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Feb. 12th, 2009 01:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
There are not, on the whole, many things that would make me wish I lived in America. In fact, apart from the International House of Pancakes (why don't we have those over here? Seriously, why? How many fucking Starbucks does one city need, and not a single place to get delicious pancakes?) the only thing I really envy is the effort they put into Halloween. Like, I'm sat here watching Jericho, and bear in mind these people have just survived a nuclear Apocalypse, not to mention the fact that they live in Kansas so their lives must be shitty anyway, what with the hurricanes and Superman being such a dick and all, but when Halloween rolls around, the decorations go up, the costumes go on and the candy comes out. Over here the only acknowledgement we get is like, a selection of three shitty plastic masks at your local 24-hour Spar, and that's only if it's a big Spar.
Seriously, England. Learn.
Seriously, England. Learn.
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Date: 2009-02-12 01:35 am (UTC)This coming from a pancake whore. Once in a while they rock my socks, but rarely do they ever live up to their claims.
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Date: 2009-02-12 02:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-24 11:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-24 11:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-12 04:41 pm (UTC)And, yes, Kansas sucks. Okay, there are some people who actually like living in the midwest, and their feelings are valid. But from my perspective, I hope to never have to move back there again.
(Oh. And they get tornadoes. Hurricanes usually hit areas more to the southeast of Kansas.)
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Date: 2009-02-24 11:11 pm (UTC)(Aren't they the same thing? I should mention, everything I learnt about violent weather came fromWizard of OZ, that episode of American Gothic where Caleb tries to make a tornado chamber out of a blender, and Eerie, Indiana)
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Date: 2009-02-25 05:18 pm (UTC)Tornadoes are clouds which form into wind funnels which move across the sky. When they actually come low enough (what's often called "touching down"), they can cause a lot of destruction. They are often accompanied by rain, but not always.
Tornadoes can actually cause a lot of damage on one side of the street while leaving the other side mostly untouched (something I saw during my time in Kansas). That's not really something that would happen with a hurricane, as they're more full sky weather events.
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Date: 2009-02-27 12:01 am (UTC)Fucking English people. Stop your bitching and get to celebrating Halloween properly. Dicks.