# "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:** 6
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/101 "2011-08-29T19:47:02Z")
> [@ghostbusters2](#): > > I’m sure it was a Sunday - I distinctly remember the smell of someone frying chicken as I was coming down. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad so I had one more for dessert, which I was riding through on a horse with no name … ---
**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, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/102 "2011-08-29T19:53:44Z")
Oh yes, now I remember, it was April the forty-first, being a quadruple leap year. ---
**Author:** ![zseckley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a8b319/32.png) [@zseckley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zseckley)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/103 "2011-08-29T21:24:07Z")
Perhaps it was 4 in the morning, the end of December. Or maybe, the 1st of May! (NSFW) [Jonathan Coulton in LA -03-First Of May - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRhPeJ3uzOc) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/104 "2011-08-29T21:35:36Z")
Was it late December back in '63? Oh, what a night! ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/105 "2011-08-29T22:26:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Just wake me up when September ends. Wake up, Maggie, I think I got something to say to you. It’s late September and I really should be back at school. ---
**Author:** ![Miss-Informed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Miss-Informed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss-Informed)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/106 "2011-08-30T00:02:27Z")
I can’t recall what day it was, but I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died… they said for the last few weeks that he suffered and he cried. ---
**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 30, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/107 "2011-08-30T00:42:27Z")
Where are those sweet Septembers, the joy my heart remembers? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/108 "2011-08-30T04:34:48Z")
Regardless, let’s party like it’s 1999! ---
**Author:** ![Llano\_Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Llano\_Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llano_Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/109 "2011-08-30T06:20:58Z")
It was late in September, The sky turned to snow, All around the day, Was going down slow. ---
**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 30, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/110 "2011-08-30T11:42:49Z")
No, it’s stupid bloody Tuesday, boy, you’ve let your face grow long. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/111 "2011-08-30T21:26:29Z")
You guys are killing me. Softly. ---
**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 30, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/112 "2011-08-30T22:57:11Z")
They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s just as bad. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/113 "2011-08-30T23:08:40Z")
Wednesday’s worse. Thursday’s oh so sad. The eagle flies on Friday, on Saturday I go out to play. [Sunday rolls around… I get down on my _kneeeees…_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7PpXSC1NN4) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/114 "2011-08-31T03:12:54Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > Totally missed **JRDelirious** ’ post. :smack: I blame Grooving on a Sunday afternoon at Itchycoo Park. Don’t sit down in that park on Sunday or you’re going to need some kind of ointment – and for you it’ll be a very special Manic Monday. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/115 "2011-08-31T04:32:19Z")
[Little Wing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7kijaKIJY8&playnext=1&list=PL6406E5D6EFF89786) [Little Face](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPD5tGtQ5U) [Lil’ Devil](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BMZdmFa-HU) ---
**Author:** ![Walther\_Ego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Walther\_Ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walther_Ego)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/116 "2011-08-31T11:42:11Z")
It was a new day yesterday but it’s an old day now… ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/117 "2011-08-31T13:33:26Z")
Yesterday…all my troubles seemed so far away… ---
**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 31, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/118 "2011-08-31T13:40:39Z")
Stop bothering me! I’m trying to put time in a bottle… ---
**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 31, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/119 "2011-08-31T16:19:51Z")
Do you think this thread will still be alive in the Year 2525? ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289/120 "2011-08-31T19:01:04Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > Do you think this thread will still be alive in the Year 2525? Only if man is still alive… Signs are good, we made it past 1999… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-in-the-park-i-think-it-was-the-4th-of-july/594289.md?page=7)