# "Saturday, in the park, I think it was the 4th of July..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289 "2011-08-27T14:28:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/41 "2011-08-27T22:32:53Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/42 "2011-08-27T23:12:42Z")
What’s that flower you have on? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/43 "2011-08-27T23:20:05Z")
It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday, everybody’s looking forward to the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/44 "2011-08-27T23:41:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Just wake me up when September ends. But do you remember the 21st night of September, when love was changing the minds of pretenders? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/45 "2011-08-27T23:42:38Z")
[It’s time!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwXXkceKojs&feature=related) (youtube vid) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/46 "2011-08-28T00:20:48Z")
S - A T - U - R D - A - Y Night! ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/47 "2011-08-28T00:38:23Z")
I don’t know about other days, but there were certainly too many sad days, too many Tuesday mornings. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/48 "2011-08-28T00:50:49Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Is it raining again, crap, the levee is gonna break. not to worry I drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/49 "2011-08-28T00:51:09Z")
I don’t remember the fireworks, or the rain, but I do remember the gator lizards in the air. So, I must have been just a WEE bit high. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/50 "2011-08-28T01:05:41Z")
I believe it may have been a day of future past. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/51 "2011-08-28T01:57:51Z")
In any case he probably only came down from the high by Wednesday morning at five o’clock, as the day began. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/52 "2011-08-28T03:33:18Z")
Its a Saturday night and I aint got nobody I got some money cuz I just got paid. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/53 "2011-08-28T03:36:17Z")
Could’ve sworn it was the 12th of never. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/54 "2011-08-28T03:42:48Z")
It’d be much clearer if he could find that confounded bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/55 "2011-08-28T04:05:55Z")
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/56 "2011-08-28T04:24:49Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What’s that flower you have on? If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/57 "2011-08-28T05:00:51Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Ya think? Let’s see, ya also remember a lot of firecrackers, cherry-bombs, and stuff like exploding all around you? Might be a clue there, Einstein… Was it MacArthur Park? Cause that would explain the amnesia. I mean the man did walk into a great sandstone building. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/58 "2011-08-28T08:13:45Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > But do you remember the 21st night of September, when love was changing the minds of pretenders? No, but I do remember that everyone would gather on the 24th of May, sitting in the sand to watch the fireworks display. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/59 "2011-08-28T12:05:47Z")
All I know is that it’s now Sunday. BLOODY Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/60 "2011-08-28T12:20:40Z")
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