# I call BS on Bush bathroom note **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765 "2005-09-15T12:13:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/1 "2005-09-15T12:13:38Z")
[Bush asks for bathroom break](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050914/ids_photos_ts/r2587077477.jpg) This picture looks too perfect. The note is just in focus. He is in the process of signing the note “W”. Are photogs really allowed to be in a position to read the documents on the President of the United States’ desk at the UN? I expect a Snopes on this soon. Your opinion? ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/2 "2005-09-15T12:24:24Z")
It seems that he is so out of touch he doesn’t know whether or not he needs to go to the bathroom. I believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/3 "2005-09-15T12:32:50Z")
> [@RTA](#): > > It seems that he is so out of touch he doesn’t know whether or not he needs to go to the bathroom. > > I believe it. Whatsa matter with you? The guy can’t win. He writes a polite note to pass on to whomever needs to see it so they can take a break and go to the potty. Should he have just stood up and left the room? As far as authenticity? Looks like a telephoto shot from some strategically placed journalist, I believe it _could_ happen, not that this one is authentic, but it could happen. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/4 "2005-09-15T12:34:24Z")
Maybe George and Condoleezza = Bill and Monica?? ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/5 "2005-09-15T12:41:17Z")
> [@RTA](#): > > It seems that he is so out of touch he doesn’t know whether or not he needs to go to the bathroom. > > I believe it. Hmmmm… Kneejerk Bush bashing opportunity aside, do you think the note is real? ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/6 "2005-09-15T12:42:22Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Maybe George and Condoleezza = Bill and Monica?? Based on… …Maybe school is not back in in Australia. Collective IQ goes up around here once the kiddies are in class. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/7 "2005-09-15T12:51:25Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > Based on… The inference may be derived from her early slip in referring to the president as “her husband”. Whatever. Frankly, I hope the SoS is getting a little somewhere. As for the note, if it is genuine, why do they need to publish stuff like this? I’m no GWB fan, but sheesh, give the guy a little privacy. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/8 "2005-09-15T12:54:28Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > Based on… > > …Maybe school is not back in in Australia. Collective IQ goes up around here once the kiddies are in class. Sorry I didn’t realise how thin skinned you guys are. It was a joke…like there is no similarity. Unless of course you think there is. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/9 "2005-09-15T13:01:25Z")
Anything like is always has about 90 percent chance of being horseshit, or horseshit-like. I’d wager there’s about 45 percent chance it’s totaly fake, and about 45 percent chance W staged it to to get some of those “Aw shucks, he’s just good ol’ boy” warm fuzzies back from an increasingly non-supporting public. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/10 "2005-09-15T13:01:52Z")
I’m suspicious of this. I’ll go along with not buying it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/11 "2005-09-15T13:04:11Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Sorry I didn’t realise how thin skinned you guys are. It was a joke…like there is no similarity. Unless of course you think there is. I thought it was funny. I can just picture whoever plays Dubya on SNL handing a bathroom note to Rice, then a cut to a closet with “Janitor” on the door… ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/12 "2005-09-15T13:06:34Z")
I almost started a thread a few days ago about “is it possible that all Bush’s critics are Bush plants?” because most turn out to be crackpots or their claims are easily disproven lies. Could this be yet another example. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/13 "2005-09-15T13:18:24Z")
It just aired on CNN. So it _must_ be true. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/14 "2005-09-15T13:18:33Z")
It looks fake to me, but I’m trying to make out what the words after “bathroom break” are on the line below, and I’m not having any luck. Can someone help me out? ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/15 "2005-09-15T13:21:33Z")
Legit or not, I can’t believe they’d bother to print such a thing. I mean, how intrusive is this??? Are they that desperate to embarass Bush they have to find stuff like this? Sheesh!!! ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/16 "2005-09-15T13:25:31Z")
If Bush really wrote it, it would say “I gotta go wee-wee.” ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/17 "2005-09-15T13:26:44Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > It looks fake to me, but I’m trying to make out what the words after “bathroom break” are on the line below, and I’m not having any luck. > > Can someone help me out? I think it’s “Is this possible?” ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/18 "2005-09-15T13:28:32Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Maybe George and Condoleezza = Bill and Monica?? That’s been my mother’s theory (which means that as far as she’s concerned, it’s indisputable fact) ever since Condie made Secretary. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/19 "2005-09-15T13:39:30Z")
I actually found it rather interesting, if it is real that is. Can any handwriting analysists on the board explain the changing of the cases? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765/20 "2005-09-15T13:43:22Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > I expect a Snopes on this soon. [They’re working on it](http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/bushnote.asp) but no decision as yet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bs-on-bush-bathroom-note/321765.md?page=2)