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HipChick

(25,485 posts) Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:05 AM Oct 2012

Christoper Columbus was a damm blasted liar..

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Christoper Columbus was a damm blasted liar.. (Original Post) HipChick Oct 2012 OP

He was also considered brutal. I don't know why it's still a holiday. He was NOT the first one here. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #1

It should be "OhioSmith Day"! Only right as October 12 is my birthday! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #2

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Donkees Oct 2012 #6

Thank you Donkees! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #7

Yeah, I've known people with similar problems, including my mother. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #9

Happy b-day! GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #13

Thank you GPV! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #14

:^D GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #15

You haven't made the grade ... JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #18

Thank you JABOTB! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #20

Straight up. geardaddy Oct 2012 #3

It's Indigenous People's Day. geardaddy Oct 2012 #4

"Indigenous People, Ohio", doesn't work! "Erikson, Ohio", maybe! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #5

Columbus Ohio is just a myth anyway, I don't know anyone that's ever been there. n/t A Simple Game Oct 2012 #10

That wasn't Columbus?! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #11

Pssss...Columbus, OH is just Geary, IN. When you fly in, everyone changes the signs to Columbus ones Taverner Oct 2012 #16

Damn Hoosiers! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #17

Woody Hayes discovered America! JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #19

So the Buckeyes would have a place to slap around that team from up north! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #21

Which wave of indigenous people? 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #22

Really just doing his banking at Cayman Islands Donkees Oct 2012 #8

I am not old enough to have known the man, so I can't corroborate your statement. eom yawnmaster Oct 2012 #12

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

1. He was also considered brutal. I don't know why it's still a holiday. He was NOT the first one here.

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:58 AM

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ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

2. It should be "OhioSmith Day"! Only right as October 12 is my birthday!

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 01:59 PM

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When I was a little kid we got school off on Columbus Day. I thought it was cause of my birthday. In grade three I learned the horrible truth. It wasn't about me at all!

Donkees

(31,407 posts)

6. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:21 PM

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ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

7. Thank you Donkees!

Reply to Donkees (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:22 PM

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HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

9. Yeah, I've known people with similar problems, including my mother.

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:42 PM

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GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)

13. Happy b-day!

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 03:56 PM

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ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

14. Thank you GPV!

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #13)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 03:58 PM

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GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)

15. :^D

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 04:03 PM

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JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)

18. You haven't made the grade ...

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 05:55 PM

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... until your birthday is always celebrated on a Monday!

Happy Birthday!

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

20. Thank you JABOTB!

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 06:08 PM

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geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

3. Straight up.

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:08 PM

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Damned liar and d-bag.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

4. It's Indigenous People's Day.

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:10 PM

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Or Leif Erikson Day.

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

5. "Indigenous People, Ohio", doesn't work! "Erikson, Ohio", maybe!

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:16 PM

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A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)

10. Columbus Ohio is just a myth anyway, I don't know anyone that's ever been there. n/t

Reply to ohiosmith (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 03:17 PM

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ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

11. That wasn't Columbus?!

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 03:20 PM

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Taverner

(55,476 posts)

16. Pssss...Columbus, OH is just Geary, IN. When you fly in, everyone changes the signs to Columbus ones

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 04:08 PM

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Little joke that's been going on a few hundred years

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

17. Damn Hoosiers!

Reply to Taverner (Reply #16)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 04:20 PM

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JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)

19. Woody Hayes discovered America!

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 05:57 PM

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Why else would Columbus be there?

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

21. So the Buckeyes would have a place to slap around that team from up north!

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #19)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 06:24 PM

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4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)

22. Which wave of indigenous people?

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 06:33 PM

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The ones the the europeans met or the ones those natives had wiped out previously? Or the ones before that or before that or . . .

Donkees

(31,407 posts)

8. Really just doing his banking at Cayman Islands

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:31 PM

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yawnmaster

(2,812 posts)

12. I am not old enough to have known the man, so I can't corroborate your statement. eom

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 03:54 PM

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