# Did I ever tell you about the time I met Barack Obama? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 24, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466 "2009-08-24T04:37:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/1 "2009-08-24T04:37:26Z")
It was at a bar. He came in over to our table. Boy was this guy charismatic. He had all of our attention me and all of the guys. He was saying some really interesting stuff, the kind that really hits home you know? He was saying that we needed to reclaim the Fatherland. He said that we needed to reawaken the Teutonic spirit that vivified our ancestors. I didn’t even know what vivified meant, I had to look it up on my iphone when he wasn’t looking. But he’s right, that’s exactly what we needed. I’ll never forget that night. That’s why I voted for Barack Obama. He’s the only one who can return Germany, I mean America to it’s rightful place in the world! Heil! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/2 "2009-08-24T04:42:57Z")
Lame. :rolleyes: Really lame, actually. Pathetic. Sad AND pathetic. Pitiable effort, really. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/3 "2009-08-24T04:48:59Z")
I also heard that he has plans for a quasi-permanent solution for the “Gay Problem”. I don’t know what that means, but I hope it has something to do with getting Tom Cruise to shut up and go away. ---
**Author:** ![Jerseyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Jerseyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerseyman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/4 "2009-08-24T04:52:31Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > It was at a bar. He came in over to our table. Boy was this guy charismatic. He had all of our attention me and all of the guys. He was saying some really interesting stuff, the kind that really hits home you know? He was saying that we needed to reclaim the Fatherland. He said that we needed to reawaken the Teutonic spirit that vivified our ancestors. I didn’t even know what vivified meant, I had to look it up on my iphone when he wasn’t looking. But he’s right, that’s exactly what we needed. > > I’ll never forget that night. > > That’s why I voted for Barack Obama. He’s the only one who can return Germany, I mean America to it’s rightful place in the world! > > Heil! Wasn’t that Bush’s and Reagan’s line? ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/5 "2009-08-24T05:22:18Z")
I want my country back! Back… from… the… guy we elected. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/6 "2009-08-24T05:25:22Z")
You’ve actually met him? Cool! He called my house a good number of times late last year. Always wanted money or something from me. I was like, “Damn dude, you haven’t even take me out to dinner and already you’re asking me for all this stuff?” True story. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/7 "2009-08-24T05:26:39Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > You’ve actually met him? Cool! > > He called my house a good number of times late last year. Always wanted money or something from me. I was like, “Damn dude, you haven’t even take me out to dinner and already you’re asking me for all this stuff?” > > True story. Dude just wanted some honey… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/8 "2009-08-24T05:27:16Z")
I saw Barack Obama drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vics. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/9 "2009-08-24T05:27:58Z")
Honey? I don’t know what all the buzz is about. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/10 "2009-08-24T05:37:55Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > I saw Barack Obama drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vics. Was he talking that crazy shit about purifying the Fatherland there too? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/11 "2009-08-24T05:51:11Z")
Man, that OP reminds me of something I read somewhere about the inevitability of certain sorts of comparisons being made, but I just can’t remember what it was about. This is going to drive me completely batty, kind of like when you are just absolutely certain that you saw that actor in a previous movie and cannot for the life of you figure out what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/12 "2009-08-24T05:52:13Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Man, that OP reminds me of something I read somewhere about the inevitability of certain sorts of comparisons being made, but I just can’t remember what it was about. This is going to drive me completely batty, kind of like when you are just absolutely certain that you saw that actor in a previous movie and cannot for the life of you figure out what it was. Oh, oh, I know this one! What is the Theory of Gravity? [sub]If you were serious it’s called Godwin’s Law, it means the longer a discussion continues the chances of a comparison to Nazis or Hitler approaches 1[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/13 "2009-08-24T05:58:09Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > You’ve actually met him? Cool! > > He called my house a good number of times late last year. Always wanted money or something from me. I was like, “Damn dude, you haven’t even take me out to dinner and already you’re asking me for all this stuff?” > > True story. Me, too. Except he didn’t ask for my money, he just sang me a song each time. Had something to do about how he was never gonna give me up, never gonna let me down. He was never gonna run around and desert me. He was gonna never make me cry. I could live with all of that. But when he said he was never gonna say goodbye I just hung up. I hate people who just can’t end phone calls. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/14 "2009-08-24T06:29:42Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > I saw Barack Obama drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vics. How was his hair? ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/15 "2009-08-24T06:41:03Z")
Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/16 "2009-08-24T06:53:41Z")
I knew it. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/17 "2009-08-24T07:53:51Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Me, too. Except he didn’t ask for my money, he just sang me a song each time. Had something to do about how he was never gonna give me up, never gonna let me down. He was never gonna run around and desert me. He was gonna never make me cry. I could live with all of that. But when he said he was never gonna say goodbye I just hung up. I hate people who just can’t end phone calls. My first laugh of the day! Nice! ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/18 "2009-08-24T08:17:19Z")
Yeah when I met him he called it his Beer Hall Push. He was trying to get support by campaigning in bars. Apparently it worked, look he’s President now. I hope we get the change he promised us and see a vivification of the Fatherland! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/19 "2009-08-24T10:37:34Z")
Is there something… wrong with you, mswas? Are you sick? I mean, it’s not funny, it’s not related to anything reality based that I can see. It’s just a shaggy dog story involving the president and Hitler for apparently no reason. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466/20 "2009-08-24T11:57:16Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > You’ve actually met him? Cool! > > He called my house a good number of times late last year. Always wanted money or something from me. I was like, “Damn dude, you haven’t even take me out to dinner and already you’re asking me for all this stuff?” > > True story. Perhaps he never offered to take me to dinner because I made him go around to the back door at my house… Another opportunity missed for a free meal. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-time-i-met-barack-obama/507466.md?page=2)