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Old 07-04-2010, 09:27 AM   #1
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Happy independence day!


I just wanted to tell everyone happy July 4th and try not to blow your fingers off or catch the house on fire!
 
Old 07-04-2010, 10:59 AM   #2
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Everyone? It's not independence day where I live.
 
Old 07-04-2010, 11:05 AM   #3
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Can we come back England? Please? We promise to behave this time.
 
Old 07-04-2010, 11:21 AM   #4
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Everyone? It's not independence day where I live.
Well happy colonial revolt day just for you guys over there!
 
Old 07-04-2010, 11:27 AM   #5
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Yea
Happy Birthday America!

Let Freedom Ring!

To All Our Armed Forces and Ally/Nato Forces We Salute you!
HOO-RAH!
 
Old 07-04-2010, 12:13 PM   #6
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Gotta love how so few people in America ever seem to acknowledge the rest of the world, unless they're trying to kill it.
 
Old 07-04-2010, 12:18 PM   #7
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Oh jeez.
 
Old 07-04-2010, 12:25 PM   #8
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Gotta love how so few people in America ever seem to acknowledge the rest of the world, unless they're trying to kill it.
Why else do you think most Americans suck so badly at geography? Unless we are bombing it, we never heard of (insert_place_here).
 
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Why else do you think most Americans suck so badly at geography? Unless we are bombing it, we never heard of (insert_place_here).
http://www.theonion.com/video/nation...state-d,14211/
 
Old 07-04-2010, 01:20 PM   #10
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LOL!
 
Old 07-04-2010, 03:16 PM   #11
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Can we come back England? Please? We promise to behave this time.
No, sorry, we've changed our minds. We don't want you back.

P.S.
Oldham is not in Africa, but we would appreciate the same level of generosity that you have shown to the Andorrans. TIA.
Happy Independence Day!

P.P.S.
We (Oldham) might be declaring our independence next week, if we can find enough people who can sign their names.

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Old 07-04-2010, 05:28 PM   #12
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Long Live the Home of the Brave, and the Land of the Free...

 
Old 07-05-2010, 05:15 AM   #13
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hehe,
well, first thing comming to my mind was Will Smith running a computer virus
on an Alien system..., was it linux??
 
Old 07-05-2010, 05:23 AM   #14
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Strange how so many supposedly hate the U.S.
and Yet how many of you would even now be under Nazi or some other dictator's rule
if not for America?

To say the least, anyone in England and surrounding Europe would be
under that Nazi rule...

There is no other country like America, never was, and never will be again
Of course America has faults; which are mainly due to electing idiots for leaders

But, when your butt is in a bind
Who do they call?
US!

And, to those who hate, I think your personal hatred of America
doesn't belong here!

This thread is about America's Birthday
Not a forum for you to vent about how bad America is; As many of you say to others:

Keep within the subject of the thread
Thank you
God Bless America and all countries of freedom!
 
Old 07-05-2010, 05:29 AM   #15
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hehe,
well, first thing comming to my mind was Will Smith running a computer virus
on an Alien system..., was it linux??
I once read an article by a physicist and a science-fiction writer in which he discussed how hundreds of fundamental laws of physics were being broken in that film.

Obviously, the Independence Day is not unique in completely disregarding logic/laws of physics.

Anyway, happy day after the independence day.

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