Photo Caption (Redux) Thread - President Bush & Prince Abdullah In Crawford

[JohnBckWLD]

Paging deena. A melange of politics and inane message board chatter all rolled into one. Who needs farks like this (http://www.photogslounge.net/graphics6/bush_abdullah.jpg) when a real image is just as disturbing.

President Bush Privately Asks Saudi Prince Abdullah To Pump More (http://beta.news.yahoo.com/photo/050425/photos_ts/mdf942033;_ylt=AuJSv_t8sELMeQVjZ9l_nlMb.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA-) (Alternate link if that one gets fried here (http://public.fotki.com/JohnBuckLINY/ny_post/bush_abdullah.html))

For you newcomers who haven't figured out how to reference a photo caption, you can see how it's done in any of the threads below:
Return of the Caption This! thread (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304882&highlight=caption) By pugluvr
Caption this! (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299601&highlight=caption) By deena
Write The Caption (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297790&highlight=caption) By Munch
Absolutely bizarre AP photo caption (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287976&highlight=caption) By Derleth
This picture needs a caption... (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=268990&highlight=caption) By if6was9
How about a new Caption Competition? (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=251060&highlight=caption) By gum
Let's do another funny caption thread (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=250368&highlight=caption) By js_africanus
This picture needs a really funny caption, doesn't it? (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248543&highlight=caption) By TJdude825
He needs a caption in the worst way (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246002&highlight=caption) By lieu

[Ponder Stibbons]

Well ... OK, you can hold my hand. But remember, Dick will kill you if you try anything.

[lieu]

Hey Abdul, you ever shot your nutsac with a Taser?

[TellMeI'mNotCrazy]

"Abdullah, do you ever feel... not so fresh?"

[Wile E]

Bush has a man date!

[Clothahump]

Ummmm......

Is anyone aware of the fact that customs in the Middle East are different than here, and that one of them is that friends of the same gender will walk holding hands? I think it was a nice gesture on GWB's part to welcome a visitor by showing knowledge of the visitor's customs and using them.

Especially knowing that the gay comments and jokes would start arriving by the truckload. I'm just sayin'...

[Wile E]

Ummmm......

Is anyone aware of the fact that customs in the Middle East are different than here, and that one of them is that friends of the same gender will walk holding hands? I think it was a nice gesture on GWB's part to welcome a visitor by showing knowledge of the visitor's customs and using them.

Especially knowing that the gay comments and jokes would start arriving by the truckload. I'm just sayin'...

This isn't the first pic of them holding hands. There's even one where it looks like Bush is leaning in for a kiss. I'm sure there's been other Middle Eastern visitors/dignataries and I don't recall seeing any similar pics of them. I don't think the humor is in the "oooh, they're gay!" jokes but in the "Bush will do anything for oil." jokes.

[An Arky]

"...and the beautiful thing is, no matter what happens, we will still be very, very rich"

[BornOfStardust]

The best "caption" I saw for this was done by the designers of The Dallas Morning News, as either intentional mockery or an accidental hilarity: an article with a picture of Bush and Abdullah holding hands--in front of a lovely field of bluebonnets, no less--right next to an article with the headline, "House bans gay unions."