# Funny pictures of politicians **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598 "2005-03-28T12:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![puppymeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppymeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppymeister)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598/1 "2005-03-28T12:54:04Z")
I’ve noticed that news organisations (especially websites) always seem to put up pictures of politicians in the most ridiculous poses. [url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40137000/jpg/\_40137514\_mhoward\_203.jpg Case in point. So, feel free to share pictures of politicians in stupid poses. ---
**Author:** ![puppymeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppymeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppymeister)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598/2 "2005-03-28T12:55:51Z")
Forgot to hit preview: [![](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40137000/jpg/_40137514_mhoward_203.jpg) ](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40137000/jpg/_40137514_mhoward_203.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598/3 "2005-03-28T14:14:12Z")
There’s a funny photo that’s been floating around the net for a couple of years: it’s Australian Prime Minister John Howard looking for all the world like he’s giving Federal Treasurer Peter Costello a blowjob. Stuffed if I can find it though. All that will happen now is the next person to use my computer might Google something starting with ‘J’ and find out I’ve searched “John Howard blowjob”, which would take some explaining… ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598/4 "2005-03-28T14:36:06Z")
Public figures need to be careful not to offend photographers. In his book _Rhubarb_, writer H. Allen Smith, an ex newspaperman, had a scene where Thadeus Banner, the rich guy who owned the cat Rhubarb, insulted a photographer who thereupon, “Vowed to get a picture of him picking his nose.” ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598/5 "2005-03-28T16:24:05Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > There’s a funny photo that’s been floating around the net for a couple of years: it’s Australian Prime Minister John Howard looking for all the world like he’s giving Federal Treasurer Peter Costello a blowjob. > > Stuffed if I can find it though. All that will happen now is the next person to use my computer might Google something starting with ‘J’ and find out I’ve searched “John Howard blowjob”, which would take some explaining… You mean [this](http://members.optushome.com.au/hark/johnsreward.jpg) one? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598/6 "2005-03-28T17:11:53Z")
> [@monica](#): > > You mean [this](http://members.optushome.com.au/hark/johnsreward.jpg) one? :eek: Great Og, that’s obscene! I had to close the window because all my ACK! synapses started firing at once. ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK!! In that vein, I submit a picture of [ul=http://jokezine.com/pictures/kiss.jpg]Al Gore snogging the missus. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598/7 "2005-03-28T17:13:12Z")
Damn! Right, HERE’S [Al Gore snogging the missus](http://jokezine.com/pictures/kiss.jpg). [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [March 28, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-pictures-of-politicians/296598/8 "2005-03-28T17:16:10Z")
THe thing I find amusing is the captions: almost without exception, they always say so-and-so “gestures” or “reacts” during such-and-such.