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#1 User is offline   mr1303 

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Posted 2008-July-05, 08:59

Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?

I had this discussion with a work collegue yesterday, and I was of the opinion that I would want to stay in the office all day and work. She disagreed with me.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 10:31

mr1303, on Jul 5 2008, 09:59 AM, said:

Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?

I had this discussion with a work collegue yesterday, and I was of the opinion that I would want to stay in the office all day and work. She disagreed with me.

pretend it's guy fawkes day
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Posted 2008-July-05, 10:52

mr1303, on Jul 5 2008, 09:59 AM, said:

Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?

I had this discussion with a work collegue yesterday, and I was of the opinion that I would want to stay in the office all day and work. She disagreed with me.

Why would you want to stay in the office and work all day?
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Posted 2008-July-05, 10:59

Most of my British friends like to come to the celebrations. I think they view it as watching a strange cultural tradition.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 11:09

4th of July is just an excuse to not go to work and party all day with your friends imo. I don't see why the Englishman wouldn't want to do that.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 11:37

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Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?


Slap the ***** out of a Frenchman.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 12:43

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Winstonm, on Jul 5 2008, 05:37 PM, said:

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Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?


Slap the ***** out of a Frenchman.

I am very suprised at you Winston...... why do you assume the English are racist and why do you assume we hate the French?

Well, the French pretty much ruined the monarchy concept with Bastille Day and that revolution they allowed to occur.

I figure the British empire would still be intact except for the French buggering it up for all the other kings and queens. :P
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Posted 2008-July-05, 12:44

The Spanish community in Leiden had their own celebration last time we celebrated "Leids verzet" (edit Gerben says it is Leiden Ontzet. whatever). From what I heard they had fun.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 13:42

mr1303, on Jul 5 2008, 09:59 AM, said:

Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?

I had this discussion with a work collegue yesterday, and I was of the opinion that I would want to stay in the office all day and work. She disagreed with me.

Oh come on out and light a firecracker or something.

You aren't still pissed about all those nasty things we said about King George are you? People can get a little intemperate in their language during revolutions. Sorry if we offended anyone.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 14:43

I'm still celebrating "Leiden ontzet" on the 3rd of Octobre in Germany. How nice of them to make it a holiday :P

On the other hand, I don't know how to react to the Christian holidays they have here.

I'm at my parent's place at midwinter solstice, but the rest... Luckily, most of them have bridge tournaments on them.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 14:44

I would just find a bridge game, or several, and enjoy! Why make a big deal out of it.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 14:54

mr1303, on Jul 5 2008, 09:59 AM, said:

Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?

I had this discussion with a work collegue yesterday, and I was of the opinion that I would want to stay in the office all day and work. She disagreed with me.

Perfect example of why Americans are afraid of immigrants. :P

On a holiday they want to go to the office and work hard, while us lazy Americans want to stay at home and eat hot dogs and drink beer.

To be fair a good example of what makes America so great in the long run, hard working immigrants that are welcomed to this country and help improve it. :) Thank you and welcome!

Now I am going to go watch a great movie, Charade with those great American actors, Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. :)
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Posted 2008-July-05, 18:10

You know what the saying is? When in Rome do as the Romans do.

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Posted 2008-July-05, 20:58

Winstonm, on Jul 5 2008, 10:43 AM, said:

sceptic, on Jul 5 2008, 12:51 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jul 5 2008, 05:37 PM, said:

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Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?


Slap the ***** out of a Frenchman.

I am very suprised at you Winston...... why do you assume the English are racist and why do you assume we hate the French?

Well, the French pretty much ruined the monarchy concept with Bastille Day and that revolution they allowed to occur.

I figure the British empire would still be intact except for the French buggering it up for all the other kings and queens. :)

The US revolution and constitution predates Bastille Day.

The English can still be mad at the French. They gave the revolutionaries money and advice.
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Posted 2008-July-05, 20:59

Elianna, on Jul 5 2008, 09:58 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jul 5 2008, 10:43 AM, said:

sceptic, on Jul 5 2008, 12:51 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jul 5 2008, 05:37 PM, said:

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Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?


Slap the ***** out of a Frenchman.

I am very suprised at you Winston...... why do you assume the English are racist and why do you assume we hate the French?

Well, the French pretty much ruined the monarchy concept with Bastille Day and that revolution they allowed to occur.

I figure the British empire would still be intact except for the French buggering it up for all the other kings and queens. :P

The US revolution and constitution predates Bastille Day.

The English can still be mad at the French. They gave the revolutionaries money and advice.

O.K., then how about Ferris Buehler's day off? Did that predate Bastile?
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Posted 2008-July-05, 21:23

Elianna, on Jul 5 2008, 09:58 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jul 5 2008, 10:43 AM, said:

sceptic, on Jul 5 2008, 12:51 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jul 5 2008, 05:37 PM, said:

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Imagine you're English, and you have recently moved to the USA. What do you do on 4th July?


Slap the ***** out of a Frenchman.

I am very suprised at you Winston...... why do you assume the English are racist and why do you assume we hate the French?

Well, the French pretty much ruined the monarchy concept with Bastille Day and that revolution they allowed to occur.

I figure the British empire would still be intact except for the French buggering it up for all the other kings and queens. :P

The US revolution and constitution predates Bastille Day.

The English can still be mad at the French. They gave the revolutionaries money and advice.

Let us not forget the French fleet off of Yorktown. :)
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Posted 2008-July-06, 16:04

Anyway, I remember standing in front of a closed shop with only some fast food places to go to rather than getting real food, because I had completely forgotten about a public holiday in Germany...

But in the USA there are supermarkets that are open even on July 4th, I guess. The Kwik-E-Mart perhaps :rolleyes:
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Posted 2008-July-06, 20:05

Gerben42, on Jul 6 2008, 05:04 PM, said:

Anyway, I remember standing in front of a closed shop with only some fast food places to go to rather than getting real food, because I had completely forgotten about a public holiday in Germany...

But in the USA there are supermarkets that are open even on July 4th, I guess. The Kwik-E-Mart perhaps :rolleyes:

In my town, the grocery store was open, but the hardware store was closed.
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Posted 2008-July-09, 04:57

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In my town, the grocery store was open, but the hardware store was closed.


Asians run the grocery store, amirite?

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Posted 2008-July-09, 08:07

Not in Rochester. OTOH, Wegman's is a large supermarket chain, not a mom-and-pop grocery store - although that's how it got started, many years ago. Wegman's stores are opened 24/7, and iirc, the only days they're closed are Christmas and New Year's.
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