{"id":1186,"date":"2019-07-04T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T19:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2019-07-03T18:02:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T01:02:01","slug":"a-humorous-look-the-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/04\/a-humorous-look-the-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"A Humorous Look at Why We Might Be Better Off Not Having Fought the Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BarbecuedI sit writing this on the day we Americans celebrate our independence from the British. Jack and I spent the day with friends, eating fruit, barbecued pulled pork on a bun, cole slaw and fries. We enjoyed iced tea\u2014both sweetened an un- \u2014and that most American of desserts, apple pie. Like many of you, we celebrated the Fourth of July unmindful of the heat, concentrating more on the coldness of the watermelon.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t help but wonder what we would have celebrated in July had we not fought the War for Independence. Maybe we shouldn\u2019t have\u2014we wouldn\u2019t have had the War Between the States if there\u2019d never been any states, for example. So here are ten reasons we might have been better off if we\u2019d remained British. I\u2019ve never claimed to be a scholar, and you\u2019ll soon see why I\u2019m right. Please excuse any mis-statements.<\/p>\n

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  1. We would have tea. Not just the drink, which is delicious, comes in lots of blends, and is so much more soothing than coffee to drink when you have a cold. I mean the activity, TEA. Sitting back, relaxing, \"Afternoonsipping a wonderfully warm, bracing blend such as Darjeeling while nibbling on tiny sandwiches, cake and biscuits (cookies to us Yanks). And when you ordered tea in a restaurant they would be faster to recognize when you need more hot water. Now you’re basically ignored. \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n
  2. We could lay claim to thousands of years of glorious history. I have to admit, as a die-hard Virginian, are somewhat snobbish about history when we visit places like North Dakota. Not that ND doesn\u2019t have a resplendent history, but Virginians are rather prideful. (She says with \"Yorkpride.) Anyway, if we\u2019d remained British, we could point to things like Stonehenge, York Minster, and Beatrix Potter\u2019s house and say to the rest of the world, \u201cLook what we have, nyah, nyah, nyah!\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. The British have the coolest currency. If we hadn\u2019t broken away, we too could have pretty colored paper money, and easy to figure out coinage. Plus, when your pockets are full of pounds, you feel rich (and you walk a little to one side), even if you only have $15.<\/li>\n
  4. We\u2019d have a queen (I mean that in the royal sense of the world, not the Elton John sense). A president is pretty neat, but gosh, a QUEEN. Think of it. I really like Queen Elizabeth. Call me crazy, but I love her clothes, her hats and even her handbags. (Queen Elizabeth, if you\u2019re reading this, maybe you\u2019d be appreciative enough to offer an invite to Balmoral?)<\/li>\n
  5. If we were still one country, maybe air fare would be cheaper, or maybe they\u2019d keep the QE II running, but at reasonable prices. I\u2019m all for a quick weekend trip to Great Britain.<\/li>\n
  6. We\u2019d have been taught to pronounce words like \u201cEdinburgh,\u201d \u201cCheltenham,\u201d and \u201cMagdalen College.\u201d Or why they have seven rivers named River Avon, though the word avon itself means river. So it\u2019s really Stratford-upon-River? Somehow that loses something in translation.\"Monty<\/li>\n
  7. We could claim PG Wodehouse, Oscar Wilde, Hugh Laurie, anyone who speaks with a Scot accent, but especially Sean Connery, The Bodleian, Diana Riggs, Stephen Fry, Monty Python, Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery, Camelot and magic, Richard Burton, and I could go on and on.<\/li>\n
  8. We\u2019d already drive on the left side, so when we took those inexpensive vacations and rented a car, we\u2019d know what the hell we were doing.<\/li>\n
  9. We\u2019d have Boxing Day AND Christmas\u2014twice the celebrations!<\/li>\n
  10. The Brits are known for their stiff upper lip. Sometimes we Americans could use a bit of that.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Okay, so I\u2019m kidding about all this. Even with the problems and troubles we have, the political squabbling, and the economic ups and downs, we\u2019ve grown from an insignificant little nation to a rather remarkable force. A force for good more than evil, or at least I think so.<\/p>\n

    On this July Fourth as on every other of my life, I\u2019m proud to be an American. Proud, tall (which I\u2019m happy to say is a relative term, since I’m pretty darn short) and unashamed.<\/p>\n

    \"JulyI thank the men and women who have fought\u2014and still fight\u2014to allow us our bar-b-ques and our arguments and celebrations. Without you, we would be driving on the left and eating bangers and mash instead of hotdogs. Thank you for your sacrifice.<\/p>\n

    Happy birthday, America, and may you stay strong and well.<\/p>\n

    Dee<\/a><\/p>\n

    Only a Good Man Will Do<\/a>: Seriously ambitious man seeks woman to encourage his goals, support his (hopeful) position as Headmaster of Westover Academy, and be purer than Caesar’s wife. Good luck with that!<\/p>\n

    Naval Maneuvers<\/a>: When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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