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Often such predictions are of a personal nature. So you may stump your toe on the 14th, but that will not impact the world, like Pakistan nuking New Delhi.
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I think we should start a e-mail campaign to the government of Pakistan urging them to launch a nuclear strike against India.
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Saleel or anyone: What are the words to "God Save the Queen"? Because I SWEAR that that's the melody to "My Country 'Tis of Thee"...
"My country 'tis of thee Sweet land of liberty Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrims' pride. From every mountain side Let freedom ring."
Maybe they set the American words to that British song.
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Well, as long as we're talking about jingoistic melodies, I really liked the tune:
"Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran!"
that was popular during the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979. I'm not particularly warlike (though I can be if necessary), but I guess it's because I like the Beachboys' tunes, even if they are just a bit before my time. (I was ~4 or 5 whe the Beachboys first became popular.)
--Baloo
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Yes, "America" was put to the exact music of "God Save the (insert current monarch's geneder-specific title here)". IIRC, the song from which the music of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was taken was called "To Anacreon in Heaven", though I never did bother to find out what an "Anacreon" is...
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