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Title: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Bluebook on September 03, 2013, 10:09:21 AM
Well, not really, but I will be in the same room as him.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 03, 2013, 11:06:05 AM
How come? :)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: The Brain on September 03, 2013, 11:06:30 AM
Try to figure out what his cock in your mouth would feel like and report back to Dorsey.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Bluebook on September 03, 2013, 11:15:30 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 03, 2013, 11:06:05 AM
How come? :)
State visit to Sweden tomorrow and the day after
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 03, 2013, 11:57:03 AM
Quote from: Bluebook on September 03, 2013, 11:15:30 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 03, 2013, 11:06:05 AM
How come? :)
State visit to Sweden tomorrow and the day after

But why will you be there?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Bluebook on September 03, 2013, 12:02:16 PM
I'll give you all the details tomorrow. Not sure if the itinerary is public.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: DGuller on September 03, 2013, 12:02:44 PM
Quote from: The Brain on September 03, 2013, 11:06:30 AM
Try to figure out what his cock in your mouth would feel like and report back to Dorsey.
:rolleyes: I'm not Dorsey.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Grey Fox on September 03, 2013, 12:12:23 PM
But Dorsey is you.

We know there's a difference, blabla bla.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: KRonn on September 03, 2013, 12:25:42 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on September 03, 2013, 12:02:16 PM
I'll give you all the details tomorrow. Not sure if the itinerary is public.

Pretty cool, sounds pretty interesting.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 03, 2013, 12:49:26 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on September 03, 2013, 12:02:16 PM
I'll give you all the details tomorrow. Not sure if the itinerary is public.

I look forward to hearing about it.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Eddie Teach on September 03, 2013, 01:05:14 PM
Dorsey likes college football. Guller likes NASCAR. Dorsey: outrednecked by a Slav.  :P
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: DGuller on September 03, 2013, 01:34:55 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 03, 2013, 01:05:14 PM
Dorsey likes college football. Guller likes NASCAR. Dorsey: outrednecked by a Slav.  :P
:( I'm just watching it for the crashes, I swear!
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Threviel on September 03, 2013, 01:56:51 PM
Bluebook works in the Swedish government IIRC as a political representative. So we want to hear all the good stuff.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: mongers on September 03, 2013, 05:39:14 PM

Quote
Next, the two leaders will motor over to the Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, KTH) for a half hour look at the university's energy innovation research. The programme will focus on Swedish innovations within the Chemical Science division, with specific attention paid to fuel cells and solar cells.

?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 06:50:41 PM
!
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on September 03, 2013, 06:52:21 PM
The Secret Service is pouring over Languish posts right now.   :)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Phillip V on September 03, 2013, 06:57:28 PM
I was in a room with then-Senators Clinton and Obama, but was too much of an asshole to take a picture with them.

I was then forced to take this picture with Bush.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/188625_1002683342460_9602_n.jpg)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Sheilbh on September 03, 2013, 07:00:06 PM
You look thrilled.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 03, 2013, 07:14:14 PM
Yeah, my only time I've been close to a POTUS was Dubya as well.  Weak.

Would've loved one with Bill.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Phillip V on September 03, 2013, 07:25:50 PM
I could get a pic with Bill if I went to work for his foundation as a lowly slave. No thanks!
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:27:27 PM
I also shook Sarah Palin's hand. YOU BETCHA.

My hand later fell off. Luckily, I had the Hand of Vecna in my safe.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 03, 2013, 07:27:52 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

Shook Al Haig's hand, in his one and only campaign stop in Baltimore.  All three dozen of us volunteers and the single state campaign manager were there.   :lol:
My nipples were as hard as Pershing IIs.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: jimmy olsen on September 03, 2013, 07:33:52 PM
Quote from: DGuller on September 03, 2013, 01:34:55 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 03, 2013, 01:05:14 PM
Dorsey likes college football. Guller likes NASCAR. Dorsey: outrednecked by a Slav.  :P
:( I'm just watching it for the crashes, I swear!
I can't watch it on tv, the circles just bore me. But if I'm flipping stations on the radio and come across it, I get sucked in. The broadcast makes it sound really exciting.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ideologue on September 03, 2013, 08:33:59 PM
NASCAR prefigured Days of Thunder, thus must be of some cultural value.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 08:37:53 PM
RIP DICK TRICKLE
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: 11B4V on September 03, 2013, 08:38:36 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on September 03, 2013, 06:57:28 PM
I was in a room with then-Senators Clinton and Obama, but was too much of an asshole to take a picture with them.

