# George Bush came to visit last night **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319 "2004-07-22T08:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/1 "2004-07-22T08:21:17Z")
Well, he visited my Mum and Dad at their house whilst I was staying there also. I was trying to fix my old bed (damn legs kept falling off) but each time I passed through the dining room he was there playing Trivial Pursuit with first my Dad, then my Mum. I don’t think he liked my cats much, or the little dog I used to have. All in all, he’s gone up in my estimation now - he seemed a very nice man after all. Only thing is, he made me oversleep and I had to rush to get out to work… J. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/2 "2004-07-22T09:44:39Z")
First he invades Iraq, _then_ the jerkbag makes you oversleep?! [Monty Python] Buuurn’em!! ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/3 "2004-07-22T10:02:32Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > First he invades Iraq, _then_ the jerkbag makes you oversleep?! > > [Monty Python] > > Buuurn’em!! I think what surprised me most was his skill at Trivial Pursuit. Mind you, my Mum was doing ok too which is unheard of!! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/4 "2004-07-22T10:09:02Z")
Why didn’t he participate with both your parents at the same time? Is he a divider, not a uniter? ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/5 "2004-07-22T10:15:01Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Why didn’t he participate with both your parents at the same time? Is he a divider, not a uniter? Your right. I think he is on record as having a policy of picking them off one by one… ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/6 "2004-07-22T10:16:13Z")
[QUOTE=Martiju] Your right. QUOTE] Doh. \*You’re \* right, of course (\*and \* you have to wait a minute to put it right!) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/7 "2004-07-22T10:19:40Z")
I guess I’ll bite after all… Was this George Bush the president, George Bush the former president, George Bush the Martiju family friend, or George Bush the guy you made up? ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/8 "2004-07-22T10:21:56Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I guess I’ll bite after all… > > Was this George Bush the president, George Bush the former president, George Bush the Martiju family friend, or George Bush the guy you made up? George Bush the President. I thought the oversleeping reference was enough of a clue you know. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/9 "2004-07-22T11:03:16Z")
> [@Martiju](#): > > George Bush the President. > > I thought the oversleeping reference was enough of a clue you know. “It was all a dream”? Too '80s… ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/10 "2004-07-22T11:09:16Z")
I danced with a young Cary Grant on the night of my 61st birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/11 "2004-07-22T11:23:19Z")
I saw Bob Hope on the news this morning. He was the senior officer at a three car smash with fatalities. He looked surprisingly young considering he’s dead and all. More sombre than I remember though. ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/12 "2004-07-22T12:20:59Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > “It was all a dream”? Too '80s… Is that a criticism? Only the 80s are making a comeback you know (right-wing party in power, a PM who thinks they can do just about anything they like with no political repercussion, parties competing over the number of people they plan to make unemployed…) Still, I guess it shows I visit these boards too much when my dreams are infused with GW…it’s just a surprise that \*\*Reeder \*\* didn’t turn up to berate him. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/13 "2004-07-22T12:52:31Z")
> [@Gest](#): > > I saw Bob Hope on the news this morning. He was the senior officer at a three car smash with fatalities. He looked surprisingly young considering he’s dead and all. More sombre than I remember though. What I hate is when dead celebrities guest star on your show. It happend to my with Gilda Ratner. She was very apologetic over how she looked, what with the cancer and all. I couldn’t figure out a polite way to tell her she was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/14 "2004-07-22T14:00:42Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > I couldn’t figure out a polite way to tell her she was dead. Y’know, I find “excuse me, I think you’ll find that you passed away” is always a nice way to give someone such news. I’ll go and look it up in Miss Manners though… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/15 "2004-07-22T16:46:39Z")
> [@Martiju](#): > > Is that a criticism? More likely a reference to the way the writers for _Dallas_ explained away a whole season and brought back a dead, though popular, character. _Dallas_ was a prime-time soap opera in the 80s. Afterwards the plot trick was used, spoofed and derided frequently on U.S. television for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/16 "2004-07-22T19:21:48Z")
I’m surprised he didn’t want to play _Risk_. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/17 "2004-07-22T23:48:15Z")
I had tea with John Edwards the other night. He made very nice scones and was inordinately proud of the fact that he grew the lemons himself. He was even nicer-looking in, uh, person. I’m a shrink and even I don’t know what to say about it! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-bush-came-to-visit-last-night/256319/18 "2004-07-23T02:48:28Z")
> [@Martiju](#): > > … the 80s are making a comeback you know (right-wing party in power, a PM who thinks they can do just about anything they like with no political repercussion, parties competing over the number of people they plan to make unemployed…) Don’t forget the 80s fashions in all the stores now. And I’ve actually seen hints of 80s hairstyles cropping up. I don’t know about 80s-style music, but I’d love to see a surge of that come by to liven things up on the radio. Decent stuff though. (I love Fefe Dobson’s “Don’t Go (Girls and Boys)”. Sounds like it came off Madonna’s first album. And “Take Me Away” reminds me of something from Michael Jackson’s _Bad_.) Anyhoo…