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lid says...
> T wrote:
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> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> >> >>
> >> >> Rhode Island celebrates VJ Day in August (8th, I think).
> >> >
> >> > Let's hope not, since we bombed Nagasaki on the 9th.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Did the bomb have a banner reading "Mission Accomplished"?
> >>
> > No it didn't. However VJ Day is no longer Victory over Japan day because
> > they really didn't want to **** off Toray Plastics which is based here
> > in RI.
> >
> > It's now Victory day but we are the only state that celebrates it.
> >
> > But then we were the last state to ratify the Constitution. That tells
> > you a little something about Rhode Island.
>
> It was probably far enough under the radar that Congress just forgot to
> send it the paperwork...
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Actually we insisted on some of the more protectionist clauses in the
Constitution.