I was downtown yesterday, sitting outside enjoying the nice summer weather and reading my new library book, David McCullough's bio of John Adams (it's really THICK-over 800 pages long!) when this guy comes walking down the street and says "what's that book about?" "John Adams" I said. "Who's he, a Republican???" was the response I got. I almost dropped the book and fell out of the chair-I was stunned. I guess there are people that need to study American history.
Unfortunately, we wind up seeing lots of them on game shows.
Don't know much about history
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Don't know much about history
I'm just a game show nerd.
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Re: Don't know much about history
Was this while you were in Detroit waiting in line to audition for Millionaire?Kazoo65 wrote:I was downtown yesterday, sitting outside enjoying the nice summer weather and reading my new library book, David McCullough's bio of John Adams (it's really THICK-over 800 pages long!) when this guy comes walking down the street and says "what's that book about?" "John Adams" I said. "Who's he, a Republican???" was the response I got. I almost dropped the book and fell out of the chair-I was stunned. I guess there are people that need to study American history.
Unfortunately, we wind up seeing lots of them on game shows.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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Re: Don't know much about history
Kazoo65 wrote:I was downtown yesterday, sitting outside enjoying the nice summer weather and reading my new library book, David McCullough's bio of John Adams (it's really THICK-over 800 pages long!) when this guy comes walking down the street and says "what's that book about?" "John Adams" I said. "Who's he, a Republican???" was the response I got. I almost dropped the book and fell out of the chair-I was stunned. I guess there are people that need to study American history.
Unfortunately, we wind up seeing lots of them on game shows.
Unfortunately, we wind up seeing lots of them voting in elections.
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Re: Don't know much about history
Unfortunately, we end up voting for some of them in elections.wintergreen48 wrote:Kazoo65 wrote:I was downtown yesterday, sitting outside enjoying the nice summer weather and reading my new library book, David McCullough's bio of John Adams (it's really THICK-over 800 pages long!) when this guy comes walking down the street and says "what's that book about?" "John Adams" I said. "Who's he, a Republican???" was the response I got. I almost dropped the book and fell out of the chair-I was stunned. I guess there are people that need to study American history.
Unfortunately, we wind up seeing lots of them on game shows.
Unfortunately, we wind up seeing lots of them voting in elections.
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.