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  1. 07-04-2013, 12:16 PM #1
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    Happy 237th, 'merica!

    Down with the British!

    Wish everyone a happy 4th of July.

    Steve McQueen seems fitting
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    I couldn't reach the colleagues in New York I needed to talk to today because they were in holiday.

    Bugger.

    Happy birthday USA!
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    Thank you France
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    We turned 146 on the 1st, for anyone that is interested. Germany is only 142 (technically)...
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitdy View Post
    We turned 146 on the 1st, for anyone that is interested. Germany is only 142 (technically)...
    We are somewhere between 896 and 730 years old.

    (According to teenagers, that is)
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    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?
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    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'
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    We don't need to take any educational course to know about murrican history, we have hollywood for that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pimento View Post
    We don't need to take any educational course to know about murrican history, we have hollywood for that.
    This.

    And all of the TV series from the good ol' US of A.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cobrafan427 View Post
    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?
    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!
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    Quote Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13 View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by f6fhellcat13 View Post
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