So, is this Freedom Trail thingy just another elaborate ploy on the part of the Empress to mock the Brit again? Huh? Huh?
Have you not heard the story of my trying to join the D.A.R.?
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
Aims - May 26, 2006 12:43:19 pm PDT #1945 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
vw bug - May 26, 2006 12:44:57 pm PDT #1946 of 10002
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Are you serious, Aims? I totally have to hear that story.
Aims - May 26, 2006 12:51:38 pm PDT #1947 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My grandmother has done a very extensive geneaology of our family. In particular, the Campbell/Bamford line. The Bamford's were NOT on the Mayflower, but the boat after, IIRC. From Scotland.
My grandmother was able to confirm that we did, indeed, have an ancestor that fought in the American Revolution.
I was excited about this and wanted to join the D.A.R. I called my grandmother to find out what documentation she had, she asked why, I told her, she laughed. I asked why she was laughing. She informed me that I couldn't join the D.A.R. because ... our ancestor? Did fight in the Revolution. FOR THE BRITISH.
After the British lost, they went to New Brunswick where a lot of them remain. The "traitors" moved back to the states and settled in Michigan.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 26, 2006 12:53:15 pm PDT #1948 of 10002
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Can I ask what D.A.R. actually stands for? I suspect it's not something a Brit would necessarily know...
Aims - May 26, 2006 12:53:36 pm PDT #1949 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
So, no, Pete. I would not mock the Brit.
Well, ok, I won't mock you for the Revolution. I will for other reasons, though.
Adorable.
Sparky1 - May 26, 2006 12:54:25 pm PDT #1950 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
D.A.R. = Daughters of the American Revolution
vw bug - May 26, 2006 12:54:33 pm PDT #1951 of 10002
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Oh, Aimee, that's hysterical!
Can I ask what D.A.R. actually stands for?
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Aims - May 26, 2006 12:56:07 pm PDT #1952 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
D.A.R.
Daughters of the American Revolution. High falutin' club only for female descendant's of people who fought in the Revolution.
There is also another high falutin club called The Mayflower Society. That Joe can join. Personally, I don't think it should count if your ancestor FELL OFF THE BOAT.
Ginger - May 26, 2006 12:56:10 pm PDT #1953 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Aimee's a Tory!
vw bug - May 26, 2006 12:57:03 pm PDT #1954 of 10002
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Miles Standish is a distant relative. I think he's 11 greats uncle.