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(Telegraph) Cool 50 facts you might not know about Barack Obama   (telegraph.co.uk) divider line 262
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Goimir [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:38:55 PM  
Great, yet another sinister president.

 
Stoj [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:43:19 PM  
I was expecting a Chuck-Norris-ish list.

But:

He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived


Which is what we all tell our wives.

 
I Said [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:48:19 PM  
He has read every Harry Potter book

OK, now I hate him

His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Never mind, he's cool again.

 
Psychotropic 2008-11-08 06:48:29 PM  
He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream

Bullshiat.
Do a GIS for Obama Ice Cream
This is a man who loves ice cream.

 
St_Francis_P [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:48:45 PM  
Goimir: Great, yet another sinister president.

You mean because of the shrimp linguini? It's not so bad once you get used to it.

 
ArbitraryConstant 2008-11-08 06:51:47 PM  
"He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - he didn't "

Not much chance of that now.

"His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government"

lol

 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:51:47 PM  
I Said: OK, now I hate him

I'm pretty sure he read them to his daughter.

Yeah, here.

 
sullyman 2008-11-08 06:51:50 PM  
He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball

Oh boy.

 
Whistler36 [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:51:54 PM  
Fact 51: Barack can see through walls (Only if he is wearing his "Special" underwear.

 
Whistler36 [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:52:43 PM  
Special additional comments: )

 
HansensDisease [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:53:30 PM  
Whistler36: Fact 51: Barack can see through walls (Only if he is wearing his "Special" underwear.

ZOMG! He's a secret Mormon!

 
I Said [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 06:55:56 PM  
JerseyTim: I Said: OK, now I hate him

I'm pretty sure he read them to his daughter.

Yeah, here.


Oh good, indoctrinating his daughters with witchcraft.

I guess it's better then Islam, though.

/I really don't care why he read whatever he reads, so long as he reads it's a step forward.

 
Bloody William 2008-11-08 06:56:47 PM  
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - he didn't

WTF is this guy's problem?

 
ArbitraryConstant 2008-11-08 07:01:04 PM  
I Said: Oh good, indoctrinating his daughters with witchcraft.

I guess it's better then Islam, though.


Do Christians really think that? I'm pretty sure they're more comfortable with the Abrahamic faiths than anything else.

 
BGates [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 07:03:41 PM  
He drives a Hybrid? I bet he likes to smell his own farts.

 
hockeyfarker [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 07:30:43 PM  
man Moby Dick was a terrible book. That has actually decreased my opinion of Barack Obama.

 
Eddie Adams from Torrance [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 07:38:40 PM  
Farking great... we're a trillion dollars in the whole and he's going to spend our tax dollars putting a basketball court in at the White House.

 
John Paul Jones [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 07:57:08 PM  
Eddie Adams from Torrance: Farking great... we're a trillion dollars in the whole and he's going to spend our tax dollars putting a basketball court in at the White House.

I bet that costs less than Palin's clothing budget for two months.

 
St_Francis_P [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 07:59:17 PM  
hockeyfarker: man Moby Dick was a terrible book. That has actually decreased my opinion of Barack Obama.

I'd agree, but one of my best friends loves it. I'll give Obama a pass on that one.

 
Goimir [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 08:32:20 PM  
St_Francis_P: Goimir: Great, yet another sinister president.

You mean because of the shrimp linguini? It's not so bad once you get used to it.


No, because of his southpawlarity.

/pasta and seafood are a match made in heaven.

 
Larry Mahnken [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 08:38:02 PM  
Psychotropic: He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream

Bullshiat.
Do a GIS for Obama Ice Cream
This is a man who loves ice cream.


farm4.static.flickr.com
Politicians will often order food they don't enjoy while campaigning to appeal to voters, so as not to appear snobbish.

At least know we know why Joe got two cones.

 
St_Francis_P [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 08:39:46 PM  
Goimir: St_Francis_P: Goimir: Great, yet another sinister president.

You mean because of the shrimp linguini? It's not so bad once you get used to it.

No, because of his southpawlarity.

/pasta and seafood are a match made in heaven.


Sinister...left handed. Gotcha...

 
TheOther [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 08:43:03 PM  
His index finger is longer than his ring finger.

 
GAT_00 [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 08:44:24 PM  
Missing from the list: he is from a small planet near Betelgeuse

 
Larry Mahnken [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 08:45:15 PM  
Eddie Adams from Torrance: Farking great... we're a trillion dollars in the whole and he's going to spend our tax dollars putting a basketball court in at the White House.

A) We're 10 trillion dollars in the hole, and the guy one the way out, his Dad, and his Dad's old boss are the ones most responsible for that.

B) Go forbid the President have a way to relax after working 18+ hours a day for the next four years.

 
Canadian Canuck [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 08:57:23 PM  
Hmm, both him and McCain are left-handed.

Clearly lefties are the best.

 
Bloody William 2008-11-08 09:01:14 PM  
Larry Mahnken: Eddie Adams from Torrance: Farking great... we're a trillion dollars in the whole and he's going to spend our tax dollars putting a basketball court in at the White House.

