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   Your Name to All   
   Re: May the Fourth be with you!   
   18 Jul 22 09:23:01   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.starwars   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2022-07-17 14:41:37 +0000, s|b said:   
   > On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:41:51 +1200, Your Name wrote:   
   >>   
   >> It is word play, but based on the backwards American date, so it   
   >> doesn't work anywhere else in the world that uses correct dates. Same   
   >> with the silly "Pi Day" and the other wordplays based on dates.   
   >   
   > Just when I thought you couldn't do worse, you went ahead and ruined Pi   
   > Day as well. ;-)   
      
   Americans can't even keep it consistent themselves ... they insist on   
   using backwards dates everywhere, but then make a movie with a correct   
   date called "Born on the Fourth of July" based on a biography book of   
   the same name.  :-\   
      
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