Let me start by saying that I think my bear is quite happy to be without me, lounging as he is on my bed, and he looks like he's laughing. Never mind, I will find myself a replacement. That or accept that I'm too old for a teddy bear. Nahhh, replacement.Anyways it is now the fourth of July such an interesting holiday... we get to stand and watch people celebrating their freedom from... us. I don't understand how anyone would want to be free from the English, we're such an amazing country and obviously people would want to associate with us, rather than trying to break free from us.
I have to say that fireworks in this 'independent' country that can't seem to stop borrowing from China, are never quite as good as back home, but maybe if we go 'downtown' we will see something that looks less like Max put bicarbonate of soda in a class of vinegar and more thousands of dollars of wasted money to celebrate freedom from...me :'(
I take these things very personally and at the end of the fireworks, naturally I start to hum 'God Save the Queen' - talking of which, yesterday afternoon in church when we were waiting for the service the organist was so kind as to play that tune.... we definitely felt at home :P We couldn't exactly sing along, but you know, it was there.
Anyways, I will now go and celebrate the fact that we get an extra holiday here, and make the most of it. If people want to go on about how happy they are to be free from the English, I will just look at them until they realise how much they wish they were English too :)
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Lol C
ReplyDeleteWhile we were making "4th of July" cake today I heard Max singing quite loudly, and utterly un-self-consciously. His chosen song: "Rule Britainna!"
Off to look up some patriotic songs, check the blog :-)
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Constance..... I think they fought for their independence from Great Britain....not England. Ahem.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Constance, Britain should've just given America over? Then there wouldn't have been all that fighting...(so idealistic I know).
ReplyDeleteI do think (sorry to disagree Ann) that it *was* England v. USA back then; if you'd asked most Scots they'd have backed the Americans. . ..
ReplyDeleteWe are so far the only nation to have manoeuvred themselves out of existence (the Scots I mean). And most of us have regretted it ever since!
Go America - perfectly reasonable to have no taxation without representation (though as has been pointed out to me, what about the 16 yr olds who are taxed as adults but can't vote?)
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