I just come from long line of farmers. Both my parents grew up on farms, and so on back in Germany and Finland. No one's fought in an American war.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
tommyrot - May 26, 2006 2:48:35 pm PDT #1988 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ginger - May 26, 2006 2:53:50 pm PDT #1989 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
We have more Czech peasants?
:: raises hand ::
I could be in the DAR courtesy of one Lt. Ezra Tucker, who was a fourth-generation American. It's never seemed worth the trouble, except when I have the urge to snoot it over some of these anti-immigration people and point out how much better things would be if my ancestors had restricted immigration before their ancestors came over. One problem with this argument is that the Bushes are Mayflower descendants and the Tuckers arrived about 15 years later.
beth b - May 26, 2006 2:54:33 pm PDT #1990 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
too many newbies in my family, no revolutionary war fighters here
Topic!Cindy - May 26, 2006 2:54:45 pm PDT #1991 of 10002
What is even happening?
On my mother's side, my grandfather always claimed we were descended from *those* Scottish Stewarts, but he was kind of crazy.
We're Stuarts (Scottish) on my mother's side.
Spidra Webster - May 26, 2006 2:55:53 pm PDT #1992 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
The Halloweenie will be eligible to joint the D.A.R. as Johan Schmeh fought in the Revolutionary War
I'm totally going to call you David Schmay from now on.
Amy - May 26, 2006 2:55:53 pm PDT #1993 of 10002
Because books.
Wait, maybe it was that spelling of Stuart...?
Oh crap. The Ick has eaten my brain. Someone pass the Fernet...
Topic!Cindy - May 26, 2006 3:02:53 pm PDT #1994 of 10002
What is even happening?
They spell it both ways, Amy.
Jessica - May 26, 2006 3:03:05 pm PDT #1995 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have no Revolutionary War relatives that I know of. The Humes branch of my family fought on both sides of the Civil War (courtesy of living in different counties in Tennessee at the time), and one of my ancestors had the distinction of being the youngest Confederate General. Yay?
[And, oddly tangential to this conversation, E and I just finished watching The Americanization of Emily, which was produced by a relative on the other side of my family.]
sumi - May 26, 2006 3:12:31 pm PDT #1996 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I have Revolutionary War AND Mayflower people on my dad's side of the family.
Plus, my tail-male ancestor was in North America because he was transported to Boston as a prisoner of war.
megan walker - May 26, 2006 3:12:55 pm PDT #1997 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
[And, oddly tangential to this conversation, E and I just finished watching The Americanization of Emily, which was produced by a relative on the other side of my family.]
How was it? I received a whole box of "controversial classics" for Christmas and have yet to watch any of them.