I was then forced to take this picture with Bush.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/188625_1002683342460_9602_n.jpg)

You the chick?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Phillip V on September 03, 2013, 08:50:55 PM
Don't put me in your wank bank.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: katmai on September 03, 2013, 10:10:27 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:27:27 PM
I also shook Sarah Palin's hand. YOU BETCHA.

My hand later fell off. Luckily, I had the Hand of Vecna in my safe.
does this makes us kinda Eskimo brothers ?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Duque de Bragança on September 04, 2013, 02:35:58 AM
Quote from: mongers on September 03, 2013, 05:39:14 PM

Quote
Next, the two leaders will motor over to the Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, KTH) for a half hour look at the university's energy innovation research. The programme will focus on Swedish innovations within the Chemical Science division, with specific attention paid to fuel cells and solar cells.

?

/The Brain  :nerd:

That's where Dolph Lundgren studied.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ideologue on September 04, 2013, 02:41:07 AM
I'm pretty good at kungliga.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Syt on September 04, 2013, 02:41:59 AM
Dolph Lundgren: the most awesome Swede of the 20th century.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Archy on September 04, 2013, 05:56:21 AM
I was once in the same room as Laura Bush :ph34r:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Syt on September 04, 2013, 06:05:41 AM
Quote from: Archy on September 04, 2013, 05:56:21 AM
I was once in the same room as Laura Bush :ph34r:

Better than Barbara, I suppose. :P

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Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 06:10:57 AM
Quote from: Archy on September 04, 2013, 05:56:21 AM
I was once in the same room as Laura Bush :ph34r:

Hopefully it wasn't because she drove through the wall.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Phillip V on September 04, 2013, 06:19:33 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 06:10:57 AM
Quote from: Archy on September 04, 2013, 05:56:21 AM
I was once in the same room as Laura Bush :ph34r:

Hopefully it wasn't because she drove through the wall.

I'm sure she has reformed and put to rest the ghost of the boy she killed with her car.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 07:05:48 AM
Quote from: katmai on September 03, 2013, 10:10:27 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:27:27 PM
I also shook Sarah Palin's hand. YOU BETCHA.

My hand later fell off. Luckily, I had the Hand of Vecna in my safe.
does this makes us kinda Eskimo brothers ?

I guess.......
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: DGuller on September 04, 2013, 07:16:18 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 06:10:57 AM
Quote from: Archy on September 04, 2013, 05:56:21 AM
I was once in the same room as Laura Bush :ph34r:

Hopefully it wasn't because she drove through the wall.
:pinch:




:lmfao:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:15:00 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

I've met - and chatted with - Joe Biden. :)

I've also met:

Jesse Jackson
George Bush Sr
Bob Dole
Michael Dukakis
Dick Gephart
Paul Simon
Jack Kemp (very gruff guy)
Pat Robertson (who was very nice in person)

I was a Student Worker at the 1988 Iowa Caucuses. ^_^
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2013, 08:22:15 AM
I listened to Jesse Jackson for a second and then walked away when he mentioned, I believe it was Katrina and George Bush.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Capetan Mihali on September 04, 2013, 08:23:24 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:15:00 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

I've met - and chatted with - Joe Biden. :)

I've also met:

Jesse Jackson
George Bush Sr
Bob Dole
Michael Dukakis
Dick Gephart
Paul Simon
Jack Kemp (very gruff guy)
Pat Robertson (who was very nice in person)

I was a Student Worker at the 1988 Iowa Caucuses. ^_^

What was Paul Simon running for?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:33:34 AM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 04, 2013, 08:23:24 AM

What was Paul Simon running for?

