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In the US we call it a vacation, a holiday is a day off for something like 4th of July or Memorial day.
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So in the US, I would get my birthday off?WillyP wrote:In the US we call it a vacation, a holiday is a day off for something like 4th of July or Memorial day.
(Yes, I have to share my birthday with America *sigh*

'Memory and imagination are but one thing, which for diverse considerations, have diverse names'
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That's cause you Americans insisted on changing everything you could after the fourth of July just because you could.WillyP wrote:In the US we call it a vacation, a holiday is a day off for something like 4th of July or Memorial day.
If I had a time machine I swear I'd go back in time and start a rumour just before the declaration of independance that the British were going to ban American men from wearing pink dresses and boots together just for the sheer hilarity of watching July 4th parades.

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Though nowadays holidays have lapsed into oppertunities to sell things to people. More meaning is put into what you can buy at special prices than at the reason for the holiday, etc.
"If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?"
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karajorma wrote:That's cause you Americans insisted on changing everything you could after the fourth of July just because you could.WillyP wrote:In the US we call it a vacation, a holiday is a day off for something like 4th of July or Memorial day.
If I had a time machine I swear I'd go back in time and start a rumour just before the declaration of independance that the British were going to ban American men from wearing pink dresses and boots together just for the sheer hilarity of watching July 4th parades.
Sheesh... you guys are still mad about us dumping your tea... what are you going to do when Bush takes over the world?
oh yeah, and


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Bush ain't bright enough. Gordon Brown is the real dictator here!WillyP wrote:karajorma wrote:That's cause you Americans insisted on changing everything you could after the fourth of July just because you could.WillyP wrote:In the US we call it a vacation, a holiday is a day off for something like 4th of July or Memorial day.
If I had a time machine I swear I'd go back in time and start a rumour just before the declaration of independance that the British were going to ban American men from wearing pink dresses and boots together just for the sheer hilarity of watching July 4th parades.
Sheesh... you guys are still mad about us dumping your tea... what are you going to do when Bush takes over the world?
oh yeah, andto you too!
'Memory and imagination are but one thing, which for diverse considerations, have diverse names'
¦- F R E D E N T H U S I A S T -¦
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Nah. It's just we're tired of American's forgetting that the last war between us was a draw at best.WillyP wrote:Sheesh... you guys are still mad about us dumping your tea... what are you going to do when Bush takes over the world?
oh yeah, andto you too!

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Good job Bush couldn't find the world on a mapWillyP wrote:karajorma wrote:That's cause you Americans insisted on changing everything you could after the fourth of July just because you could.WillyP wrote:In the US we call it a vacation, a holiday is a day off for something like 4th of July or Memorial day.
If I had a time machine I swear I'd go back in time and start a rumour just before the declaration of independance that the British were going to ban American men from wearing pink dresses and boots together just for the sheer hilarity of watching July 4th parades.
Sheesh... you guys are still mad about us dumping your tea... what are you going to do when Bush takes over the world?
oh yeah, andto you too!
