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Old 04-17-2008, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by BobVigneault View Post
It's a GREAT picture Daniel. Here's why.

It says - "Hey YOU with the funny hat! See these guys with funny hats. These are actors pretending they are revolutionary guards. We had to get actors to pretend because we kicked the butts of the real ones back to their little island. Yeah, a bunch of farmers got tired of a despot trying to dictate from across the BIG LAKE! So stay in your place and we'll let you wear your funny hat in America. Get out of line and we're going to go 1776 all over your papal rump!"

(Sorry to my brothers from Britain, my ancestors were Acadians. I'm still a tad bitter.)
No need to apologize to me; I supported the colonies (hypothetically speaking of course, I was not born in 1776).
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