# Did Al Haig really threaten to wax Kissinger's glasses? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879 "2006-08-23T13:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/21 "2006-08-24T02:29:53Z")
He laid it low! hh ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/22 "2006-08-24T02:57:51Z")
Slapped the pope? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/23 "2006-08-24T03:04:00Z")
Apparently, Lyndon Johnson once picked up Lester B. Pearson and shook him by the lapels over his Vietnam policy. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/24 "2006-08-24T03:32:33Z")
Can’t believe no one has said this one yet: Hoist him by his own petard! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/25 "2006-08-24T04:35:44Z")
Whack him upside the head! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/26 "2006-08-24T15:37:44Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] Slapped the pope? [/QUOTE] No, that’s what my Mom almost walked in on me doing back in my teens. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/27 "2006-08-24T16:12:13Z")
Dotted his “I”! ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/28 "2006-08-24T17:34:53Z")
So he gave him a towelling ? ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/29 "2006-08-25T00:05:23Z")
Punched his ticket? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/30 "2006-08-25T04:39:19Z")
Serve his pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/31 "2006-08-25T06:41:35Z")
Knocked him right in the snotlocker? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/32 "2006-08-25T13:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] Serve his pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise! [/QUOTE] Are you trying to be funny? hh ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/33 "2006-08-25T13:04:34Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Knocked him right in the snotlocker? [/QUOTE] Dad used to ask, ‘How would you like a poke in the snotlocker?’ ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/34 "2006-08-25T16:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=handsomeharry] Are you trying to be funny? [/QUOTE] Who, me? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/35 "2006-08-25T19:07:08Z")
Boxed his ears in? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/36 "2006-08-25T19:17:16Z")
He said, “Henry, if you don’t shut up, I’m gonna build a shoe store in your ass, and stomp out a cigarette on the carpet!” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/37 "2006-08-25T19:17:29Z")
You mean he threatened to knock his blinkin’ block off? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/38 "2006-08-25T20:42:44Z")
Put his foot up his ass? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/39 "2006-08-25T21:05:53Z")
Whup him like a government mule! ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-al-haig-really-threaten-to-wax-kissingers-glasses/369879/40 "2006-08-25T23:16:39Z")
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