Keep Alaska for the scenery. Get rid of South Carolina, the troublemakers. That state tried to secede from the Confederacy (the first one) and has not quit being obnoxious since.
In 2007, when this strip was originally printed, the 50-star flag became the longest used version of the US National flag. I guess that’s why Beth was commenting on the old 48-star flag (1912-1959), which is easy to spot because the stars are directly under each other, rather than offset as they are now.
Feel free to impress your friends and relatives with this piece of utterly useless trivia tonight while you celebrate our independance.
Heh… turns out the “original” Boston Tea Party was only partly about taxes… seems there was also something about a huge corporation with a big lalapalooza of a tax exemption selling tea in Boston at supreme discounts undercutting the local merchants…
Not that we have anything that even remotely resembles that today…
zero almost 14 years ago
Tea Party. Tea Bagging. It’s all Boston to me. And the Washington Monument looks more & more like a huge fallacy(sic) symbol.
Happy Forf…
randayn almost 14 years ago
Happy Independence Day, Everyone!
Yukoneric almost 14 years ago
Depends…………. Brief rebelion……….
Charles Brobst Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Kick Alaska and Arizona out of the Union. Let’s go back to 48.
lewisbower almost 14 years ago
The fireworks in Boston tonight will be when we take first placefrom the Empire State today.
Spyderred almost 14 years ago
Keep Alaska for the scenery. Get rid of South Carolina, the troublemakers. That state tried to secede from the Confederacy (the first one) and has not quit being obnoxious since.
Chrisnp almost 14 years ago
In 2007, when this strip was originally printed, the 50-star flag became the longest used version of the US National flag. I guess that’s why Beth was commenting on the old 48-star flag (1912-1959), which is easy to spot because the stars are directly under each other, rather than offset as they are now.
Feel free to impress your friends and relatives with this piece of utterly useless trivia tonight while you celebrate our independance.
Wildcard24365 almost 14 years ago
Heh… turns out the “original” Boston Tea Party was only partly about taxes… seems there was also something about a huge corporation with a big lalapalooza of a tax exemption selling tea in Boston at supreme discounts undercutting the local merchants…
Not that we have anything that even remotely resembles that today…