Streetalk: How do you celebrate the Fourth of July?
June 28, 2009 at 9:20 am by Jeff Slate in Streetalk
Annelise: My father reads the Declaration of Independence every Fourth of July out loud. We have it on our door. He pulls it down, reads it out loud to my mom, the dog and me. He’s a lawyer. It’s why our country was started, so we should remember it. I had a friend over last year and he read the Declaration of Independence. It was great. Then we went to the Waffle House afterward. Now that’s American. Then [for dinner] my mom makes a really big meal and we have an American flag ice cream cake. We’re very patriotic.
Bubba: I like to shoot guns on the Fourth of July to celebrate my freedom. Commie bastards come over to kill us. They’re continually slapping us in the face. I’ll shoot anything that moves — vermin, ’coons, squirrels, greys, beer bottles, armadillos, chickens. Then I eat a pig. I put an apple in his mouth. It’s traditional barbecue, man. And then maybe I’ll ride some motorcycles and watch some fireworks in the graveyard over there at Marietta Boulevard and hang out with the G.B.C. It’s a secret society, man.
Zeus: The independence of America is really the independence of so many other people and different cultures. So I try to spend time with as many friends from different cultures, because that’s what the United States is. If it wasn’t, it would be boring. It’s cool that you can walk through a neighborhood within a 10-block radius of Atlanta and see people from all over the world. Best day to do that is on the Fourth. Everybody barbecues, but every culture has their own dishes. They all bring a little bit of [it] home with them. It’s like, “Wow, I’ve been around the world today.”
June 28th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Zeus, as you’re seeing the world within a ten block walk, keep an eye peeled for that Bubba guy. I’m not saying. I’m just saying.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:30 am
I really want to declare independence with a hat like Zeus’s.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:48 am
The good thing about celebrating Independence Day by giving yourself the name of a bolt-wielding god and donning a lighting rod helmet is that you probably don’t need to worry about an encore.
June 29th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
@bubba –
the dude abides, man.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Whoo Hooo! Heck Yes Bubba! Im stuck in Brussels Belgium for the 4th.. Pop a cap for liberty and Dont forget the Hotdogs and some of them cold Barley pop! Sounds like a typical anger management Thursday at the apb.. GBC style! Reprazent foolz!