The Conversation America Celebrates the Most

"Oh, since you're looking, I mean since the sun's just up, at what we thought was so awesome last night and then it got too dark,"

"Um..Yes?"

"and how it's ginormous stripes, you know the whole time during the battle, when we were peeking over the boat's sides, were flapping around all over the place looking wicked awesome with its stars and all, and when the artillery shells kept blowing up and the rocket fire lit up the thing and its stars in the dark making it look red,

"That was pretty cool."

"...totally showed how it was totally still there last night at least!"

"That's a bit tautological."

"Hey, that flag, is that flag still up? Flapping over this brave, liberty-lovin' country the whole time? "

"Brave? You'll have to tell me since you were the one cowering behind the ramparts and had to ask me if the flag was still up. That is to say, yes. And you can stand up now. "