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[SacTown Chronic]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

If I hear someone say "nukular," "febuary," or "libary," I automatically assume they have the IQ of a small red onion and begin to speak more slowly to suit their needs.

When my kids say "library" I correct them by loudly saying "libary". A lame little joke that cracks me up.

It's from the Simpsons episode where Homer had a crayon removed from his brain which resulted in him being smarter. Homer sez, "Lisa, want to go to the library tomorrow? You'll notice I didn't say "libary" or tomorrey."

Libary. Libary. LIBARY.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

When my kids say "library" I correct them by loudly saying "libary". A lame little joke that cracks me up.

It's from the Simpsons episode where Homer had a crayon removed from his brain which resulted in him being smarter. Homer sez, "Lisa, want to go to the library tomorrow? You'll notice I didn't say "libary" or tomorrey."

Libary. Libary. LIBARY.

I hope that you do it loudly inside the actual library. When visiting New York City as a small child, my dad found it hilarious to stick out his hand to passersby when a street wasn't very crowded and say loudly, "Hey! Can you spare some change? I've got SIX kids here!" My mom was, of course, mortified. I think that was his point. We younger kids thought it was the funniest thing ever and did the same thing for several days. My poor mom.

GC, I think your point about most of us coming as immigrants is a good one, but not so much here. I don't think anyone here wants to stop immigration. I wouldn't be here without illegal immigration. My grandfathers parents snuck across the Canadian border from Germany and paid a Dr. for a birth certificate for him (he was just a baby). So technically, he's not a citizen. He's been here for 86 years though, and collects social security, so I guess it's a moot point.

[Alex]

I'm here fully legally. On my fathers side my grandmother has a pretty complete geneology that goes back to the Maine area before the Revolutionary War and on my mother's side all her grandparents entered, legally, from Norway in the 1940s. I also have never hired an illegal cheaply.

Does this earn me the right to tell others how they can enter the country?

Though frankly I'm unclear on how it would be that if I did have an ancestor who entered the country illegally means I have given up the right to disapprove. I may have ancestors who owned slaves (though if they were all in Norway and Maine then probably not) and I reserve the right to disapprove of that.

Since there is so much space left in the country I am assuming you're advocating putting all the illegals in the Badlands of Wyoming where they can garden and bus tables for all the gringos who aren't there. There is a lot of empty space in this country but that is a fallacious point since the immigrants (legal or otherwise) don't go where the people aren't but mostly go to the most crowded areas of the country.

But again, if they can arrange things such that they can support themselves I don't care if they're allowed in, in whatever numbers that is. But we have, I feel, the obligation to know they're here. And if they come on work visas then boot them out when they're done.

I also think that being born on U.S. soil to non-U.S. citizens should not automatically grant citizenship.


As for nukular, considering half of the nuclear physicists I knew at UW (and I knew a lot of them) said nukular I can't really get too upset about it. However, another word that immediately makes me angry is "sammich" for "sandwich."

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I also think that being born on U.S. soil to non-U.S. citizens should not automatically grant citizenship.


As for nukular, considering half of the nuclear physicists I knew at UW (and I knew a lot of them) said nukular I can't really get too upset about it. However, another word that immediately makes me angry is "sammich" for "sandwich."

I believe the time has come to amend the constitution to put a halt to automatic citizenship based on being born here.

My pet peave word is "lookit". I hate it when my kids (or my wife, for that matter) tell me to "lookit". I also dislike when someone has to use the word "like" every third word of a sentence. "It was, like, when I went to, like, the mall and, like, got those, like, hot jeans!"