# I hope President Bush doesn't get any ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 22, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207 "2004-12-22T20:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 22, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/21 "2004-12-22T21:38:26Z")
In Canada, it’s technically against the law to go naked in a private house in such a way that you can be seen from a public place. I don’t know the last time someone was prosecuted for this, though. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/22 "2004-12-22T21:44:29Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > “Even the President of the United States sometimes has to stand naked.” - Bob Dylan Obviously not a lyric written during FDR’s administration. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/23 "2004-12-23T00:03:04Z")
“Even the President of the United States sometimes has to stand naked, with the help of two men.” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/24 "2004-12-23T00:04:55Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Obviously not a lyric written during FDR’s administration. If I were eating Skittles, they would’ve shot out my nose a minute after I read this and it finally registered. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/25 "2004-12-23T00:33:55Z")
Actually, now that the initial shock and revulsion have worn off a bit, all this discussion of historical Presidential nudity has given me some ideas … I mean - let’s face it - you people have very dull currency at the moment; all the same size, all mostly green. A few naked Presidents would spice it up no end. How about it? Bring on the Full Frontal Franklins! ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/26 "2004-12-23T01:25:22Z")
I like how a subject that has absolutely nothing to do with Bush was still used to color him negatively, providing yet another opportunity for a Bush-bashing, circle-jerk thread where all the democrats can come to post, jack each other off, throw in a lot of “yeah! He sucks!” comments, and then consider themselves “superior.” 'Cause we need more threads like that. :rolleyes: \* infinity ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/27 "2004-12-23T01:33:26Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > I like how a subject that has absolutely nothing to do with Bush was still used to color him negatively, providing yet another opportunity for a Bush-bashing, circle-jerk thread where all the democrats can come to post, jack each other off, throw in a lot of “yeah! He sucks!” comments, and then consider themselves “superior.” > > 'Cause we need more threads like that. : rolleyes : \* infinity I like how you can read into the thoughts and minds of every poster. As the OP, I know for certain this had nothing more to do with coloring Bush negatively as it did with coloring Clinton negatively. Or positively for that matter. Just humorously. And then there was one other post poking fun at the sitting president (which I almost used). Of course that’s partisan. No one ever made fun of a sitting Democratic president. You’ve got to be straining really hard to see this as a Bush-bashing thread. You’re probably too tense. Why don’t you bend over and take those lame rolleyes\*infinity and shoot them up your ass. Maybe that will relax you. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/28 "2004-12-23T01:41:33Z")
> [@Dr. Love](#): > > The article doesn’t mention any loopholes in the law, so all nudity is banned? Must everyone be clothed to bathe? Whilst engaging in copulatory relations? Inquiring minds want to know! This one time I saw a movie about this strict Mexican Catholic woman who wouldn’t undress during sex. She went to bed with her husband in a full nightgown with a hole cut out of it. I guess they’d have to do something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/29 "2004-12-23T01:43:38Z")
How naked is “naked” though? I mean, can I get away with walking around my house starkers if I wear, say, a hat? Does it still count as being nude? What about socks? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/30 "2004-12-23T02:11:00Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > You’ve got to be straining really hard to see this as a Bush-bashing thread. You’re probably too tense. Why don’t you bend over and take those lame rolleyes\*infinity and shoot them up your ass. Maybe that will relax you. Actually, I just figured it was a matter of time until the “Bush is a nazi; anyone who voted for him is an idiot and a fascist; the US is doomed!” posts started, and I wanted to get in my jab before page 3. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/31 "2004-12-23T02:14:52Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > How naked is “naked” though? I mean, can I get away with walking around my house starkers if I wear, say, a hat? Does it still count as being nude? What about socks? LBJ probably wore a ten gallon hat, cowboy boots and maybe even a gun belt----a two gun gun belt, of course. Or a three gun gun belt, as the case may be. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/32 "2004-12-23T02:31:29Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > Bring on the Full Frontal Franklins! Franklin wasn’t a President. Sorry, you can’t satisfy your sick, kinky Franklin festish quite that easily… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/33 "2004-12-23T02:32:52Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > … I wanted to get in my jab before page 3. Fine. Wait until someone actually attacks before you reposte, then. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/34 "2004-12-23T02:34:48Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Actually, I just figured it was a matter of time until the “Bush is a nazi; anyone who voted for him is an idiot and a fascist; the US is doomed!” posts started, and I wanted to get in my jab before page 3. o/`Everybody was shadow-boxin'! Making the boards so toxic...o/` ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/35 "2004-12-23T02:41:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > How naked is “naked” though? I mean, can I get away with walking around my house starkers if I wear, say, a hat? Does it still count as being nude? What about socks? [You Can Leave Your Hat On.](http://lyrics.duble.com/R/randynewmanlyrics/randynewmanyoucanleaveyourhatonlyrics.htm) > [@](#): > > Baby, take off your coat…(real slow) > Baby, take off your shoes…(here, I’ll take your shoes) > Baby, take off your dress > Yes, yes, yes > You can leave your hat on > You can leave your hat on > You can leave your hat on > Go on over there and turn on the light…no, all the lights > Now come back here and stand on this chair…that’s right > Raise your arms up in to the air…shake 'em > You give me a reason to live — Randy Newman ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/36 "2004-12-23T04:08:14Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > What is so wrong with a naked human body? Madeline Albright. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/37 "2004-12-23T04:18:15Z")
Strom Thurmond. Even when he was alive, not that you could much tell the difference for the last 30 years or so. ::shudders:: I can’t think of _any_ politician who should be seen without the gray suit. Most of 'em can’t even carry off everyday things. I do want them to shower, but securely behind closed doors and preferrably armed Secret Service. As for even thinking about anything racier, well, as Mencken so aptly put it, “It makes you want to burn every bed in the country.” Ulp. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/38 "2004-12-23T04:26:39Z")
OK, how in the heck are you supposed to do your business en el baño if you can’t take off your pants? Arguably you could shower clothed, and with enough suds, get reasonably clean. After a few hours with the blowdryer, you’re off for work. But some things really do require full exposure of the naughty bits, and they’re not “optional”, like coitus. Surely there must be a clause allowing expulsion of waste. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/39 "2004-12-23T13:57:34Z")
Ya know… When I close my eyes and think of naked bodies, I really don’t want to be thinking about any president, past or present. I don’t want to think about Albright or Thurmond or DeGaulle or John Major or Queen Elizabeth. I want to think about living next door to a few of them _Desperate Housewives_ and catching Teri Hatcher vacuuming in the buff. Youz guyz are ruinin’ it. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/40 "2004-12-23T14:41:35Z")
Oh, man, naked Mexicans sweating in the privacy of their own homes … … droooooollll … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207.md?page=3)