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spank my snatch: Jun 4, 2009

Johnny Aztec posted:

(serisouly, its such a minor, esoteric, bit of lore that is akin to knowing what Princess Di had for breakfest the day she died.)

Never say this to a Canadian.

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Teriyaki Hairpiece: Dec 29, 2006; I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.

Yeah I made a 54 40 or fight joke at work yesterday. It's not that obscure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmeTftBlOVY

# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:13

piratepilates: Mar 28, 2004; So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I can live with it.

jiharlequinade posted:

Never say this to a Canadian.

I'm Canadian and I've never heard of it.

And now having heard of it I don't care about it.

# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:22

Tochiazuma: Feb 16, 2007

jiharlequinade posted:

Never say this to a Canadian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0RgubAo29w
"One Day In Your Life" 54-40

:canada:

# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:23

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

Strudel Man posted:

vv I'm pretty ignorant of history generally and I recognized it.

I recognized it because they taught it to me in 5th grade. I am American however.

# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:24

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

Strudel Man posted:

vv I'm pretty ignorant of history generally and I recognized it.

Though I wouldn't call myself ignorant of history, I don't really find modern American history particularly exciting, and yet I still got the joke. The quote is associated with an important part of the expansion of the US, and the rapprochement of the US and the British Empire, which would color their relationship to this day, it's not exactly as irrelevant as knowing what Di had for breakfast. Sure, I can understand why someone would be unaware of this, but you're bound to pick it up if you have any interest in 19th century history.

(Neither American, British or Canadian.)

# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:24

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

Hey, you guys got any neat puns about the Whiskey Tax Rebellion? I bet there are some real knee slappers there.

razorrozar posted:

I recognized it because they taught it to me in 5th grade. I am American however.

Did you live in the Northwest-ish area? I could see how places near there would go over such a thing in more detail.
Pretty much all that US Versus Canada/UK business was rather glossed over. Sure , sure we had the Manifest destiny stuff, war of 1812(that is something else that no one cares about) but mostly you skip over the years until the Civil war. (War of Northern Aggression, m i rite?)

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# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:28

Caufman: May 7, 2007

Not enough people in this thread have watched Wag the Dog.

# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:33

Android Apocalypse: Apr 28, 2009; The future is
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The only Canadian/British/American border dispute history I remember is the Aroostook War, mainly because it happened where I grew up. My favorite piece of info is the only casualty of the war was a cow that died from a stray bullet that fell from the sky after being fired in the air in celebration.

# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:37

gohuskies: Oct 23, 2010; I spend a lot of time making posts to justify why I'm not a self centered shithead that just wants to act like COVID isn't a thing.

Android Bicyclist posted:

The only Canadian/British/American border dispute history I remember is the Aroostook War, mainly because it happened where I grew up. My favorite piece of info is the only casualty of the war was a cow that died from a stray bullet that fell from the sky after being fired in the air in celebration.

Very similar to the Pig War of 1859 between the US and Britain/Canada, in the Pacific Northwest. In that case, the only casualty was the pig for which the war was named.

It was actually a follow-up to the 54-40 border dispute - they agreed on the 49th parallel and that Vancouver Island would go to Britain/Canada, but they didn't resolve the ownership of the San Juan Islands in between the US mainland and Canadian Vancouver Island, leading to the Pig War border dispute.

# ? Sep 29, 2013 23:46

Farecoal: Oct 15, 2011; There he go

Johnny Aztec posted:

So, it's less " know American history" and more "spent 6 years getting a worthless American History Degree".

(serisouly, its such a minor, esoteric, bit of lore that is akin to knowing what Princess Di had for breakfest the day she died.)

Haha man your right history is pretty worthless!!!!

# ? Sep 30, 2013 00:05

Maytag: Nov 4, 2006; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

Shuuuuuut uuuuup goooooooons

# ? Sep 30, 2013 00:20

razorrozar: Feb 21, 2012; by Cyrano4747

Johnny Aztec posted:

Hey, you guys got any neat puns about the Whiskey Tax Rebellion? I bet there are some real knee slappers there.

Did you live in the Northwest-ish area? I could see how places near there would go over such a thing in more detail.
Pretty much all that US Versus Canada/UK business was rather glossed over. Sure , sure we had the Manifest destiny stuff, war of 1812(that is something else that no one cares about) but mostly you skip over the years until the Civil war. (War of Northern Aggression, m i rite?)

Nope, South Carolina. 49th ranked state in education. As far from Oregon as possible without being Florida. Still learned about it in school.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 00:32

Captain Trips: May 23, 2013; The sudden reminder that I have no fucking clue what I'm talking about

The best war is obviously the Toledo War of 1835-6 between Ohio and Michigan. No deaths, one wounded (a sheriff was stabbed with a pen knife), and when Ohio won, we got to keep Toledo. So really, we lost.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 00:47

Centripetal Horse: Nov 22, 2009; Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

Johnny Aztec posted:

So, it's less " know American history" and more "spent 6 years getting a worthless American History Degree".