A) We're 10 trillion dollars in the hole, and the guy one the way out, his Dad, and his Dad's old boss are the ones most responsible for that.

B) Go forbid the President have a way to relax after working 18+ hours a day for the next four years.


That, and would you rather a president remodel one room of the White House for his leisure time (or part of the back yard, I don't know), or set up a "western white house" where he vacations there for weeks at a time, clearing shrub.

If putting a basketball court in the White House means Obama's gonna spend more time there than on vacation than the last gaping failure to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania, I'm pretty fine with it.

Besides, brothers don't bowl.

 
Mugato [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 09:01:33 PM  
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds

i23.photobucket.com

 
rcain [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 09:02:15 PM  
WTF? No one mentions
"As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine"

Funny how after Bush, you could be a total coke fiend and no one would bat an eye.
Where before, even a hint of drug use would get the masses incited.

 
Starryeyes [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 09:02:41 PM  
I Said: Oh good, indoctrinating his daughters with witchcraft.

*rolls eyes*

 
awfulperson [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 09:06:13 PM  
He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol

Well, you're not supposed to, if you're a Muslim.

Or a Mormon.

 
Bloody William 2008-11-08 09:06:48 PM  
rcain: WTF? No one mentions
"As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine"

Funny how after Bush, you could be a total coke fiend and no one would bat an eye.
Where before, even a hint of drug use would get the masses incited.


Well, it helps that Obama was completely up-front about it and has been pretty close to straight-edge since college.

 
absoluteparanoia 2008-11-08 09:28:49 PM  
*Ctrl-F "Muslim"*

Wow, I am a little disappointed that it took 31 posts before someone made a muslim crack.

 
Yesdog [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 09:33:32 PM  
Eddie Adams from Torrance: we're a trillion dollars in the whole

The whole hole?

 
MasterThief [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 09:33:35 PM  
He is left-handed - the sixth post-war president to be left-handed

*left-handed fist pound*

He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside

"PULL UP YOUR PANTS!" [4:45 - NSFW]

He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits

See, socialist. I freakin' called it.

 
HansensDisease [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 09:36:13 PM  
absoluteparanoia: Wow, I am a little disappointed that it took 31 posts before someone made a muslim crack.

I went for the Mormons first!

 
kidsizedcoffin 2008-11-08 09:57:00 PM  
MasterThief:
He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits

See, socialist. I freakin' called it.


If he'd stop wearing that Engel cologne, I'd let this slide.

 
Aarontology [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:05:46 PM  
He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia

Now that is just cool.

He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived

That is not.

 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:08:47 PM  
Goimir: Great, yet another sinister president.

I see what you did there.

 
shanrick [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:09:12 PM  
Barack once bit my sister.

 
Goimir [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:13:47 PM  
PC LOAD LETTER: Goimir: Great, yet another sinister president.

I see what you did there.


Yeah, not everyone did however.

(shakes head)

 
itazurakko [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:18:19 PM  
Goimir: Great, yet another sinister president.

EXACTLY :)

 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:26:59 PM  
Goimir: PC LOAD LETTER: Goimir: Great, yet another sinister president.

I see what you did there.

Yeah, not everyone did however.

(shakes head)


Not everyone takes Latin (or has a sister who did, which was my case)

 
St_Francis_P [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:33:08 PM  
Goimir: PC LOAD LETTER: Goimir: Great, yet another sinister president.

I see what you did there.

Yeah, not everyone did however.

(shakes head)


You expected more left-handed compliments?

 
gilbyguy [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:35:38 PM  
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop

Oh, great .... Now look what we've done!
/too late to re-vote?

 
itazurakko [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:35:56 PM  
St_Francis_P: You expected more left-handed compliments?

Haha. It just gets better...

In my case I had a left-handed friend who told me these words. I always found it interesting.

 
dletter [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:44:48 PM  
He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball

The GOP definitely didn't know about this, or else we'd heard about that nickname.

He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside

There was a great thing I heard on NPR this morning about this...
From another site:
NOVEMBER 4--Memo to Riviera Beach, Florida's elected officials: Senator Barack Obama believes that your city's legal crackdown on baggy pants is a "waste of time," though he does suggest that "brothers should pull up their pants."

I love that attitude... yes, it is a waste of time to try to make laws about this, but kids, pull up your damn pants!

 
Gecko Gingrich [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:45:16 PM  
Chrysler 300 SUV

Come again?

 
itazurakko [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:47:55 PM  
dletter: I love that attitude... yes, it is a waste of time to try to make laws about this, but kids, pull up your damn pants!

Yeah, I laughed with that story too. It's just NOT a good look!

 
Gecko Gingrich [TotalFark] 2008-11-08 10:49:49 PM  
PC LOAD LETTER: Not everyone takes Latin (or has a sister who did, which was my case)

I learned from a Simpson's Treehouse of Horror episode.

 
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