President

That was the year of the ridiculous number of candidates for Democratic nominee, none of whom had a chance. :P
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Syt on September 04, 2013, 08:36:11 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:15:00 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

I've met - and chatted with - Joe Biden. :)

Was he lucid at the time? Or did he say something hillarious? :)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:39:32 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2013, 08:36:11 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:15:00 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

I've met - and chatted with - Joe Biden. :)

Was he lucid at the time? Or did he say something hillarious? :)

It was 25 years ago. He was charming, funny (in the right ways), and clever. I remember most vividly how intelligent he seemed, and that he took our questions very seriously. As a high school senior, that was increidbly important to me.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Syt on September 04, 2013, 08:43:18 AM
Nice slogan:

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Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:47:17 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 04, 2013, 08:22:15 AM
I listened to Jesse Jackson for a second and then walked away when he mentioned, I believe it was Katrina and George Bush.

He was a pompous ass when I met him. That was, again, 25 years ago, and he was just kind of hitting his stride as a public figure, but the memory that I have of him was that he was incredibly rude. He was particularly awful to the worker bees, though he'd turn on the charm the second one of the other candidates came around him.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:48:35 AM
I met and spoke with Biden on multiple occasions, also sat next to him at a football game.  I dated a girl in Delaware for 2 years whose dad was Biden's architect.  He was a nice enough guy on the surface at first, but his act sort of wore thin.  As far as Delaware politicians go, I much prefer (now Senator) Carper.  He's tacked a little to the left since he entered the Senate, but he always came across as a pretty genuine guy.

I guess on the GOP side, the highest ranking politician I've met was John Kasich-- when he was a congressman in the early 90s.

Never cared much for meeting politicians, though.  Meeting sports legends like Paul Brown & Art Donovan meant more to me than possibly meeting any president in my lifetime, save for Reagan.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:49:48 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:47:17 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 04, 2013, 08:22:15 AM
I listened to Jesse Jackson for a second and then walked away when he mentioned, I believe it was Katrina and George Bush.

He was a pompous ass when I met him. That was, again, 25 years ago, and he was just kind of hitting his stride as a public figure, but the memory that I have of him was that he was incredibly rude. He was particularly awful to the worker bees, though he'd turn on the charm the second one of the other candidates came around him.

My brother met him last year.  Doesn't sound like he's changed much.

Having said that, I'd love to hear him read "Green Eggs & Ham" in person :)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:50:54 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:48:35 AM

Never cared much for meeting politicians, though.  Meeting sports legends like Paul Brown & Art Donovan meant more to me than possibly meeting any president in my lifetime, save for Reagan.

So my meeting John Elway - and spending several hours in a hotel bar talking football with him - means more than the other list? ;)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:53:27 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:50:54 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:48:35 AM

Never cared much for meeting politicians, though.  Meeting sports legends like Paul Brown & Art Donovan meant more to me than possibly meeting any president in my lifetime, save for Reagan.

So my meeting John Elway - and spending several hours in a hotel bar talking football with him - means more than the other list? ;)

Duh.  That's on par with me taking a leak next to Joe Theismann.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Syt on September 04, 2013, 08:56:14 AM
In the 90s we took a school trip to Hamburg to visit a Pompei exhibition. We ran into former chancellor Helmut Schmidt there. Surprisingly, he didn't smoke there. (He has the reputation of smoking anytime, anywhere, whether it's a smoking area or not.) He was gracious enough to sign a few autographs.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: DGuller on September 04, 2013, 08:58:17 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2013, 08:43:18 AM
Nice slogan:

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:hmm: That magic must not have extended to vice presidency.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:59:43 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:53:27 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:50:54 AM

So my meeting John Elway - and spending several hours in a hotel bar talking football with him - means more than the other list? ;)

Duh.  That's on par with me taking a leak next to Joe Theismann.

:hmm:

I thought talking was verbotten in that situation. I'll take actually having a real conversation with John over peeing next to Joe silently.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Sheilbh on September 04, 2013, 09:04:50 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2013, 08:56:14 AM
In the 90s we took a school trip to Hamburg to visit a Pompei exhibition. We ran into former chancellor Helmut Schmidt there. Surprisingly, he didn't smoke there. (He has the reputation of smoking anytime, anywhere, whether it's a smoking area or not.) He was gracious enough to sign a few autographs.
:o

I saw a story that he's hoarding menthol cigarettes before the EU ban them. Apparently he's up to 34 000 :lol:

Only senior politicians I've met are, weirdly, IDS and Ken Clarke. I've met Rory Stewart a few times too :mellow:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:13:31 AM
I've met Canada's greatest Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. He probably held me in his arms!
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:14:37 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:59:43 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:53:27 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:50:54 AM

So my meeting John Elway - and spending several hours in a hotel bar talking football with him - means more than the other list? ;)

Duh.  That's on par with me taking a leak next to Joe Theismann.

