Obama gives Queen Elizabeth II an Ipod with his speeches

[KRonn]

Edit:  And, incidentally, we did have a minor protocol heart attack when George W Bush winked at the Queen

Yeah, but did he ever take her for a ride around the ranch in his pickup truck?  I think the Queen missed out on that. 

[garbon]

If it's OK for the Sultan of Brunei to give Bush a CD entitled "Jazz for Quiet Moments," a custom engraved ipod for the Queen seems OK.

Nay. A gift of apple products is never appropriate.  And it certainly isn't appropriate to give a copy of your own speeches when you are about as worldly as a newborn.

[Sheilbh]

Nay. A gift of apple products is never appropriate.  And it certainly isn't appropriate to give a copy of your own speeches when you are about as worldly as a newborn.

I thought it was of the Queen's state visit to the US in 2007 (though she already has a DVD of that, from the Bushes).

Anyway the Daily Mail is very excited by the whole presence of the Queen:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1166490/Michelle-Obama-breaks-royal-protocol-giving-Queen-hug.html

[garbon]

I thought it was of the Queen's state visit to the US in 2007 (though she already has a DVD of that, from the Bushes).

The intro article for this thread and one I read from bloomberg said that it had songs (show tunes), some photos and stuff from the queen's state visit and then 3 speeches by Obama.

Here's from the Chicago SunTimes:
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/1508272,obama-queen-elizabeth-ipod-040209.article

photos of the president's January inauguration, as well as mp3s of Obama's inaugural address and his 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention.

I guess Hillary was wrong.  Obama didn't just give a speech in 2004...he gave it to the Queen.

[derspiess]

Obama should have included his audio book in there

[Caliga]

I'm a bad person - I laughed at most of those.

Particularly this one:

"If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." (at a 1986 World Wildlife Fund meeting)

Yeah, that's pretty brilliant.

I love that guy.  Didn't he actually make a spear-chucker joke when he was in Swaziland once?  Prince Philip for Emperor.

[Sheilbh]

I thought it was of the Queen's state visit to the US in 2007 (though she already has a DVD of that, from the Bushes).

The intro article for this thread and one I read from bloomberg said that it had songs (show tunes), some photos and stuff from the queen's state visit and then 3 speeches by Obama.

Here's from the Chicago SunTimes:
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/1508272,obama-queen-elizabeth-ipod-040209.article

photos of the president's January inauguration, as well as mp3s of Obama's inaugural address and his 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention.

I guess Hillary was wrong.  Obama didn't just give a speech in 2004...he gave it to the Queen.

Oops.  British press hasn't mentioned that

[fhdz]

I love that guy.  Didn't he actually make a spear-chucker joke when he was in Swaziland once?  Prince Philip for Emperor.

Australia, actually, talking to aborigines.

[Syt]

It does seem like such a crass gift though - is Best Buy Obamas sponsor or something?

Joschka Fischer once gave Colin Powell a couple bottles of Flensburger beer, a favorite of Powell during his time stationed in Germany. Powell later returned the bottles to Fischer in a plastic bag at their next meeting so that Fischer could collect the bottle deposit.

[Syt]

During her reign Her Majesty has received lacrosse sticks, sunglasses, a pair of sandals, pineapples, eggs, a box of snail shells, a grove of maple trees, a dozen tins of of tuna and 7kg of prawns.

Sounds like souvenirs from a Carribean vacation (except the maple trees).

[FunkMonk]

Obama should have gave the queen the gift of unrestrained national power.

[Berkut]

It does seem like such a crass gift though - is Best Buy Obamas sponsor or something?

Joschka Fischer once gave Colin Powell a couple bottles of Flensburger beer, a favorite of Powell during his time stationed in Germany. Powell later returned the bottles to Fischer in a plastic bag at their next meeting so that Fischer could collect the bottle deposit.

See, now that is fucking cool.

Although I don't really like beer.

[DGuller]

It does seem like such a crass gift though - is Best Buy Obamas sponsor or something?

Joschka Fischer once gave Colin Powell a couple bottles of Flensburger beer, a favorite of Powell during his time stationed in Germany. Powell later returned the bottles to Fischer in a plastic bag at their next meeting so that Fischer could collect the bottle deposit.

[KRonn]

It does seem like such a crass gift though - is Best Buy Obamas sponsor or something?

Joschka Fischer once gave Colin Powell a couple bottles of Flensburger beer, a favorite of Powell during his time stationed in Germany. Powell later returned the bottles to Fischer in a plastic bag at their next meeting so that Fischer could collect the bottle deposit.

Wow... what kind of prices are on your bottle deposits anyway?     

[Syt]

Wow... what kind of prices are on your bottle deposits anyway?     

Germany? 0.08 (normal bottle) or 0.15 € (swing top cap).