# Bust of Dick Cheney to be displayed in the Capitol building **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702 "2015-11-05T13:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/21 "2015-11-05T17:25:36Z")
Will it be displayed leaning backwards on a board of some kind? Will visitors be encouraged to pour water on it? ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/22 "2015-11-05T17:55:08Z")
Maybe they could display the bust in an undisclosed location… ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/23 "2015-11-05T20:02:33Z")
Is he going to have his trademark smirk? Will the public be allowed to shit on it? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/24 "2015-11-05T20:14:45Z")
Will he be clenching his own dead heart in his teeth? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/25 "2015-11-05T20:21:45Z")
Will it be kept in a man-sized safe? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/26 "2015-11-05T20:26:35Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Will it be displayed leaning backwards on a board of some kind? Will visitors be encouraged to pour water on it? Why not just turn the bust into [a fountain itself](http://claycord.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/head.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/27 "2015-11-05T20:44:00Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Or better yet, carve a few shotgun pellets into his face. Not his face, the face of the bust next to him. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/28 "2015-11-06T02:37:04Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Why not just turn the bust into [a fountain itself](http://claycord.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/head.jpg)? If we make them small enough, we could make urinal cakes. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/29 "2015-11-06T03:14:48Z")
Is there a way he could have his cakes and eat them too? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/30 "2015-11-06T04:23:12Z")
Is it the left one or the right one? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702/31 "2015-11-07T01:38:15Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Is there a way he could have his cakes and eat them too? When the stars are right, his god will eat _everyone_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bust-of-dick-cheney-to-be-displayed-in-the-capitol-building/736702.md?page=1)