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[rone]

Cinco de Mayo, another holiday co-opted by white Americans as an excuse for excess. And only the Mexicans would make a big deal out of defeating the French.

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And only the Mexicans would make a big deal out of defeating the French.

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Tell it to Tchaikovsky and General Giap.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Giap's the only one who has a compelling reason. Tchaikovsky's just a sissy and a Commie.

Tchaikovsky no Commie

[thedarkages]

Tchaikovsky may have been riddled with neuroses and steeped in depression, but he was no Communist. He died in 1897, some 21 years before the October Revolution.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

NOT TO BE DOUSING MY HUMOR WITH FACTS.

[erikred.livejournal.com]

Or, as Jon Stewart put it last night, Quatro de Mayo, the day when tons of Americans _don't_ crowd into Mexican restaurants.

Quatro de Mayo

[skipernicus.livejournal.com]

That's Star Wars day.

May the 4th be with you.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

That's true.

Anyone can defeat the French.

[eviltofu.livejournal.com]

Well, they have Zidane and Henry so I don't think there is a team in Europe who can cope with this pair...

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Zidane's getting old, and the rest of the team looked pretty awful without him in `02.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Point taken.

france = u.s.a. :-) ?

[dreamcarnival.livejournal.com]

What about the Italians? I'd wager the Italian army and the French army would fight to a draw. But anyway... in a strange twist of fate, the French Normans invaded England in 1066. As conquerors, they founded the current rule of law there. The French therefore founded the post-1066 England, who later colonized America and and founded U.S.A., after losing their colonies in a war they fought against the American colonists and the French. So the U.S.A.'s grandpa is France...

hm, who would be the victor in a battle between the Dutch army and the French army... Or Iceland v. France?

Re: france = u.s.a. :-) ?

[dreamcarnival.livejournal.com]

hm, i wonder why my reply to ratphooey ended up under a comment by eviltofu. LJ mystifies me.

Re: france = u.s.a. :-) ?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

It's a reply to ratphooey, but so is eviltofu's, and his came first, which is why yours is beneath it, but not under it, if that makes any sense.

Re: france = u.s.a. :-) ?

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

And I'm pretty sure we could beat up grandpa. With one hand tied behind our back.

:-)

Don't get me wrong, I love the French. And their fine cheeses.

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

Likewise, Americans take Saint Patrick's Day as an excuse for excess while the Irish scratch their heads.

[avocado123.livejournal.com]

But, it's the French. Are you saying you don't get a sort of smug satisfaction from Cinco de Mayo? It's yet another example of how the French are just... so... *French*.

On Cinco de Mayo the local Mexican cantina is a little more crowded than usual. Only whitey would think that making someone from Mexico wait tables on a holiday is a great way to celebrate.

[ikkyu2.livejournal.com]

SSC: I just figured out that icon was Grumpy. I've been parsing it as a large liver (his hat), a distended stomach (his eyes and nose), his duodenum (cheek), small intestine (are those fingers) and so on. It looks remarkably like a set of viscera.