The Fourth of July is a bit like celebrating My First Teenage Strop

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 9:37, archived)

"You can go to this Tea Party in Boston, but you have to be home by midnight."
"oh but Muuuuuuuuuuum!"
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 9:42, archived)