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stillcool

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16. My father and 4 of his brothers...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2020, 06:48 PM

May 2020

Last edited Sun May 24, 2020, 07:33 PM - Edit history (1)

all served in WWII..and Memorial Day was like a wake, followed by an Irish funeral. The American Legion, and the VFW. Good times had by all. Now it's the grand opening of summer. The day of remembrance that no one remembers.

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It is improper to say "Happy Memorial Day" [View all] Stinky The Clown May 2020 OP

I understand your point but Srkdqltr May 2020 #1

Would you go to a funeral and call it a happy day? Stinky The Clown May 2020 #4

Apples and onions Srkdqltr May 2020 #7

Been to a few like that JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #9

I was at a funeral a few years back, very somber affair, held graveside in the cemetery . . . Journeyman May 2020 #12

no, it isn't Skittles May 2020 #13

If you're a trumpist Turbineguy May 2020 #2

I grew up in the country, across the road from a cemetery Maeve May 2020 #3

Amen Stinky The Clown May 2020 #5

It may not be improper. but it certainly marybourg May 2020 #6

it is improper Skittles May 2020 #14

Memorial Day is the only holiday that I hate Victor_c3 May 2020 #8

Veterans Day is a mixed-feelings day. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #10

Don the Con recently said malaise May 2020 #11

I cringe when I hear it or read it Skittles May 2020 #15

My father and 4 of his brothers... stillcool May 2020 #16

Trump: "Happy Memorial Day" to Japanese troops keithbvadu2 May 2020 #17

When I was a kid Srkdqltr May 2020 #18

What really PISSES me off on Memorial Day are the insensitive, Totally Tunsie May 2020 #19

Memorial Day is "observed", Collimator May 2020 #20

One of my wife's uncles was killed by the Nazis in the very last days of World War II. hunter May 2020 #21