Friday, 4 July 2014

4th July . . . . A friendly Message from Britain


OK I am not good at drawing flags 



Today is the 4th of July a day that is celebrated in the USA as Independence Day, a day when I am told America leaps about, lets off fireworks and folk stand about being patriotic. Here in Britain folk carry on as normal unless it is Sunday in which case they all go to IKEA.

Us British have always wondered why our American friends decided they were not happy being a colony of Britain, after all the ordinary man in the street such as myself is a fairly nice sort of chap and in general find Americas a nice bunch who almost speak half decent English. In fact it would be true to say that more English understand Americans than a Glaswegian just a few miles up the road in Scotland.  The American accent being sort of a cross between Middle England and Middle Australian, probably because they live in the land between these two great countries. American is more a group of small countries known as States so is sort of a bit like Europe really only they fight less and don’t insult their adjoining states like we do in Europe.  

Of course the good folk of the USA do have one or two odd anomalies that we notice from time to time when they come to visit the old homeland. They do seem to spell some words a bit oddly, however I do that all the time so I understand how that can happen. And they do seem to like the Queen and all the Royals, a bit odd when they were so keen to get rid of them in the first place. Ironically there are many folk in Britain who would love to get rid of the Royals and would happily sell a few to the USA.  I have also heard them imply that their Zombies and Monsters are better than our Zombies and Monsters, well that is just plain silly everyone knows European Monsters are superior to all by a long way.  And we all know that a nice cup of tea and crab paste sandwiches in an old Lyons Café can not be compared with MacDonald’s, it is a foolish thing to even attempt. When was the last time you saw the corner of your Big Mac curling up in the sun and getting crusty while a gang of little old ladies pondered the iced buns.

Anyway I hope you lot over in the USA have enjoyed your day, and if you ever feel you would like to rejoin us we are happy to share a nice tea party (not that one but the one where you drink tea in the garden) with you………… . . . .


Ooooooo It rained today and I cut a hedge and ate food.
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9 comments:

  1. esbboston5 July 2014 at 01:50

    I mainly slept and studied piezoelectricity. I did get the air cleaner for the F-350 cleaned. It is recyclable and requires a cleanser, washing, drying and oiling. Quite a long process. We had some fabulous pork cooked in a pressure cooker, with some mashed potatoes, gravy, and corn. AH! Gravity snuck into the conversation again so soon. There was no leaping by me, so maybe someone else leaped twice as much. I did manage to knock down some weeds in the grapes and watered them.

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    1. esbboston5 July 2014 at 01:57

      I think you did great on your flag, it looked like there was only one eXtra star. The 50 stars are arranged by row 6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6. I couldn't teLL for sure if you had 6 on the 2nd row from the bottom. The field of blue eXtends down the same distance as the bottom of the middle red stripe.

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    2. esbboston5 July 2014 at 12:52

      It appears that the work agenda for my day has been established by there being a faulty near catastrophicaLLy faucet in the kitchen. After giving the dog his required early morning treats and coffee for myself, I have returned to bed to rest up for the event(s) by studying Least Squares Method and Wales in wikipedia.

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    3. Rob Z Tobor5 July 2014 at 23:23

      You are entirely right about the extra star. I sort of guessed that I had the right amount and though there is only one man in all the world who might notice an extra star.

      I really think you should be a proofreader you have a rather good eye for spotting these little things. Your 4th July sounded busy and not firework based.

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    4. esbboston6 July 2014 at 01:12

      Yes, I neVer do fireworks, at leastfor several decades. I enjoy my fingers and ears for other things. Today was nothing was much more than faucet. It couldn't be repaired so I put in a complete sink and faucet. I spent about 3-4 hours running around town trying to find a replacement for a "missing" part that wasn't with one of the two identical faucet parts. It just turned outthey had not packaged them symmetricaLLy as I would have eXpected. One retaining nut was already threaded on the faucet part but then the other was missing. Craftimess. So I am totaLLy eXhausted time a factor of 1.6 - that means I wish I would could go to sleep or just -die-

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    5. Rob Z Tobor6 July 2014 at 15:21

      Hang in there Mr ESB it will all come good in the end. . . .

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  2. Pickleope5 July 2014 at 13:21

    There are Americans who dare to claim their monsters are superior to those in places with castles? Castles mean good monsters. What monsters to Americans have, Sasquatch? That's not a monster.
    Also, I think it's putting milk in tea that really caused the rift that lead to them seeking independence. Just drink the tea. Tea tastes good on its own.

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    1. esbboston5 July 2014 at 15:20

      We have a teleBision show caLLed Castle, where criminals are pursued. Because there have been several episodes and seasons, then there are several Castles.

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    2. Rob Z Tobor5 July 2014 at 23:30

      Here in Britain we always used to rely on Roy Castle. He was very talented.

      NO MILK IN TEA . . . . that is the talk of war., you will be saying next it should not be laced with loads of sugar next. . .

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