My wife and son are American. I'm not. But I know what respect an honour are. A friend of mine, currently based in the US posted this as his facebook status:
What an absolute pillock! A more rude, selfish and stupid phrase I have not heard in a long time.
He then had an open conversation with his wife which concluded with him saying:
I'm hoping he doesn't read this blog but if he does.... well my opinion is still the same.
So if you have a friend who might have forgotten that Memorial Day is to remember the fallen here are a few blogs that you might like to get them to visit:
Hat tip to Bouhammer for the drawings
kthanxbai!
Xxxx Xxxx is remembering the fallen by shopping the sales, bar-b-q and opening up of swimming pools
What an absolute pillock! A more rude, selfish and stupid phrase I have not heard in a long time.
He then had an open conversation with his wife which concluded with him saying:
I got jeans and shorts - I will remember the vets every time I wear them....
I'm hoping he doesn't read this blog but if he does.... well my opinion is still the same.
So if you have a friend who might have forgotten that Memorial Day is to remember the fallen here are a few blogs that you might like to get them to visit:
- Knottie's niche
- Bostonmaggie
- Sippican Cottage - Do Flowers Grow on Porkchop Hill?
- From Cow Pastures to Kosovo -
- 1 West Tennessee Veteran's Cemetery Prepares for Memorial Day
- 2 In Memory
- You Served -God Speed 1LT. Roslyn L. Schulte
Hat tip to Bouhammer for the drawings
kthanxbai!
Very well said! The U.S. never failes to dampen the true meaning of holidays!
ReplyDeleteGreat Post! Thanks for this.
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