I still don't understand | why WE are celebrating this...

But since it involves super fireworks, it works for me. I've just come back from the park (it's 2320 now), where we had the usual 4th of July party...Yes, we celebrate this every year, with hundreds and hundreds of people in the park watching fireworks, having fun...Does this happen in other countries too? Hey, you non-Americans out there, tell me! But the fireworks were great, so I can't complain...And the crowd, very many indeed. Ballons, flags, etc...

What the hell?

Dude, that makes NO sense at all.  I'm at work; everyone else is at work, nobody here gives a toss about July 4th, and I live less than an hour away from the damn country, as opposed to being on the other side of the world.

BTW, we celebrated Canada Day (well, I went to a friend's birthday and then got drunk and danced my ass off at the local industrial club night) on Sunday.

Yeah, I thought so. I mean it's not like it was like this the entire day, but since seven or eight pm people started gathering in the parc and by the time we got there the party was already going on...

(Edited by Amor Fati at 1:38 pm on July 4, 2001)

i oughta' get drunk off my ass on boxing day sometime.

here in chicago we celebrate mexican and puerto rican independance days, simply because of the large presence of the respective nationalities...

I don't even know if we celebrate our own National day with all this fuss. It's in winter, so fireworks would look strange...

i would almost think that would be more beautiful.

I think so, too.

The Mexican and Puerto Rican holidays make sense, but I don't get the 4th in Romania.  Is there any specific, tangible connection to the states that Romania has that other European countries don't?

face it dude, people will take any reason they can find to party their asses off.

"humans: the party species"...

Good point.  Some friends of mine, who are of completely European stock, have started to celebrate Cinqo de Mayo annually.  They've also been known to observe the lesser known Quatro, Ocho, and Nuevo de Mayo as well.

heh.

it's like that here, with fireworks.

i've heard people blowin' stuff up every day since puerto rican indipendence day.

it's "fireworks season", don'tcha' know.

4th of July
isn't that when u get all patriotic and stuff?

my birthday is the 3rd of July, and that's good enough reason for me to drink and blow things up

all patriotic for what? i'm partially native american.

Inertia, the connection is that everybody here wants to go there, that's still "the promised land" for most of us here.Still the mighty-nation-whose-example-we-have-to-follow.

Well, I supose I should hate 4th July. But, I dont give a shit, we dont celebrate it in England, cos it would be like Jews celebrating Hitlers birthday.

Quote: from JuggleFoe on 5:45 pm on July 4, 2001
face it dude, people will take any reason they can find to party their asses off.

"humans: the party species"...

True because I am suffering from a hell of a hang over.