"I fear there must be a mistake. I have an aunt in New Brunswick..."

[hildy89]

I had a "1776" moment over Thanksgiving. Alas I couldn't use the reference. My grandmother was talking about a George Washington biography she was reading and how one of the hardest to control militias was the group from New Jersey. I restrained myself mightily from piping up with the line "Are you up for whoring drinking and New Brunswick?" Somehow I didn't think it would go over very well.

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[majkia.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I am wretchedly history challenged. I blame it all on a teacher I had in 7th grade who made us learn by rote and would stand a couple of us up individually and quiz us every day on what we were supposed to have read.

I lived in terror of her. I was always terribly shy so even if I knew what she asked quite often I'd bumble the answer in embarrassment and fear.

Needless to say, after that exposure to history I avoided all subsequent history classes like the plague.

I keep telling myself I ought to read more history stuff, but then my to be read pile already reaches to the moon... sigh.

Too many books (to read and to write) too little time...

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

"Wake up, Franklin! You're going to New Brunswick."

I love that film

[hildy.livejournal.com]

"The hell I am. What for?"
"The whoring and the drinking."
"Why didn't you say so?"

Really sad how much of that musical I can quote off the top of my head... the funny thing is my grandmother and I have seen 1776 at a dinner theatre together. I believe we were served by North Carolina or Georgia, one of the Southerners which pleased her Carolina heart.

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry, John. The history books will clean it up."

Same here. Equally sad. Whole sections float aimlessly through my head and the one that comes out most often (considering where I live):

"Mr. President, have you ever been present at a meeting of the New York legislature. They speak very fast and very loud and nobody listens to anybody else. With the result that - nothing ever gets done.