# "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:** 5
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/81 "2011-08-29T02:52:08Z")
Tuesday’s gone with the wind on a midnight train to Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/82 "2011-08-29T03:20:05Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > Tuesday’s gone with the wind on a midnight train to Georgia. Funny you should mention that…I’ve got [Georgia On My Mind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thls_tMuFkc) ---
**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 29, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/83 "2011-08-29T03:37:12Z")
Nothing matters but the weekend, from a Tuesday point of view. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/84 "2011-08-29T04:56:46Z")
Well, temporal to the current gregorian and practical calender, if I were to guess that I saw fireworls this year on july Fourth, I would be wrong. I was in the park and enjoying the official fireworks on the 3rd. this year. They decided to hold the festivities on the weekend.So the question is… what you smokin’? ---
**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 29, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/85 "2011-08-29T05:12:06Z")
All I know is I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison, whenever that was. And I went to pick her up in the rain. But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck, she got runned over by a damned old train. But I digress. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/86 "2011-08-29T05:22:02Z")
Oh, well. [Tuesday’s dead anyway.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0a-1e6Xktk) [Not that it amounts to much in the end.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HmJX11_AQE) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/87 "2011-08-29T05:22:07Z")
[Austin City Limits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9coh7mBHwr4) ---
**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 29, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/88 "2011-08-29T05:27:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > All I know is I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison, whenever that was. Another sleepy, dusty, delta day? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/89 "2011-08-29T09:01:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I remember [Sunday morning](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OsfzU_XRas). It will never be the same. [It’s really nothing at all.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cWzxJvgWc8) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/90 "2011-08-29T11:02:39Z")
I don’t like Mondays. I want to shoot the whole day down. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/91 "2011-08-29T14:34:54Z")
After snorting up soda and pissing my pants laughing (hmmm a new FLA? PMPL??? Coinage!) I thank you all for the laugh because Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down… ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/92 "2011-08-29T14:40:16Z")
dammit…someone else stole my joke…and my FLA… I guess it’s time to get wild and loose… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/93 "2011-08-29T15:44:40Z")
April, come she will, when streams are ripe and swelled with rain. ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/94 "2011-08-29T15:49:36Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Is it raining again, crap, the levee is gonna break. The rain, the park, and other things. ---
**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 29, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/95 "2011-08-29T15:53:05Z")
Well, cry me a river, why doncha? ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/96 "2011-08-29T15:58:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I remember [Sunday morning](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OsfzU_XRas). It will never be the same. Well, there’s something in a Sunday makes a body feel alone… I’ve got a feeling I don’t want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/97 "2011-08-29T16:01:52Z")
It’s a fantabulous night to make romance 'neath the cover of October skies. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/98 "2011-08-29T16:50:34Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > Tuesday’s gone with the wind on a midnight train to Georgia. Good-bye Ruby Tueday. When it’s cold outside, I got the month of May. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/99 "2011-08-29T17:11:53Z")
If it’s Tuesday, this must be Belgium If it’s Wednesday, this must be Rome If it’s Thursday, this must be Montreux I feel I never wanna go home ---
**Author:** ![ghostbusters2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@ghostbusters2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostbusters2)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/100 "2011-08-29T19:35:05Z")
I’m sure it was a Sunday - I distinctly remember the smell of someone frying chicken as I was coming down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289.md?page=6)