
and has some *
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 4, 2001
::ahem:: LET THE FIREWORKING COMMENCE!!!
YAY!!!
(The first firework is OF COURSE purple, my favorite color... the rest are up to you, dear friends!!! ENJOY!!! 
YAY!!!)
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Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jul 4, 2001
Oooooh.... Aaaaaah...
*boom... boom boom booom*
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 4, 2001
Ppuurrrrrrdddyyyyy!!!!
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 4, 2001
YAY!!! Hi, Nex!!!
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 4, 2001
I will!!! YAY!!!
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vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) Posted Jul 4, 2001
*Tail of green fire boils into sky, explodes in dark blue and red lights which crackle loudly and then fade away. Smoking remains of rocket plumet to earth and thud in ground*
KABOOM!
Evening all
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 4, 2001
Of course, one of the more amusing things about
America is that the national anthem ("Star-
Spangled Banner") is so difficult for most
people to sing. Unlike Russia, we have not
tried hard enough to replace it with something
easier to sing. I don't know what the stumbling
bloock is. The tune to SPB was an English
drinking song, I think. "America the Beautiful,"
set to the tune "Materna" (don't ask me what THAT
is ), is a perennial favorite, while Irving
Berlin's "God Bless America" is entirely original
as well as having been written in America.
(By the way, I'm not saying there's anything
wrong with English drinking songs per se.
But America has been around long enough to
have produced some wonderful music that *might*
be worthy of serving as a national anthem.
When Austria lost its Haydnesque national anthem
to Germany, there were plenty of other nice tunes
to fill the gap--the one they've got now is
from a Masonic cantata by Mozart. Switzerland,
I believe, uses the same tune as "God Save
the King/Queen".)
I hope that wasn't too preachy. I just want
everybody to have fun.
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 4, 2001
Wow... ::ahem:: May I say, vp, that your entrance was unbelievably impressive!!! Or-- was that a firework!??
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vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) Posted Jul 4, 2001
No that was definitely my entrance 
Fireworks huh, lets see what we have.....
SCREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAACH
*Catherine Wheel spirals up into the air, long red flailing things scatter to the horizon*
BABOOM
*wheel explodes*
*In the awed silence that follows, the jimi hendrix version of star spangeled banner soars majesticly through the air*
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- 21: Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly (Jul 3, 2001)
- 22: Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly (Jul 3, 2001)
- 23: Inanna has a theory - it could be bunnies. (Jul 3, 2001)
- 24: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 3, 2001)
- 25: Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly (Jul 3, 2001)
- 26: vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) (Jul 3, 2001)
- 27: Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly (Jul 4, 2001)
- 28: Sad, Mad or Bad? - I always wanted to be a dino, but alas, I'm just old. (Jul 4, 2001)
- 29: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jul 4, 2001)
- 30: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 4, 2001)
- 31: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jul 4, 2001)
- 32: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 4, 2001)
- 33: NexusSeven (Jul 4, 2001)
- 34: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 4, 2001)
- 35: NexusSeven (Jul 4, 2001)
- 36: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 4, 2001)
- 37: vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) (Jul 4, 2001)
- 38: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 4, 2001)
- 39: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 4, 2001)
- 40: vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) (Jul 4, 2001)
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