# How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 15, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178 "2021-05-15T18:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 40
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/781 "2022-01-31T16:16:28Z")
“He’s dead to me!” ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/782 "2022-01-31T18:48:01Z")
Responding to Trump’s statement, conservative attorney George Conway of the Lincoln Project [wrote](https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1487939911714230276): “The answer is: The Twelfth Amendment and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 already make it entirely clear that the Vice President merely opens the envelopes. But sometimes we want to make laws even clearer so that even **semiliterate psychopaths** have a chance at understanding them.” Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/783 "2022-01-31T19:08:57Z")
“Freedom Smasher” sounds like a character from the Amazon Prime show _The Boys_. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/784 "2022-02-01T14:14:09Z")
🤦🏽‍♀️ [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/some-trump-records-were-torn-up-taped-back-together-archives-says/ar-AATmHR3?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/some-trump-records-were-torn-up-taped-back-together-archives-says/ar-AATmHR3?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare) > … > The Archives confirmed in a statement Trump’s habit of tearing up records, citing press reports from 2018 that detailed his practice. The Archives said “White House records management officials during the Trump Administration recovered and taped together some of the torn-up records. These were turned over to the National Archives at the end of the Trump Administration, along with a number of torn-up records that had not been reconstructed by the White House.” > > **Politico [reported in 2018](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164?ftag=MSF0951a18) that the former president’s unofficial “filing system” consisted of him ripping up papers and throwing them on the floor or in the trash**, which led to the arduous process of taping documents back together to ensure compliance with the Presidential Records Act. The law requires memos, letters, emails and other documents be preserved and given to the Archives at the end of an administration. > > The statement from the Archives came after [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/trump-torn-documents/index.html?ftag=MSF0951a18) and the [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/31/trump-ripped-up-documents/?ftag=MSF0951a18) reported that some of the documents from the Trump White House that the Archives handed over to the House select committee investigating the January 6 assault had been torn up and then reassembled. > > House investigators received more than 700 pages of documents from the Archives late last month after Trump lost a court battle with the committee to shield their release. The select committee had requested from the Archives reams of records surrounding the events of January 6, including presidential diaries, visitor logs, handwritten notes from then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, binders from then-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and a draft executive order on election integrity. > … My bold. Leave no ~~footprints~~ evidence, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/785 "2022-02-01T14:28:53Z")
Or perhaps this memorable bit of “[literature](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/LiberalityForAll).” Just wait till The Donald takes on DC/Marvel! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/786 "2022-02-01T14:45:29Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Or perhaps this memorable bit of “[literature](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/LiberalityForAll).” I was happier when I didn’t know that existed. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/787 "2022-02-01T14:50:05Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I was happier when I didn’t know that existed. Were you, though? Can any of us truly be said to be “happy?” Perhaps “”happiness” can be measured. I propose a unit (a small one, natch) called Anti-Trumps to measure “happiness.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/788 "2022-02-01T14:52:35Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > I was happier when I didn’t know that existed. > > Were you, though? Can any of us truly be said to be “happy?” Perhaps “”happiness” can be measured. I propose a unit (a small one, natch) called Anti-Trumps to measure “happiness.”- The clam has already been established as a measure of happy. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/789 "2022-02-01T14:56:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The clam has already been established as a measure of happy. Is your contention in this case that the clam is happy bc it is far away from (by being underwater) and ipso facto is unaware of the former president? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/790 "2022-02-01T14:58:02Z")
The clam only knows it is happy. it knows not why. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/791 "2022-02-01T15:26:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The clam has already been established as a measure of happy. I believe in the UK, the established measure is some dude called Larry, to wit, “Happy as Larry.” Is Larry actually a clam? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/792 "2022-02-01T15:28:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Is Larry actually a clam? Actually, he’s a kiwi. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/793 "2022-02-01T15:43:39Z")
Ignorance majorly fought today! > **[As Happy As Larry - Meaning, Origin, and Sentences - Literary Devices](https://literarydevices.net/as-happy-as-larry/)** > > Literary analysis for the phrase As Happy As Larry', with meaning, origin, and examples in literature and sentences. > ## Origin of “As Happy as Larry” > > The phrase “as happy as Larry” originated from a [character](https://literarydevices.net/character/)’s name, Larry. It was first used in a printed version by G. L. Meredith, a Kiwi in 1875. The first person here is plural and the phrase is used in its original form, “We would be as happy as Larry.” Another use has been found in _Barrier Truth_ , a book written by a popular Australian, Tom Collins in 1903, “I was as happy as Larry.” While the name Larry has been a [famous](https://literarydevices.net/famous/) simile, there are two possible inspirations for the name and the phrase. Firstly, the word might have been derived from “larrikin”, a [slang](https://literarydevices.net/slang/) used in Australia for a person who is either careless or causes trouble. The second option might have been derived from the name of Larry Foley (1847-1917), an Australian boxer, who had never lost a fight. > … ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/794 "2022-02-01T15:47:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ignorance majorly fought today! Nice. Now, can someone please explain “safe as houses”? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/795 "2022-02-01T15:55:20Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Nice. Now, can someone please explain “safe as houses”? > **['As safe as houses' - the meaning and origin of this phrase](https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-safe-as-houses.html)** > > The meaning and origin of the phrase 'As safe as houses'. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/796 "2022-02-01T15:57:58Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > Nice. Now, can someone please explain “safe as houses”? > > [The saying 'As safe as houses' - meaning and origin.](https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-safe-as-houses.html) Interesting read – thanks! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/797 "2022-02-01T17:08:22Z")
Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the Earth? No, of course not. That’s why we’re up _here_ . So we’ll be safe. Will we be safe? Oh, yes! Safe as houses! Then will the houses be safe? Oh, no; they’ll be blown to bits! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/798 "2022-02-01T17:17:32Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the Earth? I hadn’t thought of that sketch in years… (in this live version, the houses are “con-SUM-èd”) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9aVO7GAwxnQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The End of the World (1996 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aVO7GAwxnQ) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/799 "2022-02-01T17:41:25Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the Earth? The version I saw had Rowan Atkinson as the ‘Will this wind’ guy. I believe it was The Secret Policeman’s Ball or Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/800 "2022-02-01T18:48:01Z")
Secret Policeman, I think. I don’t recall it being a part of MP at the Hollywood Bowl. Would this wind be a mighty one? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mVh0Iq_85aw/hqdefault.jpg "A Mighty Wind is Blowin' - New Main Street Singers, The Folksmen and Mitch & Mickey.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh0Iq_85aw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178.md?page=41)