> > I guess somebody should say it today, so that we don't *all* look like cynical, apathetic, unpatriotic Generation X'ers on this forum (excluding, of course, the esteemed Howard):
> >
> > Happy July 4th, folks! Be happy for the freedoms that we enjoy!
> >
> > Iss "in particular, the freedom to make big colorful explosions in the sky tonight" achar
>
> Sorry I missed the festivities (the ones around here, at any rate)... to make up for being a day late, I'll lead us in the singing of the anthem.
>
> "Oh, say, can you see,
> "By the dawn's early light,
> "What so proudly we hail
> "At the twilight's last gleaming."
>
> "Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
> "Through the perilous fight,
> "O'er the ramparts we watched,
> "Were go gallantly streaming."
>
> "And the rockets' red glare,
> "The bombs bursting in air,
> "Gave proof through the night
> "That our flag was still there."
>
> "Oh, say, does that star-spangled
> "Banner yet wa-ave
> "O'er the land of the free
> "And the home of the brave!"

Clap, clap, clap, whistle, whistle, "Yee haw!!"
How"can I top that without falling over backw"ard?