Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 15, 2020
Transcript:
the birth of america: the newspaper story inventing a nation philadelphia, july 2 - the continental congress voted this day to declare independence for america. a document to this effect is expected to be approv-ed to-day. many observers see this as an important step in join-ing the 13 states in a sovereign entity free of the grasping & corrupt policies of the insane king george iii. after lengthy & rancorous debate congress also chose quoits as national pastime and the passenger pigeon as the national fowl. a committee was formed to design a na-tional flag & to devise suit-able punishments for those acting toward said pennant in a disrespectful or destruc-tive manner. this leaves only the selec-tion of a national anthem un-resolved. "just for god's sake make it something singable," said john adams (massachusetts). early pro-posals include "yankee doodle," something by irving berlin, and "george the third is a right olde turd." the weather hazy hot & humid redskins scalp patriots. d-1 the washington post it's independence george 3rd mad as h-ii rends garment, emits spittle & rails at "effrontery" snake: tread on me, will you? king: agh! local merchants plan sales & promotions 4-color supplement details savings celebratory fire-works accident singes wigs declaration approval likely to-day del. hancock to display superior penmanship, insiders say
well-i-never about 4 years ago
A 4-color supplement of a mattress sale would have been revolutionary!
PoodleGroomer about 4 years ago
Fireworks singe wigs or Whigs or Whigs wigs?
Thomas R. Williams about 4 years ago
The archaic long “s” has no crossbar and thus has only a passing resemblance to an “f”.
DCBakerEsq about 4 years ago
I think independence has run its course. Let’s call Mum and make up.
AndrewSihler about 4 years ago
Nobody listened to John Adams, alas, and now we’re stuck with Club Song with limping meter about a battle.
Sisyphos about 4 years ago
Yeah, that’s pretty much how it all went down….