Double-trick question

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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What was the President’s name in 1950?

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The same as it is today.

3

And president shouldn’t be capitalized, troll.

4

Several countries have presidents. Which country are you asking about?

Dopeler effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

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Brie.

Coldfire

“You know how complex women are”

  • Neil Peart, Rush (1993)
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Satan

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It doesn’t even have to be president of a country. It could be a corporation.

“That’s entertainment!” —Vlad the Impaler

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Is this anything like double-dog daring or double-secret probation?
My guess is Joe.

Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling.

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Bill Clinton, but didn’t he change his name to his step dad’s or something like that?

We live in an age that reads to much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful–Oscar Wilde

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*metroshane: Bill Clinton, but didn’t he change his name to his step dad’s or something like that? *

And we have a winner!

WJC didn’t change his name until his brother Roger entered school. Until then, he was William Jefferson Blythe III.

I’d heard this riddle for years. Of course, the answer’s always been the current president’s name, not Harry Truman. Then I heard some radio quiz ask this, and callers were coming up with Truman, Eisenhower, Coolidge (!). Then the winner of course said Clinton. But after a commercial break, another caller said that Clinton wasn’t Clinton until 1961.

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Do I win a Fuzzy Troll Doll?

We live in an age that reads to much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful–Oscar Wilde

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The answer is 42.

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What was wrong with this answer?

Thanks,

Daniel

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The fact that in 1950 the president’s name was W. J. Blythe, and today it’s W. J. Clinton.

La franchise ne consiste pas à dire tout ce que l’on pense, mais à penser tout ce que l’on dit.
H. de Livry

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Yep, a schmuck by any other name is still a schmuck.

Or scoundrel, rogue, rake, knave, villain, robber, fraud, scamp, hypocrite, sneak, shyster, cad, trickster, charlatan, swindler, grafter, cardsharp, cheat, black sheep, ruffian, tough, rowdy, bully, scalawag, mountebank, liar, blackguard, wretch, quack, fellow, tramp, beggar, bum, idler, wastrel, prodigal, hooligan, ne’er-do-well, varlet, miscreant, reprobate, misdoer, felon, sinner, delinquent, rakehell, recreant, malfeasor, malefactor, profligate, loafer, rapscallion, renegade, beachcomber, mendicant, gamine, impostor, opportunist, vagrant, pretender, gambler, mischief-maker, sharper, faker, skunk, bastard, fink, rat, rotten or bad egg, con man, con artist, flimflammer, dirty dog, good-for-nothing, worm, two-timer, stool pigeon, case, double-dealer, phony, four-flusher, slicker or pilgarlic.

Dopeler effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

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“fellow”?

Nothing I write about any person or group should be applied to a larger group.

  • Boris Badenov
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fel-low (felo) n (Obs.)
a} a person of a lower social class;
b} a coarse, rough man.

From Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia, copyright 1997.

Dopeler effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.