:hmm:

I thought talking was verbotten in that situation. I'll take actually having a real conversation with John over peeing next to Joe silently.

Light conversation is permitted.

It was just one of those bizarre moments.  It was a Sunday night game, I believe in 1998.  I was standing there at the urinal in the press box men's room at the new Ravens stadium, unloading my two diet cokes from the pre-game meal.  Kind of zoned out, thinking about how shitty it was going to be to have to go to work the next day.  Door swings open and I hear three familiar voices-- sounded a lot like Theismann, Paul Maguire, and Mike Patrick.  It was them-- making jokes about how long it will take each of them to piss given their age and size of their respective prostates.

Theismann pulls up next to me, notices I'm wearing a Bengals shirt and I guess figures me for a coach.  Asks if we're "ready".  So I, in my classic failure to ever say anything witty in a situation like this, say, "uh, ready as we'll ever be, Joe!"

Then Theismann proceeds to turn his head to the side and yell at the dude taking a crap in the bathroom for not giving us a courtesy flush. 

Good times :)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Maximus on September 04, 2013, 09:15:20 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:13:31 AM
I've met Canada's greatest Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. He probably help me in his arms!
I shook his hand once in a crowd. Not sure if that counts as meeting him.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:17:46 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:14:37 AM
Light conversation is permitted.

If you are an asshole who can't keep your mouth shut. :angry:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: mongers on September 04, 2013, 09:18:48 AM

So Meri was hit on for several hours by John Elway and she didn't realise it ?  :Embarrass:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Maximus on September 04, 2013, 09:19:34 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:14:37 AM

Light conversation is permitted.


if by "light" you mean "no"
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:13:31 AM
I've met Canada's greatest Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. He probably held me in his arms!

He held you in his arms? :unsure:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:20:19 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:17:46 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:14:37 AM
Light conversation is permitted.

If you are an asshole who can't keep your mouth shut. :angry:

Are you calling Joe Theismann an asshole?!  :D
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:22:42 AM
Quote from: Maximus on September 04, 2013, 09:19:34 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:14:37 AM

Light conversation is permitted.


if by "light" you mean "no"

:thumbsup:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:24:54 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:13:31 AM
I've met Canada's greatest Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. He probably held me in his arms!

He held you in his arms? :unsure:

Yes, like all politicans do.

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Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:26:06 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:24:54 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:13:31 AM
I've met Canada's greatest Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. He probably held me in his arms!

He held you in his arms? :unsure:

Yes, like all politicans do.

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Ah gotcha! :D
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 09:38:30 AM
Quote from: mongers on September 04, 2013, 09:18:48 AM

So Meri was hit on for several hours by John Elway and she didn't realise it ?  :Embarrass:

I was far too old for him by then, if his flirting with the very young waitress was anything to go on. :P

No, I was a sports journalist then, covering the Arena Football League. He'd just bought a team in Colorado. We were in a hotel the night before the Championship game in Grand Rapids, MI, hanging out in the bar when John and his friend came down to hang out with us. There were five of us (myself, my boss, Perry Moss, Gene Nudo, and Tim Marcum) hanging out when they came down, and we all sat around talking for hours.

Multiple fans stopped to ask for autographs, and one kid told the story of how, when his brother was killed in a car accident, they buried him in a replica Elway jersey because he'd been such a huge fan. John just sat there for a few minutes after the kid walked away, then said, "That's probably the most touching thing anyone's ever said to me."

It was kind of neat. :)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:44:23 AM
Christ, Spicy is a restroom rule breaker.


People like him is why I use the cripple stall(SHUT UP).
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:46:56 AM
No, Ed. That is not why you roll into that stall.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:48:59 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:46:56 AM
No, Ed. That is not why you roll into that stall.

