U.S. history question....

[Street Worm]

When I was in school we learned about Columbus and kinda skipped over the whole Viking thing......

Grade school US History in the early '60s wasn't really real-but it was nice~ [img]eek.gif[/img]

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ September 28, 2004 01:48 PM: Message edited by: Street Worm ]</font>

[Andyman]

Originally posted by Moviemaniac4:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Cemetery Man:
We first learned about him back in some early grade that I vaguely remember.
After the lesson we made cinnamon toast "boats" with paper-and-toothpicks sails stuck in them. This was a way to learn about the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, and then we ate the fleet.

Either that or there was some subtle lesson about discovering new worlds in relation to a well balance breakfast. If some kid got Montezuma's Revenge out of the deal, it would've been the perfect segue into a lesson of Spain's involvement with the Aztecs.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You learn by eating the fleet....... [img]eek.gif[/img]

What you do for Pearl Harbor ? A buffet ???</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">God I laughed hard at that!

Which reminds me...when I worked in the converter lab at Comcast one of my fellow workers was half Japanese. Every December 7th I used to make a paper airplane, light it on fire, throw it at him and yell, "Tora, Tora, Tora!" [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Darkest Angel]

...and you are not up on hate crime charges because...? [img]wink.gif[/img]

Hmmm...now, I am sure I had to do stupid elementary school art projects, too...but damned if I can recall any single one of them. You know...maybe a person really can drink too much. Go figure. *shrugs, opens another bottle*

[Andyman]

Originally posted by -Dark Angel-:
...and you are not up on hate crime charges because...? [img]wink.gif[/img]

Hmmm...now, I am sure I had to do stupid elementary school art projects, too...but damned if I can recall any single one of them. You know...maybe a person really can drink too much. Go figure. *shrugs, opens another bottle*

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">He was only half Japanese so I only half meant it. Nah, it was all in fun. In fact he started to remind me to do it the years I would forget. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Moviemaniac4]

Oh, by the way....

His name was "Cristobal Colon", not "Christopher Colombus". I wonder why we have to translate names to english...we don't call your president "Jorge"

Anyway, that came to my attention when watching "Master and Commander" (go rent). You imagine this Colon guy who takes a bunch of sailors and criminals into open waters to the unknown, with the storms, the pressure from the crew, etc.....

[StV]

...sure, we learned all about Chris.

...in 1492.

...Columbus sailed the blue.

...he hit a rock.

...and out came his ****.

...and his pissed all over his crew!

...The End!

[img]biggrin.gif[/img]

[Slytherin Snape]

Originally posted by Andyman:
Which reminds me...when I worked in the converter lab at Comcast one of my fellow workers was half Japanese. Every December 7th I used to make a paper airplane, light it on fire, throw it at him and yell, "Tora, Tora, Tora!" [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LMFAO!!! That is so wrong it's..... right! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Moviemaniac4]

Originally posted by StV:
...sure, we learned all about Chris.

...in 1492.

...Columbus sailed the blue.

...he hit a rock.

...and out came his ****.

...and his pissed all over his crew!

...The End!

[img]biggrin.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]confused.gif[/img] Why I even bother......

[Biohazard]

well i went to the catholic school, so we were taught christopher columbus had some crazy jesus-addled vision that said "hey! keep going, you won't fall off the end!"

........or maybe i just didn't pay that much attention and i'm really bitter about that whole time of my life.

i blame the ADHD.

[Biohazard]

oh, and then we got really dry turkey and questionable gravy for lunch that day....