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This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?

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F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.

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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.

dcp - May 26, 2006 3:17:02 pm PDT #1998 of 10002

The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

...one of my ancestors had the distinction of being the youngest Confederate General. Yay?

Stephen Dodson Ramseur?

They said nice things about him: [link]

Jessica - May 26, 2006 3:18:02 pm PDT #1999 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Quite good! A little rambling as to what its actual point was, but lots of nice sharp dialogue. (And some of it surprisingly blunt, like hearing Julie Andrews say "Oh god, I hope I don't get pregnant!", which is I imagine part of what landed it in the Controversial Classics box.)

Jessica - May 26, 2006 3:20:17 pm PDT #2000 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Stephen Dodson Ramseur?

Huh, no -- William Young Conn Humes, who doesn't appear in Wikipedia at all. I may have my facts wrong (maybe he was the youngest when he was promoted, or something?) See, if I'd made it to Cincy tonight I could ask my dad, since it's his family.

erikaj - May 26, 2006 3:27:29 pm PDT #2001 of 10002

Always Anti-fascist!

My people were really here first. Really, really. Apart from that I come from...nsm.

dcp - May 26, 2006 3:34:27 pm PDT #2002 of 10002

The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

William Young Conn Humes

Looks like he was the youngest CSA general to survive the war.

eta: I only knew about Ramseur because of the unusual name, and because he was an alumnus of the college where my Dad (the Civil War buff) used to teach.

Lee - May 26, 2006 3:56:56 pm PDT #2003 of 10002

The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Today was utterly and totally frantic and sucky, but soon all your SA will belong to me. YAY

Jessica - May 26, 2006 4:17:19 pm PDT #2004 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Looks like he was the youngest CSA general to survive the war.

Ah, that was it! Well, I was close.

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