It's the cleanest one also.  :)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:55:14 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:44:23 AM
Christ, Spicy is a restroom rule breaker.


People like him is why I use the cripple stall(SHUT UP).


HE SPOKE TO ME FIRST
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Razgovory on September 04, 2013, 09:55:30 AM
Met all sorts of state officials, (because they were kind of like neighbors).  I did once see John Edwards speak in a packed hall of about six.  The next day he cancelled his campaign. :lol:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:56:16 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:55:14 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:44:23 AM
Christ, Spicy is a restroom rule breaker.


People like him is why I use the cripple stall(SHUT UP).


HE SPOKE TO ME FIRST

I don't care. SILENCE!

Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:58:00 AM
The other day I was at McDs & my kid needed to go the bathroom. So we went. She would not shut up! Even clapped & celebrated her poop in the bowl.

I kept telling her to ssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:58:47 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:48:59 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:46:56 AM
No, Ed. That is not why you roll into that stall.

It's the cleanest one also.  :)

I've never seen that to be the case.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:59:05 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:56:16 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:55:14 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:44:23 AM
Christ, Spicy is a restroom rule breaker.


People like him is why I use the cripple stall(SHUT UP).


HE SPOKE TO ME FIRST

I don't care. SILENCE!



:yes:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Cecil on September 04, 2013, 10:01:10 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:55:14 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:44:23 AM
Christ, Spicy is a restroom rule breaker.


People like him is why I use the cripple stall(SHUT UP).


HE SPOKE TO ME FIRST

Well to be honest I think light convo is allowed if everyone around is a bit buzzed.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 10:03:33 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:56:16 AM
I don't care. SILENCE!

You don't ignore Joe Theismann.  Now go out & buy Super Beta Prostate!

http://www.buysuperbetaprostate.com/joe-theismann-super-beta-prostate.aspx
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 10:04:28 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 10:03:33 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 09:56:16 AM
I don't care. SILENCE!

You don't ignore Joe Theismann.  Now go out & buy Super Beta Prostate!

http://www.buysuperbetaprostate.com/joe-theismann-super-beta-prostate.aspx

I've seen the commercials.   :lol:

My prostate is fine. Thank you.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Valmy on September 04, 2013, 10:13:20 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:48:35 AM
Never cared much for meeting politicians, though.  Meeting sports legends like Paul Brown & Art Donovan meant more to me than possibly meeting any president in my lifetime, save for Reagan.

If you had met Gerald Ford it would have been a two-fer.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Valmy on September 04, 2013, 10:15:15 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:20:19 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:17:46 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 09:14:37 AM
Light conversation is permitted.

If you are an asshole who can't keep your mouth shut. :angry:

Are you calling Joe Theismann an asshole?!  :D

Well...that is debatable but he most certainly could never keep his mouth shut.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Barrister on September 04, 2013, 11:50:39 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:58:00 AM
The other day I was at McDs & my kid needed to go the bathroom. So we went. She would not shut up! Even clapped & celebrated her poop in the bowl.

I kept telling her to ssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh.

Bah - at that age people think it's cute.  My little guy also talks up a storm in the public restroom.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 12:44:31 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 04, 2013, 10:13:20 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:48:35 AM
Never cared much for meeting politicians, though.  Meeting sports legends like Paul Brown & Art Donovan meant more to me than possibly meeting any president in my lifetime, save for Reagan.

If you had met Gerald Ford it would have been a two-fer.

DO YOU LIKE NACHOS?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: mongers on September 04, 2013, 01:13:15 PM
A fair smattering of famous people have met me.   :cool: for them.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Bluebook on September 04, 2013, 01:48:36 PM
Quote from: merithyn on September 03, 2013, 12:49:26 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on September 03, 2013, 12:02:16 PM
I'll give you all the details tomorrow. Not sure if the itinerary is public.

I look forward to hearing about it.

So. The meeting(tm)

Me and some other staffers were standing in awe/dead scilence as Obama+entourage walked past us in a corridor at the office. I work in the building where the president met with our PM.

