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13th October 08, 09:50 PM
#1
It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
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13th October 08, 09:58 PM
#2
I was kilted for Columbus Day, but got the same old questions I get every day I'm kilted.
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]"The industrious man gets up early and goes home late, and the lazy man sleeps with the industrious man's wife"[/FONT] -[FONT="Arial Black"] Benjamin Franklin[/FONT]
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13th October 08, 10:01 PM
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My daughter flew in from Philadelphia today. She has been gone for a year. I wore my kilt to the airport to pick her up She was impressed.
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13th October 08, 10:48 PM
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 Originally Posted by beloitpiper
It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
Poor ol' Chris' ..... I know its politically-correct to cast stones at Columbus these days, but just think, without the courage of the early explorers to sail off into the unknown, those of us of European-ethnic background might not be living in the "land of the free" today.
Oh, I wasn't kilted today, I am home sick.
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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14th October 08, 05:56 AM
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 Originally Posted by beloitpiper
It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
Greg,
Stop for a moment and think about this comment. Imagine if someone made this statement about one of the holidays associated with the Irish or Scots, and how you would feel. I know you march in parades with a local fire department, a profession long associated with the Irish community here in the USA. Remember, Columbus Day is a holiday for the Italian immigrant community to celebrate their successes in the New World.
It's respect, my young friend -- if we are going to demand that the general public respect us for kilt-wearing, then we should extend the same respect to other groups celebrating their heritage.
Todd
Last edited by macwilkin; 14th October 08 at 06:04 AM.
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14th October 08, 02:46 PM
#6
 Originally Posted by beloitpiper
It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
Oh-so P.C. (and campus-conformist) of you....
Brian
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~ Benjamin Franklin
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14th October 08, 03:46 PM
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 Originally Posted by beloitpiper
It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
You should think how Columbus would feel if he heard you say that. I care because I got the day off.
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14th October 08, 06:44 PM
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I was Kilted, but that is fairly normal for me.
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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