(serisouly, its such a minor, esoteric, bit of lore that is akin to knowing what Princess Di had for breakfest the day she died.)

Yeah, it's really not nearly as obscure as you're making it out to be. I have no special education or interest in history, and I got the reference, right away.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 00:51

TinTower: Apr 21, 2010; You don't have to 8e a good person to 8e a hero.

I knew about 54-40 or Fight solely from reading Wikipedia. :shrug:

# ? Sep 30, 2013 00:54

Deteriorata: Feb 6, 2005

Captain Trips posted:

The best war is obviously the Toledo War of 1835-6 between Ohio and Michigan. No deaths, one wounded (a sheriff was stabbed with a pen knife), and when Ohio won, we got to keep Toledo. So really, we lost.

Yeah, the UP is awesome. We definitely got the better end of that deal. We should start more wars with Ohio. :getin:

# ? Sep 30, 2013 01:01

GaiaShell: Mar 11, 2002

Johnny Aztec posted:

(serisouly, its such a minor, esoteric, bit of lore that is akin to knowing what Princess Di had for breakfest the day she died.)

Probably some coffee and donuts, seeing as how several hours later you can crash pretty hard.

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Brother Jonathan: Jun 23, 2008

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Dr_Amazing: Apr 15, 2006; It's a long story

jiharlequinade posted:

Never say this to a Canadian.

I'm Canadian and never heard of it.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 01:28

Kheldarn: Feb 17, 2011

Johnny Aztec posted:

(serisouly, its such a minor, esoteric, bit of lore that is akin to knowing what Princess Di had for breakfest the day she died.)

Blue waffles.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 01:34

Hydrolith: Oct 30, 2009

Android Bicyclist posted:

The only Canadian/British/American border dispute history I remember is the Aroostook War, mainly because it happened where I grew up. My favorite piece of info is the only casualty of the war was a cow that died from a stray bullet that fell from the sky after being fired in the air in celebration.

It took me a second read to realise they didn't fire the cow into the air in celebration, which hit a stray bullet on the way down.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 02:22

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

My favorite place for motorboating.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 02:26

SquareDog: Feb 8, 2004; silent but deadly

Maytag posted:

Shuuuuuut uuuuup goooooooons

I recognize it as Breaking bad but whaaaath the heeeeelllll is gooooing oooonnnn.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 02:50

Slim Killington: Nov 16, 2007; I SAID GOOD DAY SIR

They have on each other's set makeup.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 02:51

Frank Horrigan: Jul 31, 2013; by Ralp

Slim Killington posted:

They have on each other's set makeup.

They've done a couple pictures where they swap costumes, but this is just a photoshopped version of a promo picture.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 02:59

Raithe: Apr 17, 2008; Don't worry: I've got the moon covered...

bucksmash posted:

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particle409: Jan 15, 2008; Thou bootless clapper-clawed varlot!

In case anybody missed it a while back, here's a whole gallery of pretty girls making ugly faces.

http://imgur.com/gallery/fxC1M

edit: I guess there's a whole archive of them:
http://imgur.com/r/PrettyGirlsUglyFaces

particle409 has a new favorite as of 03:23 on Sep 30, 2013

# ? Sep 30, 2013 03:19

Raithe: Apr 17, 2008; Don't worry: I've got the moon covered...

How do you make yourself go wall-eyed like that? Thats just hilarious.

No fair, you're using sellotape and a cats rear end in a top hat. :colbert:

# ? Sep 30, 2013 03:30

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Raithe posted:

How do you make yourself go wall-eyed like that? Thats just hilarious.

Cross your eyes and look off to the side.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 03:50

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

Raithe posted:

How do you make yourself go wall-eyed like that? Thats just hilarious.

No fair, you're using sellotape and a cats rear end in a top hat.

I imagine going to bed with the left, and waking up to the right be like a groundhog seeing it's shadow. Libido wouldn't come back out for 6 weeks.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 03:54

54 40 or fuck: Jan 4, 2012; No Yanda's allowed

Raithe posted:

How do you make yourself go wall-eyed like that? Thats just hilarious.

No fair, you're using sellotape and a cats rear end in a top hat.

Well, I taught myself how to do it and it hurts. Just cross your eyes and and sort of force one eye to loom elsewhere.

....I love making ugly faces.

# ? Sep 30, 2013 03:57

Away all Goats: Jul 5, 2005; Goose's rebellion

particle409 posted:

So that's what @meganamram looks like :allears:

(click to make big)

# ? Sep 30, 2013 03:58

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

particle409 posted:

In case anybody missed it a while back, here's a whole gallery of pretty girls making ugly faces.

http://imgur.com/gallery/fxC1M

edit: I guess there's a whole archive of them:
http://imgur.com/r/PrettyGirlsUglyFaces