It was awesome
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Barrister on September 04, 2013, 01:52:11 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on September 04, 2013, 01:48:36 PM
Quote from: merithyn on September 03, 2013, 12:49:26 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on September 03, 2013, 12:02:16 PM
I'll give you all the details tomorrow. Not sure if the itinerary is public.

I look forward to hearing about it.

So. The meeting(tm)

Me and some other staffers were standing in awe/dead scilence as Obama+entourage walked past us in a corridor at the office. I work in the building where the president met with our PM.

It was awesome

Fascinating.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: The Brain on September 04, 2013, 01:57:58 PM
Did you talk about me?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: DGuller on September 04, 2013, 01:58:59 PM
Did you talk about that other thing The Brain mentioned? :unsure:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Eddie Teach on September 04, 2013, 02:01:35 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on September 04, 2013, 01:48:36 PM
So. The meeting(tm)

Me and some other staffers were standing in awe/dead scilence as Obama+entourage walked past us in a corridor at the office. I work in the building where the president met with our PM.

It was awesome

That's a story for the grandkids, for sure.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 02:17:54 PM
I smell a book and/or movie deal.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 03:09:46 PM
Quote from: Bluebook on September 04, 2013, 01:48:36 PM

So. The meeting(tm)

Me and some other staffers were standing in awe/dead scilence as Obama+entourage walked past us in a corridor at the office. I work in the building where the president met with our PM.

It was awesome

:D

Did you get to smell him? I've always thought that he would smell really good. :wub:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ideologue on September 04, 2013, 03:26:42 PM
That's really off-putting. :(

I met a guy who met Nikki Haley Kaur once.  She's our Sikh fascist corporatist dominionist governor whose name I had to look up. -_-
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Eddie Teach on September 04, 2013, 03:29:27 PM
Does she wear a turban?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ideologue on September 04, 2013, 03:35:02 PM
Women don't ordinarily wear dastars, no.  Nimrata Nikki Randhawa is "actually" a Methodist, and by "actually" I mean she "converted" when she "got married" and "decided to get involved in SC politics."  It's possible that her public faith is a reflection of her sincere private convictions, but hahahaha no.

I'm also pretty sure she shaves her legs, which is an affront to the Punjabi God that made her.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Eddie Teach on September 04, 2013, 03:37:42 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 04, 2013, 03:35:02 PM
"decided to get involved in SC politics."

I think you may have gotten a little carried away with the quotes.  :D
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ideologue on September 04, 2013, 03:39:01 PM
I was being silly. -_-

I also really wish I'd come up with the whole "Nikki Haley wants to impose the law of the Guru Granth Sahib on America" thing three years ago.  <_<
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: dps on September 04, 2013, 05:40:04 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:24:54 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 04, 2013, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2013, 09:13:31 AM
I've met Canada's greatest Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. He probably held me in his arms!

He held you in his arms? :unsure:

Yes, like all politicans do.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.huffpost.com%2Fgen%2F828870%2Fthumbs%2Fo-OBAMA-BABY-570.jpg%3F2&hash=02b4fdd71fba36d4fb54c0dc520ef32df2743bda)

Hmm.  That doesn't look like Mulroney, at least not going by other pics of him that I've seen.










;)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 08:12:05 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:53:27 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:50:54 AM
So my meeting John Elway - and spending several hours in a hotel bar talking football with him - means more than the other list? ;)

Duh.  That's on par with me taking a leak next to Joe Theismann.

Try an Orioles pitcher in the urinal next to you asking exactly how "tight" you and your girlfriend really are.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: DontSayBanana on September 04, 2013, 08:13:44 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 04, 2013, 08:43:18 AM
Nice slogan:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2FBiden-1988.jpg&hash=6462142379c8efc3f4f872c91325eefe6351b9c5)

Only took 20 years for him to make it to Vice President. ;)
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:25:47 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 08:12:05 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 04, 2013, 08:53:27 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:50:54 AM
So my meeting John Elway - and spending several hours in a hotel bar talking football with him - means more than the other list? ;)

Duh.  That's on par with me taking a leak next to Joe Theismann.

Try an Orioles pitcher in the urinal next to you asking exactly how "tight" you and your girlfriend really are.

