Independence Day 2013

I shall start a micro nation called "Cheeseburg" then, with the official currency been milk.

"Cheeseburger" is just a portmanteau of "hamburger" and "cheese", as are all the other "-burger" variations.

Actually, this is one thing I like to explain: that Dutch burger / German Bürger ('citizen') and US English 'burger' ('bun with meat and assorted other foodstuffs on it') ultimately have the same root.

You see, Burg means fortress or castle - something walled, something strong, something safe. Hence why there are many city names ending in -burg, -borg, -bourg or -burgh all across Northern Europe. One of these is Hamburg, from which the hamburger took its name. That eventually got shorted to 'burger'. So far, so good.

Now, what where the people in these fortified cities called? Burgers - they lived inside the Burg, after all. And like with English citizen, that word eventually expanded from those living behind city walls to all inhabitants of a state.

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You mean... we are the burgers?!

Oh goodie. I can haz?

I always read the news, so yes.

BIG MAC'S IS PEOPLE!

And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)

Obama has a Fourth of July message. It's pretty much your standard patriotic stuff:

Oddly, it's dated July sixth and Obama is talking about Independence Day in the past tense. I guess they uploaded it earlier than they were supposed to.

edited 4th Jul '13 12:28:23 PM by Random888

Hehe, whenever I hear 'Bavaria' I think of the beer called Bavaria.

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I think the UK should also celebrate July fourth as the day they finally got rid of those pesky americans.

Go American!

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All thirteen of them!

Hey, I am also american. Go america! Best continent ever!

Maybe there should be a Pan America day so every one of us on both continents can celebrate and annoy the other half of the world. And maybe the islands in the Carribean too.

Well, I can't wait to celebrate Eurasia Day.

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Well, that would imply we all got our freedom from the british the same day. Which we didn't. What we need is a global alien invasion we can all celebrate fighting off together.

No, I just meant like we should make up a new holiday and celebrate being in the awesomest hemisphere on Earth.

Well, since I am Mexican I dont believe there is a bad excuse to get drunk and wreck shit up.

@ Rambly. Hey, what about Europe Day? Celebrating the best continent-soon-to-be-federation ever.

Fuck this shit. We should abolish all holidays and celebrate "Everyone lets get drunk" day every saturday.

Q: Is there a Fourth of July in England?

A: Yes look at the calendar

edited 4th Jul '13 1:34:07 PM by Trivialis

This needs to be a UN Resolution.

Nah, Europe Day would be too politically charged (and besides, don't we have something like that already?) Eurasia Day is better because it's meaningless enough not to spark any debate.

edited 4th Jul '13 1:34:01 PM by MidnightRambler

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Is Eurasia day an actual thing?

Yes, it's to celebrate our friendly relations with the Russians and the Chinese.

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@ Rambly. I think we have a Europe Day. Europeans (are supposed to) celebrate it in May, to commemorate when Jean Monet signed the Treaty of Rome (creating the European Steel & Coal Communities).

But yeah, Eurasia Day would be fun!

Ah yes, the good old EGKS *

. Where did it go wrong?

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