Happy 4th, Americans!

TheMercenary · 07-06-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Just out of curiosity, if you approached 10 eight graders and asked them what historical event is being celebrated on the 4th of July, how many would give the right answer?

It would only reflect the larger issue that few of them can locate Iraq on a map.

Griff · 07-06-2009, 03:57 PM

We did fireworks at a friends house on the way home from the Adirondacks. The explosives are illegal to sell in New York so they were imported from PA and Mexico... naturally the main fuse man was a NYS Trooper, this lead to a discussion about the stupid number of laws this freeish country has.

capnhowdy · 07-06-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

It would only reflect the larger issue that few of them can locate Iraq on a map.

Larger issue?

07-06-2009, 03:57 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We did fireworks at a friends house on the way home from the Adirondacks. The explosives are illegal to sell in New York so they were imported from PA and Mexico... naturally the main fuse man was a NYS Trooper, this lead to a discussion about the stupid number of laws this freeish country has. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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