findings of my house committee on un-american activities
j*n and l**ne have left [just trying to ward off googlers with prying eyes], and i'm kind of sad. their holiday made me feel like i was on holiday from the more sordid aspects of my existence. before they left, we had french toast and peaches and went to target, which they don't have in canuckistan. i considered going home with them to toronto; i could call my boss in the morning and say, "calling from out of the country too expensive to talk i lost my passport and can't get past customs won't be in today bye!" i like it in toronto. except that real estate is kind of crazy expensive. cost of living is one of the spectacular things about living in cleveland. and they don't have target in toronto, and i don't know if i could live without target. but according to this quiz, maybe i should have gone home with them. i am apparently only 34% american - and i live here.
posted by laura at 7:12 PM
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I got 53% on that quiz. But that alcohol question might have thrown off my score because I don't drink at all...
"Most times you are proud to be an American.
Though sometimes the good ole US of A makes you cringe
Still, you know there's no place better suited to be your home.
You love your freedom and no one's going to take it away from you!"
_, how in the world did you answer the alcohol question, then? there was no "no alcohol" option. hey, you aren't an old straight-edger, are you? or are you just saying you don't drink because you're too young to drink legally and don't want to get busted for it???
Old straightedger, except I do drink caffeine, so I'm not on the level of Crucial Youth. If you don't know who Crucial Youth is, you might want to look up stuff about them because you might find them funny.
I also eat meat, so I'm just of the Minor Threat variety of straightedger (I think they might have drank caffeine).
I just answered with wine because I like sparkling grape juice.
i'll look up crucial youth. i laugh at your minor threat reference, though, because justin and his old hardcore buddies use them as a reference point all the freakin' time.
crucial youth - not so, well, crucial, i think. people with limited life experience espousing any kind of extreme is rarely a good idea.
the one thing i liked off their site: the cartoon in which the hardcore guy said, i like to think of our music as aggressive jazz. ha!
i did learn that ian mckaye was in minor threat. i had no idea. what can i say - from 1980 to 1983, i lived in a posh houston suburb and listened to country and top 40. i can't help it. at least i'm listening to better music these days.
I'm 26% American and have only been to Hawaii when I was 10 - wouldn't think that would do much for my American-ness.
What can I say, lager beer is nicer than dark ale and American was the only kind they'd let me pick!
I think your quote above "people with limited life experience espousing any kind of extreme is rarely a good idea" should be a bumper sticker:)
My husband sent that to me last week at work. He was in your 30% range. I was in the low 20% range. But then, I'm a mixed bag of ethnicity and so I'm not the kind of 'Americans' that are popular right now. I'm not going to wave the flag like this is the greatest culture in the world because I KNOW that there are better places out there. But this is where I am. Maybe we can change the rules and make dissent truly American again.
lorem, may your tribe increase.
Another 34% American here.
I refused to answer the cheese question because they didn't have a wide enough selection.
I haven't taken the test yet, I've been working since yesterday! I'll either be Archie Bunker American or Ethel Rosenberg - there's no moderation for me.
Hansen, answer the cheese question man! We know that you are a cheese eating surrender monkey.
Oh yeah, _, my name 'graces' the pages of 'How's your edge - edge breaker' ... I think One Life Crew also wrote a song about me and a few mates as well 'Liberal Fruits'.
It was either Chilean pisco or Belgian beer, I can't remember, but anyhow, breaking 'the edge' out of the country can't be a good argument for my Americanness.
I was 34% American too - how bizarre, so many 34% scores?? and I didn't answer the cheese or the alcohol question because none of them described me. I was surprised I scored as high as 34% since i haven't lived in the States for 10 years. You can take the girl out of America, but not America out of the girl I guess!
34% - but I didn't like some of the answer options (I answered them all anyhow).
We should all expect a knock on the door, the men in black shall be arriving for the reeducation camp.
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