Down with the British!
Wish everyone a happy 4th of July.
Steve McQueen seems fitting
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0q2lAggHI"]The Great Escape - 4th of July - YouTube[/ame]
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Down with the British!
Wish everyone a happy 4th of July.
Steve McQueen seems fitting
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0q2lAggHI"]The Great Escape - 4th of July - YouTube[/ame]
I couldn't reach the colleagues in New York I needed to talk to today because they were in holiday.
Bugger.
Happy birthday USA!
Thank you France :)
Y'all have fun now!
We turned 146 on the 1st, for anyone that is interested. Germany is [I]only[/I] 142 (technically)...
On this day 237 years ago, a bunch of tax evaders decided to abandon links with the most powerful nation in the world.
Or something. :p
[quote=Kitdy;998316]We turned 146 on the 1st, for anyone that is interested. Germany is [I]only[/I] 142 (technically)...[/quote]
We are somewhere between 896 and 730 years old.
[SIZE="1"](According to teenagers, that is)[/SIZE]
It really bothers me that people from other nations know about US history and us as Americans don't give a damn about anyone else. Is US history an optional course in other countries?
Not really, it's more that other nations teach world history, so we all know a little and the key points of most countries.
The US education system is very insular tho' :(
We don't need to take any educational course to know about murrican history, we have hollywood for that.
[quote=pimento;998360]We don't need to take any educational course to know about murrican history, we have hollywood for that.[/quote]
This.
And all of the TV series from the good ol' US of A.
[quote=Cobrafan427;998347]It really bothers me that people from other nations know about US history and us as Americans don't give a damn about anyone else. Is US history an optional course in other countries?[/quote]
Being your brothers and sisters from the north, it is quite alarming how much we know about you and your history. It is only a few notches down from what born and bread Yankees know.
American History and State Capitals on Jeopardy still often kick my ass.
Bonus challenge for UCP: Name a Canadian Prime Minister that wasn't either the first or one of the last 3 without research.
Go on!
Trudeau/Wayne Gretzky
[quote=f6fhellcat13;998363]Trudeau/Wayne Gretzky[/quote]
2/2. 5char
[quote=f6fhellcat13;998363]Wayne Gretzky[/quote]
Winning