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Dunno. It's some American thing.
It's like thanksgiving. WTF is thanksgiving? They say it's something to do with The English and Indians, but I'm English and I've been to India, and I've never heard of anything special on that day.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: They say it's something to do with The English and Indians,
Well, I am sure that some Americans (people who ditched the Queen and sh*t) were thankful the Native American's did not wipe them from the earth.
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On a non-humorous note: Do you know anything about the pilgrims?
They were absolutely awful people, and we were glad to get shot of them.
I imagine that having to fend for themselves without all the advantages of civilisation made them grow up quite rapidly -- the few that had brains enough to survive, that is; Darwin did a sterling job on them.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Do you know anything about the pilgrims?
Only what American teachers taught me in grade school. Obviously the history is a bit different depending on what country you went to school in.
With that said, we were taught, at least I was, that early settlers treated the natives like shite and gave them all of our sickness and disease.
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They were very nasty people. The reason that they couldn't fit into English society (which may not have been perfect, but was pretty egalitarian) was that they believed that their religious beliefs made them vastly superior not only to everyone else but also to the law.
Of course, there's an element of that in all religions, but these guys made Khomeini look tame.
As I say, having to struggle to survive in an uncivilised, savage new land -- i.e. learning that God didn't make the world and everything in it revolve around them -- must have done their attitude the world of good.
So much so that these days we even let a few Americans back into England, from time to time.
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I hear you.
BTW, doesn't England and the U.S. have a dual citizenship policy set up?
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That's what we like you to think, yes.
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I'm American and I don't know anything special about today. (Whoops now yesterday, Nov. 9) We celebrate Thanksgiving on the third week in November on a Thursday so the date isn't specific. I'm sure I was told why we did that, but it didn't make sense then, so I don't remember now what it was. We are thankful the colonists from England demonstrated extreme incompetence in living here and weren't killed by Indians and instead were helped to survive. We later tried to demonstrate our thankfulness by trying to wipe out the Indians who were named that by Columbus whose navigation skills obviously put him in India. Custer comes to mind on the continuing chronicles of competence of Americans in getting things done.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: The Americans have got a thing about the ninth, don't they? Come back in four days
Yeah... uh... Of course... 11/9 is really... um... important? Wait, what's on 11/9? Are you mixing up date formats again? 
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... Maxwell fell of his boat
(or jumped, or was pushed by Mossad. Whichever way the fat bastard is dead and we should be very happy about that).
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Now I need to watch V for Vendetta again... My favorite film...
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Look at my signature...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
Which movie?
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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Your viewing habits are getting rather suspect.
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Careful - I copied it off your laptop...
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I've got daughters, what's your excuse? 
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Why do you thing he has a pony-tail?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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Because he's eaten the rest of the pony?
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Best thing to do with 'em.
They (and their riders) should be made to wear nappies when out in public...
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A while back there was a conversation like this:
Daughter II : Do you like horses Daddy?
Nagy Vilmos: They're lovely. But you have to be careful not to overcook them.
D II: ...
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And that was how the fight started...
I find referring to them as "four legged tins of Kit-e-Kat" works well too.
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There have been more than one occasion when I have been quizzed on what animals I have eaten. All of them is the basic answer!
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Pony bacon !? 
yeah that could work ![Good Stuff | [The good stuff]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/vegemite.gif)
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