# Befitting the dignity of the office

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 3, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295 "2012-01-03T21:26:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/1 "2012-01-03T21:26:26Z")

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The President of the United States of America should not be sending out emails under the subject line “Hey”.

That is all.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/2 "2012-01-03T21:27:43Z")

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Did he?

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/3 "2012-01-03T21:29:42Z")

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Yep, I got one.

Looks like _somebody_ doesn’t have friends in high places 😛

[sub]or, ok, gave his campaign $20 four years ago[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/4 "2012-01-03T21:29:45Z")

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Indeed.

ETA: that was meant to be a direct response to Freudian, but works pretty well following Duke’s post, so anyway.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/5 "2012-01-03T21:41:45Z")

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What did the rest of the email say?

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/6 "2012-01-03T21:47:06Z")

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“About that deadline tonight: it matters” - something or other about fundraising (dated 12/31). Didn’t actually open it or anything.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/7 "2012-01-03T21:49:16Z")

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I thought that it was weird. But my friends send me emails with that sort of subject line.

I guess he wants to be pals.

I opened it, and I usually delete them, because they’re always about donations. This one was too of course but I couldn’t tell from the subject!

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/8 "2012-01-03T21:55:39Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> What did the rest of the email say?

Whazzup, bitches?

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/9 "2012-01-03T21:58:35Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> Whazzup, bitches?

I always did like the cut of the O-man’s jib…

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/10 "2012-01-03T22:26:28Z")

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Funny, the one he sent me had the subject line “Yo, dude!”

He’s trying way too hard to impress me.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/befitting-the-dignity-of-the-office/608295/11 "2012-01-03T22:54:19Z")

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I thought it would go on to say he was trying to get money out of Kenya that his father left him, and he would give me 10% if I sent him my bank details.

Regards,  
Shodan