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Obā-san · 2014-03-20 16:30:00

Tachyon · 2014-03-20 16:31:22

thread was as advertised

Yarrun XIX · 2014-03-20 16:32:51

Old boy's getting gray.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-03-20 16:33:10

I really want to see what Old boy looks like with a full beard.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-03-20 16:33:56

It's a shame that America's universally agreed that presidents should be clean-shaven.

Where's my half-bear half-human president for me and other bearded tykes to look up to?

Princess Alice · 2014-03-20 16:34:38

Who's he hiring?

Tachyon · 2014-03-20 16:34:50

^^ rutherford b hayes would like a word

Tachyon · 2014-03-20 16:35:54

but if you want half-bears to look up to you should probably move to Canada

Yarrun XIX · 2014-03-20 16:37:05

Bah, everybody knows he was a lame horse ridden in to end the Reconstruction.

But I guess what I'm saying is that most of the bearded presidents are from the 1800s and I'd like one that's less...racist.

Aliroz · 2014-03-20 19:25:06

William Howard Taft was the last president of the united States of America to have facial hair.
Grover Cleveland was our best president, so awesome, such a great man. He did the best nothing that anyone ever did.

Rutherford B Hayes was also awesome and amazing, but not as great as Cleveland.

Salix Babylonika · 2014-03-20 22:18:01

I believe Rutherford B. Hayes to be one of the most forgettable presidents.

Alongside such luminaries as Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James K. Polk, James Madison, and James Monroe.

Tachyon · 2014-03-20 22:20:16

forgettable or not, he had one heck of a beard

Yarrun XIX · 2014-03-20 22:30:19

Buchanan is more maliciously forgettable

Salix Babylonika · 2014-03-20 22:33:51

Gerald Ford, I forgot Gerald Ford.

glennmagusharvey · 2014-03-20 22:34:15

rutherford b. hayes...

...isn't he that guy who won over samuel j. tilden the first time the electoral college fucked things up?

glennmagusharvey · 2014-03-20 22:34:42

william henry harrison is more forgettable mostly because he didn't really do much

then he died

glennmagusharvey · 2014-03-20 22:35:30

i remember his grandson benjamin harrison mainly as being the guy who cleaved grover cleveland's terms the second time the electoral college fucked up

Aliroz · 2014-03-20 22:36:51

glennmagusharvey said:
william henry harrison is more forgettable mostly because he didn't really do much

then he died

He was a monster and I hate him forever. He dismantled the Iriquoi league from inside, sowing discontgent and discord to get the indians to fight amongst themselves. Jacksom may have done the actual trail of tears, but without Harrison, the native americans might have their own nation today, and the united States might not have been able to get away with many of the things it did. THe things he did before he was president are unforgivable.

Aliroz · 2014-03-20 22:37:25

glennmagusharvey said:
i remember his grandson benjamin harrison mainly as being the guy who cleaved grover cleveland terms the second time the electoral college fucked up

I like Benjamin Harrison, I classify him as a lost prince of the Harrison dynasty, attempting to escape the evil shadow over his name cast by his grandfather.

Aliroz · 2014-03-20 22:37:30

Yay!

glennmagusharvey · 2014-03-20 22:38:29

also there was some guy named millard fillmore at some point

glennmagusharvey · 2014-03-20 22:38:43

but we polked them in '44, and we'll pierce them in '52!

glennmagusharvey · 2014-03-20 22:38:59

i want to drink some hard cider sometime, just because i'm curious how it tastes

i mean, i've tasted unfiltered apple juice before, and it's decent too

as well as sparkling non-alcoholic cider, which is basically sparkling apple juice; that's nice too.

Salix Babylonika · 2014-03-20 22:39:14

glennmagusharvey said:
william henry harrison is more forgettable mostly because he didn't really do much

then he died

yeah but you know the name William Henry Harrison

who keeps in their noggin the factoid that we had a president named fucking Millard Filmore

who names their kid Millard Filmore?

Aliroz · 2014-03-20 22:39:16

glennmagusharvey said:
but we polked them in '44, and we'll pierce them in '52!

I love that slogan.

glennmagusharvey · 2014-03-20 22:40:24

tippecanoe and tyler too!

and then tyler was a veto.

Tachyon · 2014-03-20 22:42:30

Millard Filmore is a highly memorable name, because it's so unusual

Tre · 2014-03-20 22:42:44

Burgundy Queen said:

glennmagusharvey said:
william henry harrison is more forgettable mostly because he didn't really do much

then he died
yeah but you know the name William Henry Harrison

who keeps in their noggin the factoid that we had a president named fucking Millard Filmore

who names their kid Millard Filmore?

I dunno about Millard, but I'd definitely name my kid Cornelius Fillmore...

Section42L · 2014-03-20 23:02:57

The only reason I know that James K. Polk even exists is because of that TMBG song about him.

Tre · 2014-03-20 23:10:20

Continuing the theme of references to mid-2000s kid shows: James K. Polk Middle School is probably the only reason I was aware he existed

Also I think he was from North Carolina? Maybe?

Tachyon · 2014-03-20 23:11:17

@ Section: same

Princess Alice · 2014-03-20 23:26:52

Tre said:
Continuing the theme of references to mid-2000s kid shows: James K. Polk Middle School is probably the only reason I was aware he existed

Haha same

Previous Calica · 2014-03-20 23:57:36

Tre said:
Continuing the theme of references to mid-2000s kid shows: James K. Polk Middle School is probably the only reason I was aware he existed

Also I think he was from North Carolina? Maybe?

He was born in Mecklenburg County and he went to UNC back when it was only like three buildings and the Old Well.

Klinotaxis · 2014-03-21 00:57:49

Burgundy Queen said:
Gerald Ford, I forgot Gerald Ford.

"what's your presidency known for?" "well, i pardoned the last guy"

Previous Calica · 2014-03-21 04:02:51

Klinotaxis said:

Burgundy Queen said:
Gerald Ford, I forgot Gerald Ford.
"what's your presidency known for?" "well, i pardoned the last guy"

"what's your presidency known for?" "well, I wasn't actually elected..."

Anonus · 2014-03-21 04:11:46

Ignoramus confession: one of the first things my mind goes to with Jimmy Carter is Koosalagoopagoop doing an impression of him

Previous Calica · 2014-03-21 04:26:09

also grover cleveland got nonconsecutive presidencies. that's pretty cool

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