Independance Day
 

To our American MLUers, friends and family. Happy 4th of July. God bless and happy birthday America!

From your appreciative (yes, there are quite a few of us) Northern neighbours.

Re: Independance Day
 

As I jokingly tell my friends here, "Happy 3rd day after Canada Day!"


:salute: CHIMO! :salute:

US National Anthem !!
 

Firstly,Happy Independance Day to our US brothers.But,this just iin , posted by no other than NBC TV News.Sixty-One percent(61% ) of US citizens do not know the words to the national anthem !!By the way,it is called " The Star Spangled Banner " from a poem written by Francis Scott Key,from his view of the British siege at Fort Sumter during the War of 1812-14. :salute:

Garry...what's your point?

I'll bet an equal percentage of Canadians can't sing the words to the "new" "Oh, Canada".

Damned if I can...and damned if I'm gonna learn the "new" words.

Both countries do a poor job of making history interesting enough for students to remember once the student gets through their next recess. Jay Leno does a segment where he steps out into the street and asks the simplest questions of passers-by. The nonsensical answers provide a good laugh for his audience. I'd like to stand outside a Canadian University and ask these simple questions:

Q: Who was Canada's 2nd Prime Minister?
A: No, not John Adams

Q: Who was Canada's Prime Minister during WWII?
A: No, not Roosevelt.

Q: When was the October Crisis?
A: No, the year, not the month!

Q: When was the war of 1812?
A: Correct!

Oops ...
 

Well ... nip and tuck here with only an hour left of July 4th in WESTERN/COAST area USA ....

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL OF OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS!

Karmen

Useless fact we don't need to know
 

July 4th at Coney Island-
A Japanese man won his second consecutive hot dog eating contest by eating 53 1/2 hot dogs in 12 minutes.This year he slowed down because last year he ate 64 in the same time frame.

Alex Blair,where were you when we needed you ?? :D