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Anyone doing anything special for the 4th of July? I’m curious if any of you foreign types celebrate it. I know I’ll occasionally celebrate other nation’s holidays as an excuse to do something different. Anyone using this Friday as an excuse to grill something and drink crappy american beer? I know it’s the one day a year I’ll drink a mainstream american beer (usually a budweiser). Just a token one, then I switch to something better.

Besides the beer, I’ll be doing the normal cookout fare. Burgers, hot dogs, probably some brats. Might do the hamburgers as mystery stuffed burgers, we’ll see how much prep work I feel like doing on Friday.

Hope everyone has a great weekend, and a long one if you are lucky.

It's a Friday, so date night with the missus then sleep before work the next day. Why, is something on?

I typically so beach->grill-> then fireworks. This year maybe a little different as it might rain here.

4th of July is like the most American holiday ever.
It was kind of a thing when I lived near the Echelon/NSA base in Bad Aibling, because well, lots of Americans there, so it was fireworks for us Germans, too.
Aside from that, I never saw someone in Germany celebrating it.

 Nevelon wrote:
Anyone doing anything special for the 4th of July? I’m curious if any of you foreign types celebrate it. I know I’ll occasionally celebrate other nation’s holidays as an excuse to do something different. Anyone using this Friday as an excuse to grill something and drink crappy american beer? I know it’s the one day a year I’ll drink a mainstream american beer (usually a budweiser). Just a token one, then I switch to something better.

Besides the beer, I’ll be doing the normal cookout fare. Burgers, hot dogs, probably some brats. Might do the hamburgers as mystery stuffed burgers, we’ll see how much prep work I feel like doing on Friday.

Hope everyone has a great weekend, and a long one if you are lucky.

I intend to be on a floaty in a pool with a margarita watching fireworks.

Grilling steaks with a buddy that's moving to the area. He's from London, so the steaks will be served on American Flag dishes, drinks served in American Flag glasses, and then we'll go watch the local Freedom Fireworks Display.

'Merica!

In return, he's taking us to a Star Wars Burlesque show in town on Saturday. "A Nude Hope"


If it's any good, we might go see Rack of Khan next month.

Don't forget the Freedom Fries with those steaks, or at least Spuds of Liberty!

Rack of Khan? Yes!

Going to my Dad's house.
The day after we're going to a beer festival.
I'm reasonably sure the timing is coincidental.

I'm going to drink alcohol, eat red meat, and blow things up in my backyard.

I'm hoping my Bolt Action American army will come on that day.

Going to be putting some OOP metal WHFB miniatures in a display case at the local FLGS and trying to make a cabinet full of old, worn blister packs look good.

I don't even work there, and I'm putting up the display...

Then it's off to RPG night to psychologically torture a room full of idiots!

Can't figure it out from the thread itself but... what happens on July the 4th?

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Can't figure it out from the thread itself but... what happens on July the 4th?

Americans over eat and explosives manufacturers sexually assault the sky itself.

squidhills wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Can't figure it out from the thread itself but... what happens on July the 4th?

Americans over eat and explosives manufacturers sexually assault the sky itself.

So it's pretty much a typical day in the US?

 jasper76 wrote:
I'm going to drink alcohol, eat red meat, and blow things up in my backyard.

Simple, straightforward, same plan we used on the British.


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 thenoobbomb wrote:
Can't figure it out from the thread itself but... what happens on July the 4th?

US Independence Day. Its the day we went from having a British accent to a Southern accent.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Can't figure it out from the thread itself but... what happens on July the 4th?

Its our Independence Day...analagous to Bastille Day, if that is familiar to you.

I'm grilling. And cooking.

And building models. Probably.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Can't figure it out from the thread itself but... what happens on July the 4th?

It's this: "Celebrate the birth of your country by blowing up a small part of it!"

 Frazzled wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Can't figure it out from the thread itself but... what happens on July the 4th?

US Independence Day. Its the day we went from having a British accent to a Southern accent.

This is an amusing idea indeed.

3rd July: Tally ho, chaps. What are you about this fine morning?
4th July: Howdy, folks. How're y'all doin'?

 kronk wrote:


It's this: "Celebrate the birth of your country by blowing up a small part of it!"

Oh my God, thanks for reminding me that there's a place doing buy 2 get 1 free on fireworks.

 Paradigm wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Can't figure it out from the thread itself but... what happens on July the 4th?

US Independence Day. Its the day we went from having a British accent to a Southern accent.

This is an amusing idea indeed.

3rd July: Tally ho, chaps. What are you about this fine morning?
4th July: Howdy, folks. How're y'all doin'?

Paradigm has the way of it. And in 1836 it went to

"Hola Amigos! Dos Tequilas por favor!"

Grilling steaks, beef ribs, and corn on the cob. Throw back one beer being I am dealing with fire works and maybe breaking out some weapons to go plinking a bit. Then rock on with fire works, and afterwards around the fire get somewhat hammered with Devil Cut and coke

Me and the dark cabal of America hating liberals are going to sit around drinking tea, eating falafel, and disparaging apple pie and country music.

Actually, I'm probably going to drink the latest batch of homebrew somewhere while watching things explode. I wish the STL fireworks were at the Arch this year. I actually get the opportunity for up close viewing, and they move them. :(

My dad and I going to watch the local 1/4 mile car race track. They do an "amateur race night" on the 4th where you bring in any old junker you want and try to get through 50 laps without smacking into each other. It's great fun, even though I don't really like auto racing mainly, it just seems appropriate to do on the 4th. Plus it's kind of a tradition.

Woot forgot it was "We got rid if the US day"



I jest I jest

We don't do squat for it over here as you could probably imagine.

I got it off by accident. Probably just play videogames

Work. The joys of retail...

Otherwise probably just cradle both my US Citizenship certificate and AR15 while thanking God I'm no longer under the tyrannical rule of Queen Elizabeth II...

You never were under the tyrannical rule of the Queen...
Though if it turns out she actually is immortal that could change...

Ok then, the tyrannical rule of Maggie Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair...

I am going to build minis and watch fireworks on TV.

My girlfriend is working on the 4th, so we are moving our own celebration to the 5th. I am hoping my neighbors don't call the cops when we start lighting off fireworks, but typically on years that the 4th falls on a weekend my city turns a blind eye to firework displays that occur a day or two after the 4th.