Okay. Here’s our final list. Images will be up for your Thing sometime tomorrow, Thursday. I’m still searching for some of them!
HERE ARE THE PLAYERS:
1) Alexander Hamilton — sheila
2) The Constitution — Cullen
3) ‘NSYNC — sarahk
4) Baseball — Lisa
5) The Liberty Bell — Kate P
6) Old Glory — Sal
7) Opportunity — ricki
8) Jazz — Katie
9) Gene Wilder — Brian
10) Mark Twain — nightfly
11) American Idol — Maggie May
12) Google — Sarah
13) Denzel Washington — Kathi
14) Dean Martin — WordGirl
15) PostSecret — red fish
16) Paul Bunyan — Anita
Stay tuned to be assigned to your U.S. Open Player. The tournament hasn’t progressed that far yet, but we are prepared!
Oh darn. Now I’m questioning my ‘NSYNC resolve. Because I forgot THE GRAND CANYON! My very favorite place in the whole USA. ::sneeze::LOSER!::sneeze:: ‘NSYNC is funnier, though. I’m always going to question my decision, trace. Thanks for doing that to me.
No, no, no, NO!! ‘NSYNC is genius! Do not question it.
I hate typing it, but I love it as a choice. It’s FUNNY.
Besides, sweetie, the Grand Canyon is a Force of Nature and not something we made up culturally.
‘NSYNC is brilliant.
Oh. You’re right! I will not question it. It’s teh awesome!
het awesome! eht awesome! eth awesome!
eth is. I really think eth is.
Cullen gets the WHOLE Constitution? Not fair. I would argue that people should be allowed to select particular sections or amendments that they particularly love.
Oh, all right.
I’ll pick “opportunity.” As in – you may have been a poor farmer from Ireland when you immigrated here, but a few generations later, your descendants are going to college and are in positions considered upper-middle-class. The fact that, at least in some cases, class is something you can transcend…we don’t have a caste system.
I’m not saying this well and I’m sure there will be someone who will bring up some horrible example of how I am WRONG, WRONG and it’s only people of euroanglo descent who get the opportunity. But whatever. Part of MY family arrived here with basically nothing but the clothing on their backs, and 4 generations later, the family has engineers and professors and ministers and stuff in it.
Katie took Jazz. Now I am sad.
I guess I’ll go for Mark Twain.
Ricki-
I was thinking of that one, too. I think you phrased it very well.
As my old economics professor said, “This is a pretty amazing country, seeing as how it was populated by the dregs and outcasts of other societies.”
Hmmmm. I have some inspirational choices in mind…some personal choices…some sarcastic choices.
I have to go with sarcastic, so…American Idol?
nightfly –
Great minds think alike. It took me forever to decide between Mark Twain and jazz. I seriously almost went with him.
Can I have Post Secret?
red fish — Sweet Moses. That is an AWESOME choice! Of course you can!
These choices are all so great, everyone!! WOO-HOO!!
Nobody went with Jimmy Stewart… I’m sad for you, Sarah. Then again, nobody picked John Wayne, either. I’m kind of kicking myself over that. Oh well, Twain’s fine. Could you imagine the Duke’s boo-bye speech, though?
I didn’t come into this contest to get picked, mister. I didn’t come into this contest to be liked. I came here to do a job, and by God I’m gonna do that job, and it don’t matter whether ya notice it or not. Ya got what ya asked for, and good luck to ya. If you’ll excuse me…
For full effect, hum “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” while you read it.
NF — Hahahahahahaha!
Oh, boy, this is gonna be fun.
Maybe it will help me figure out tennis too!
Yay, I can’t wait! And nightfly, hahahahaha.