Comments on: To America, with love http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/ By Common Consent is the pre-eminent Mormon blog. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ronin http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185577 Ronin Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:22:17 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185577 I left India for America ,and have never returned. I am kinda sorry that I never had any good experiences in the country of my birth, that would make for even the smallest pangs of nostalgia. I left India for America ,and have never returned. I am kinda sorry that I never had any good experiences in the country of my birth, that would make for even the smallest pangs of nostalgia.

]]> By: Left Field http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185509 Left Field Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:33:30 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185509 Ok, I will admit that the Orioles have taken a downturn in recent years (curse you, Jeffrey Maier!), but I take comfort in the fact that the Yankees (still floundering for their first World Championship this century) are losers no matter their W-L record. Ok, I will admit that the Orioles have taken a downturn in recent years (curse you, Jeffrey Maier!), but I take comfort in the fact that the Yankees (still floundering for their first World Championship this century) are losers no matter their W-L record.

]]> By: Ronan http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185508 Ronan Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:29:15 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185508 Depends on the ishiness of ish... Depends on the ishiness of ish…

]]> By: John Mansfield http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185506 John Mansfield Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:16:58 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185506 <i>"... and will be visiting Baltimore again soonish."</i> That hints at a coming milestone worth celebrating. “… and will be visiting Baltimore again soonish.”

That hints at a coming milestone worth celebrating.

]]> By: Ronan http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185505 Ronan Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:13:15 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185505 But Mark, the O's were such abject losers that any effort at merriment was shallow and lame. If the O's were a British soccer team, we would have foregone cheery songs for throwing coins at the players. But Mark, the O’s were such abject losers that any effort at merriment was shallow and lame. If the O’s were a British soccer team, we would have foregone cheery songs for throwing coins at the players.

]]> By: Mark Brown http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185504 Mark Brown Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:06:13 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185504 <blockquote>I seem to remember picking my nose all through the national anthem that night.</blockquote> I can live with that. But if you did that during the seventh inning stretch when everybody stands and sings <em>Take Me Out to the Ballgame</em>, you are dead, <em>dead</em> to me.

I seem to remember picking my nose all through the national anthem that night.

I can live with that. But if you did that during the seventh inning stretch when everybody stands and sings Take Me Out to the Ballgame, you are dead, dead to me.

]]> By: Ronan http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185480 Ronan Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:02:31 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185480 Mark, I seem to remember picking my nose all through the national anthem that night. Marisa, No! Bawlmer is a charming place. Loved it. Mark,
I seem to remember picking my nose all through the national anthem that night.

Marisa,
No! Bawlmer is a charming place. Loved it.

]]> By: Mark Brown http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185479 Mark Brown Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:52:07 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185479 Yikes! My mistake. You're right Rebecca, that is a shirt from the England national team. Which means RJH has even more chutzpah than I originally assumed, but that's why we love him, right? Yikes! My mistake. You’re right Rebecca, that is a shirt from the England national team. Which means RJH has even more chutzpah than I originally assumed, but that’s why we love him, right?

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185478 Rebecca Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:45:01 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185478 #13 - It's an <strong>England </strong>shirt - not ManU! Ronan's a faithful Everton supporter! #13 - It’s an England shirt - not ManU! Ronan’s a faithful Everton supporter!

]]> By: Mark Brown http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/07/to-america-with-love/#comment-185477 Mark Brown Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:33:57 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3963#comment-185477 Ronan, I think it takes a particularly admirable type of chutzpah to wear a Manchester United shirt to an Orioles' game. Ronan, I think it takes a particularly admirable type of chutzpah to wear a Manchester United shirt to an Orioles’ game.

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