I LOVE the 4th of July! The day never fails to amuse me. Working in the colonies for the past 3 years - on said Independence Day, cue our cousins with the "Have a Happy 4th" salutation. The winner was the Class 6 checkout woman:
"Have a Happy 4th."
"I'm British."
"Don't you celebrate the 4th."
Cue the USAF colonel behind me to double up choking back tears of laughter.
Made worse on 2 fronts. 1. I have the Union Flag on my uniform and 2. For those that know me, my surname (on patch) gives the nationality away somewhat. MM
(It's not all ignorance across the pond though. One of my students, some time ago, mentioned that they'd been to Greenwich and visited the brass meridian line. It was great, "Jumped back and forth across it shouting 'north', 'south'. Fortunately this comment was in a full crew room.....
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