# Designing the George W. Bush Library **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729 "2008-03-18T01:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/1 "2008-03-18T01:08:57Z")
passed along without comment: > [@](#): > > The Back-of-the-Envelope Design Contest > We asked readers to sketch their own visions for the George W. Bush Library [http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i26/26b01401.htm](http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i26/26b01401.htm) ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/2 "2008-03-18T02:38:55Z")
I picture more of a wind tunnel type thing–with hot air blowing through. There is no need for books (well, just the one: My Pet Goat) or printed material. This is a man who is proud that he does not read the newspaper. Or perhaps just a vast, open plain, devoid of life or any other complex system. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/3 "2008-03-18T02:41:18Z")
I picture something like a moonbounce. Maybe a big yellow inflatable castle. And a petting zoo outside (with goats!). ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/4 "2008-03-18T02:49:48Z")
I think a magazine rack in a Port-A-Potty would be both appropriate and ample to store his reading materials over the past seven years. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/5 "2008-03-18T03:30:51Z")
Surely a plan isn’t necessary. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/6 "2008-03-18T03:39:48Z")
A minefield would probably symbolize his legacy best. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/7 "2008-03-18T03:54:52Z")
A library really isn’t his style. Perhaps something that ends in [-mania or -teria](http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/38416.html). ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/8 "2008-03-18T03:57:43Z")
A single empty dark room would seem the most appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/9 "2008-03-18T04:52:35Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] I picture more of a wind tunnel type thing–with hot air blowing through. There is no need for books (well, just the one: My Pet Goat) or printed material. This is a man who is proud that he does not read the newspaper. [/QUOTE] What? Not even the Good Book? Or is that not necessary when you have a direct line to the big J.C. himself? I vote for a ladies’ shoe box shoved into a janitorial closet somewhere deep in the heart of Texas. Alternatively, a completely uncensored collection of ALL the papers produced during his presidency available free and online. From the phone number of Jenna, the hot intern, scribbled on a cocktail napkin during the Christmas 2001 office party and shoved in the pocket of Completely Inappropriate But Totally Cute Propaganda Guy, to the last memo of Bush’s presidency in January. Everything. It’s a toss up as to which one would be more demeaning. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/10 "2008-03-18T06:14:24Z")
A vast, desolate echo chamber in the middle of an endless desert. Nothing moving, except lots of hot air and a goat. And his mother stands guard, to make sure no one criticizes her darling boy. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/11 "2008-03-18T10:34:49Z")
[Already featured on TV.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Guy#The_Android.27s_Dungeon) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/12 "2008-03-18T11:11:54Z")
If they’re smart, they’ll design it in the shape of the most pleasing memory of the administration: Laura’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/13 "2008-03-18T12:07:45Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] If they’re smart, they’ll design it in the shape of the most pleasing memory of the administration: Laura’s ass. [/QUOTE] Well, yeah, but do you know how hard it is to make a building that’s an exact replica of Dubya? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/14 "2008-03-18T12:17:01Z")
\< badump_tshhhh_ \>:D OK, I’ll settle for a couple of [unclad nymphs](http://www.gambling911.com/Barbara-Bush-Lauren-Bush.jpg) kitted out as Liberty and…lemme see…not Justice…not Peace…not Equality…Moral Clarity? Personal Responsibility? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/15 "2008-03-18T12:20:36Z")
Don’t forget the pretzel machine. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/16 "2008-03-18T12:45:10Z")
Whatever the final design of the building is, it should have no fire doors or fire escapes. I mean, a clear exit strategy would just contradict everything he’s stood for. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/17 "2008-03-18T13:13:32Z")
A huge fortress containing non-existent WMDs. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/18 "2008-03-18T14:23:10Z")
[QUOTE=cainxinth] A library really isn’t his style. Perhaps something that ends in [-mania or -teria](http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/38416.html). [/QUOTE] Or o-rama. He doesn’t need a bible–apparently he talks directly to the Big Man himself. I’m not sure he’s ever read the bible or perhaps he didn’t understand the two syllable words. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/19 "2008-03-18T19:06:33Z")
A wing for coloring books would be needed. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729/20 "2008-03-18T19:11:05Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] A wing for coloring books would be needed. [/QUOTE] Shhh…they’re not telling Bush that it’s going to have wings. He’ll want to go for a ride in it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-the-george-w-bush-library/441729.md?page=2)