Okay, yeah.  Well, that crosses the line, obv.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 08:29:27 PM
Especially with his ERA.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Valmy on September 04, 2013, 10:38:27 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 08:29:27 PM
Especially with his ERA.

Was it Ben McDonald?

Hey how come you have not been talking O's much this season in the Baseball thread?  The season is starting to collapse and I have nobody to share my pain with.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 10:40:32 PM
LOL, no.  Ponson.  :lol:
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: jimmy olsen on September 04, 2013, 11:01:56 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 04, 2013, 10:38:27 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 08:29:27 PM
Especially with his ERA.

Was it Ben McDonald?

Hey how come you have not been talking O's much this season in the Baseball thread?  The season is starting to collapse and I have nobody to share my pain with.
Only starting to collapse in September? :o

That's a GREAT season for the O's!
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Admiral Yi on September 10, 2013, 02:07:19 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

I got the upside down left hand shake from Bob Dole.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Siege on September 11, 2013, 08:16:30 PM
The only American celebrity I ever met was James Duval.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: mongers on September 11, 2013, 08:41:33 PM
Quote from: Siege on September 11, 2013, 08:16:30 PM
The only American celebrity I ever met was James Duval.

But you're bound to have met Topol.   :bowler:*




* Just as I'm on nodding terms with every other Americans 2nd or 3rd cousin in England.


Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Razgovory on September 11, 2013, 09:09:49 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 10, 2013, 02:07:19 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

I got the upside down left hand shake from Bob Dole.

I touched Dukakis' coat.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Razgovory on September 11, 2013, 09:16:05 PM
Yesterday, my dad was telling me about how when he was a bar tender he served Al Hrabosky and bunch of other Cardinals (and some Cubs) who came in late.  The manager kept the place open just for those guys, who proceed to get smashed.  He said they drove though a chain in the parking lot on the way out.  The next day, the Left Fielder for the Cards made 3 errors. :P
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ed Anger on September 12, 2013, 06:15:32 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 11, 2013, 09:09:49 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 10, 2013, 02:07:19 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

I got the upside down left hand shake from Bob Dole.

I touched Dukakis' coat.

Ewwwwwww.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Caliga on September 12, 2013, 07:07:52 AM
Dukakis is a good dude.  He was a professor at Northeastern when I was there working on my PhD.  One of my friends in the program had Dukakis as his advisor.  Years later, I used to see him fairly often when I worked at BIDMC because he was good friends with the then-CEO of the medical center.  Very unassuming guy... in fact, I also saw him a few times at South Station getting on and off Amtrak trains, always by himself.  I guess he felt obligated to travel via Amtrak when possible due to his role with the organization, but I still thought it was pretty cool.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Grey Fox on September 12, 2013, 07:11:55 AM
You failed that PhD, right?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Eddie Teach on September 12, 2013, 07:22:07 AM
Has he ever asked to be called Dr. Cal?
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Ideologue on September 12, 2013, 07:22:58 AM
Quote from: mongers on September 11, 2013, 08:41:33 PM
Quote from: Siege on September 11, 2013, 08:16:30 PM
The only American celebrity I ever met was James Duval.

But you're bound to have met Topol.   :bowler:*

Hans Zarkov?  OH MAN.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: merithyn on September 12, 2013, 07:24:11 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 12, 2013, 07:11:55 AM
You failed that PhD, right?

I understood that he stopped trying, rather than failed.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: derspiess on September 12, 2013, 08:35:25 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 12, 2013, 06:15:32 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 11, 2013, 09:09:49 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 10, 2013, 02:07:19 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 03, 2013, 07:23:29 PM
I shook Dan Quayle's hand. BEAT THAT.

I got the upside down left hand shake from Bob Dole.

I touched Dukakis' coat.

Ewwwwwww.

Greeks are pretty hairy.
Title: Re: So, tomorrow I will meet president Obama
Post by: Caliga on September 12, 2013, 09:13:29 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 12, 2013, 07:24:11 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 12, 2013, 07:11:55 AM
You failed that PhD, right?

I understood that he stopped trying, rather than failed.
Yeah, I withdrew after a year.  I was working full time and going to school full time and enjoyed working way more than going to school.  No regrets. :)