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Twisting in the Wind
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Roger misspoke:
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| --the guys that formed the Bee Gees |
I believe they're Aussie!  |
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Twisting in the Wind
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| That is, originally British, family moved to Australia in 1958, I believe. |
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distiller
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Helen Keller an Usanian? I thought she was only a NATURALISED American born in Switzerland? And Bob Dylan?
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Um, Hellen Keller was born in Alabama to a Civil War veteran father.
What's wrong with Bob Dylan? |
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ShapeSphere
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Good idea for a post. I am not a fan of Bush 'the strategically shaven baboon' Jnr., but all this anti-American talk is totally unfair, out of control and getting rather tiresome.
My favourite Americans:
Raymond Chandler - author & creator of Philip Marlowe - brilliant crime fiction stories
John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, Joseph Heller - all great writers
Iggy Pop - pint-sized drug-crazed music god
Ramones - all of them and their vast range of chords
Lou Reed - before his head went up his ar*e
David Lynch - well weird film director ("Jimmy Stewart from Mars" as Mel Brooks called him)
There's a lot more, as it's a big country - but that'll do for now. |
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lagerlout2006
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freaks,,
Stanley Kubrick
Faulkner,,,
and Lyrnyrd Skynrd...(sp)  |
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donfan
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Excuse me while I vomit.  |
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Roger
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:45 am Post subject: |
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| distiller wrote: |
| Roger wrote: |
Helen Keller an Usanian? I thought she was only a NATURALISED American born in Switzerland? And Bob Dylan?
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Um, Hellen Keller was born in Alabama to a Civil War veteran father.
What's wrong with Bob Dylan? |
Well, I own up to a little gap in my encyclopedic knowledge. Is it a crime not to know where Helen Keller was born? But yes, mea culpa, and my apologies! |
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homersimpson
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Homer Simpson
Scooby Doo (but NOT Scrappy)
Spiderman (although I believe he is half-Dutch)
Beavis
ButtHead
Aquaman
The Duff Beerman (Oh yeah!)
Hank Hill
The Pillsbury Dough Boy
The Grinch |
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dyak
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The Hamburger Helper.
His authentic Spanish accent. |
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Truman
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject: Aquaman |
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| homersimpson wrote: |
Homer Simpson
Scooby Doo (but NOT Scrappy)
Spiderman (although I believe he is half-Dutch)
Beavis
ButtHead
Aquaman
The Duff Beerman (Oh yeah!)
Hank Hill
The Pillsbury Dough Boy
The Grinch |
Homer,
This is a fine list but I wonder if Aquaman is really an American. He was born in Atlantis by Atlantean parents and spends most of his time in international waters. Unless he has naturalized, I think that he's not an American.
I might be mistaken.
-Truman  |
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carnac
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Location: in my village in Oman ;-)
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I'd like to mention John Chapman, otherwise known as "Johnny Appleseed". Someone who actually DID something rather than simply talking about it. A real person.
But, since he has become mythologised, might we also mention other American mythological figures who have in times past fired the imaginations of American schoolchildren:
Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill
Davy Crockett (real, but mythologised)
Casey Jones
John Henry
(not to mention Jesse James)
And on and on.
The mythology is as important in attempting to discern national character as real people, IMHO. |
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moonraven
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| Roger> Bob Dylan was born Robert Zimmerman in the state of Minnesota. |
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marblez
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Lionel Hutz. I mean Phil Hartman. The genius:
Prosecutor: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Who do you find more attractive. Tom Cruise or Mel Gibson?
Judge: What is the point of all this?
Prosecutor: Your Honor, I'm so confident of Marge Simpson's guilt, that I can waste the court's time rating the superhunks.
Hutz: Ooohh. He's gonna' win.
Marge: Mr. Hutz! |
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Twisting in the Wind
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Calamity Jane
Wild Bill Cody
Robert E. Lee
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse |
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Twisting in the Wind
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Moonraven corrected schoolmarmishly:
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| Uh, Bob Dylan was born Robert Zimmerman--in the state of Minnesota |
Neener, neener, Roger!
Yay, Minnesota! Yay, Minnesota!! Yay, Yay, Yay!!!
Minnesota, hats off to thee
To thy College
True we shall ever be
Firm and strong, united are we
Rah, rah, rah
For Ski-U-Mah
Rah, rah, rah, rah
Rah for the U of M!!! |
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