Squaring the Circle

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Why would anyone WANT to call him that?

It was hard enough to live in a country where people call their president "Bill" [I was puzzled and bothereed by Ike].

My parents told me about a british couple they were friends with who came ove to visit my parents here- who were incredgilous that "here in America you have prominent people with names like "Bill- EEE Graham"!

God only knows what they would have thought years later of "Jim MEE Carter" ( even 'Bill" has more gravitas).

But "Dubya" was a linguistic necessity to distinquish between him and his dad (their presidencies were much closer in time than those of John Adams and son John Quincy Adams) and they both went to war with Iraq- so howz an early twenty first centurey american spose know which "bush who went to war in Iraq" a person is talking about?

I used to refer to them respectively as "the elder" or " the younger" Bush, until my Mom pointed out that the former is "where they get elder berries from."

We cant call him "King George II" so we had no choice but to call him "Dubya".

Last edited by naturalplastic on 18 Jul 2011, 8:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.

The Dentist who ruined my teeth in Texas had "Johnny" on his diploma. That should have been a warning.

Bush Senior, Bush the Younger, Bush I and Bush II.

Whatever.

I just think it is sad that we nominate candidates who are so lacking in stature that we have no incentive to call them by adult names.

Sad about your teeth. Hilarious about the dipoloma!

Interesting take on the stature of our highest officials!

Alas- we live in a country where a men in their fifties still answer to names like "Scooter" Libby!

at least it wasn't Billy Bob on his diploma.

ruveyn

I don't know about a circle or a square but I know Julia Gillard represents a triangle. A female is the leader and she controls two men. That is a vision I had before she became Prime minster.