smokinvokoun
Dennis Stamp
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Post by smokinvokoun on May 21, 2010 15:41:45 GMT -5
I have, thankfully, never met anyone who didn't know there were 50 states. Thinking that there are tons of people who don't know is kinda sad and shocking.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on May 21, 2010 15:43:32 GMT -5
The country could become a state, but chooses not to. I'm not sure about that. I know there are lots of people in PR and DC who want statehood and talk about the obstacles into becoming one. Every time it's been put up to a vote, it's been voted down by the people. So, I guess that's an obsticle, eh? And let's see...50 states, one district, and territories Guam, Samoa, US Virgin Islands, and PR.
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 21, 2010 17:21:31 GMT -5
There are 49 states.
Vermont doesn't count.
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Post by Cela on May 21, 2010 17:27:37 GMT -5
There should be a few more, but good old colonization lives on. Fah Samoa.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 21, 2010 17:27:54 GMT -5
There are 49 states. Vermont doesn't count. I woulda picked...
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Allie Kitsune
Crow T. Robot
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 21, 2010 17:36:27 GMT -5
Hell, from what I've heard, there are Canadians out there who'd love to offload Ontario (especially Toronto) to the US.
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Post by -Lithium- on May 21, 2010 17:45:27 GMT -5
I personally think we could merge North and South Dakota. They don't warrant being separated...
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Post by richardslinger on May 21, 2010 17:50:30 GMT -5
In the ICP song "F*** The World" they say "F all 52 states". So in addition to how magnets work,they are perplexed by the number of states.
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Post by PaperStreetBrigade on May 21, 2010 17:57:53 GMT -5
What amazes me even more is when someone manages to get the number of states right, then guess the right number of senators per state, only to somehow guess the wrong amount of total senators.
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Post by KStrick on May 21, 2010 18:08:37 GMT -5
***NOT ARGUING POLITICS***
During the election season, Obama claimed to campaign in "Fifty... seven states"
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lotus
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Post by lotus on May 21, 2010 18:41:00 GMT -5
The US needs to buy out Yukon and British Columbia, Alaska needs to stop being a freak State. Too bad Russia doesn't own them. Being from Alaska, I can easily say that our opinions of the rest of you guys isn't so hot either.
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Post by Free Hat on May 21, 2010 19:23:44 GMT -5
Hell, from what I've heard, there are Canadians out there who'd love to offload Ontario (especially Toronto) to the US. I don't know about Ontario, but you can have Alberta once the oil dries up.
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theryno665
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Post by theryno665 on May 21, 2010 20:33:25 GMT -5
Puerto Rico is usually another one mentioned when people think there are more states than there are. The country could become a state, but chooses not to. A girl at work thought there were 52 states, but instead of claiming Puerto Rico was one, she said it was Cuba instead. I don't remember what she thought the other state was, I think she counted Hawaii twice. Another co-worker almost convinced her that the Golden Gate Bridge ran from California to Hawaii, only for me to ruin it when I wasn't let in on the joke.
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Johnny Danger (Godz)
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on May 21, 2010 21:08:23 GMT -5
In the ICP song "F*** The World" they say "F all 52 states". So in addition to how magnets work,they are perplexed by the number of states. "And f*** you!" (No, I'm not insulting you, that's simply the next verse after Violent J proclaims "F*** all 52 states!") So, yeah, ICP can be blamed for this one too. Clown love to you and yours!
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Post by Throwback on May 21, 2010 22:28:23 GMT -5
don't the 50 stars on the American flag represent the states?
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polexia
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Post by polexia on May 21, 2010 22:30:48 GMT -5
i learned my states through the song (the one where you say all the states alphabetiaclly)
but as a child of pageants i always wondered why DC wasen't part of the song.
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Post by Free Hat on May 21, 2010 23:14:55 GMT -5
don't the 50 stars on the American flag represent the states? Yeah, and the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies.
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Post by Throwback on May 21, 2010 23:54:18 GMT -5
don't the 50 stars on the American flag represent the states? Yeah, and the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies. I just learned something new. Why are some red and some white?
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kidglov3s
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Post by kidglov3s on May 21, 2010 23:59:24 GMT -5
Yeah, and the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies. I just learned something new. Why are some red and some white? So as to constipate anyone who would choose to shit on the flag. Duh. (language warning)
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Post by Free Hat on May 22, 2010 0:17:46 GMT -5
Yeah, and the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies. I just learned something new. Why are some red and some white? As far as I know, the colours don't have any special significance. Or at least they didn't originally.
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