# I was going to post a tasteless thread about the Obama's doin' it in the White House **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398 "2009-01-22T02:56:06Z")\ **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:** [January 22, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/1 "2009-01-22T02:56:06Z")
But now I don’t want to know… :eek: [I want to un-think it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neCIg0BiXbE&) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/2 "2009-01-22T02:57:28Z")
Damn I can’t even figure out what she thinks she meant by that. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/3 "2009-01-22T02:59:07Z")
Apparently the Obamas are touching, kissing, even _fisting_. The White House will never be the same. Do people not think through what they’re saying? Good God. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/4 "2009-01-22T03:02:17Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Apparently the Obamas are touching, kissing, even _fisting_. The White House will never be the same. > > Do people not think through what they’re saying? Good God. Makes you wonder what President’s fisted in the White House and which did not? I bet James Garfield was a fister. I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/5 "2009-01-22T03:04:15Z")
I so wish it was 2 minutes ago ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/6 "2009-01-22T03:04:57Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Damn I can’t even figure out what she thinks she meant by that. [Here’s some enlightenment.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/fox-anchor-calls-obama-fi_n_106027.html) Jesus, that’s priceless. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/7 "2009-01-22T03:26:07Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > Makes you wonder what President’s fisted in the White House and which did not? we could run with this. I’m thinking Nixon was a man who clearly did not fist! ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/8 "2009-01-22T03:29:04Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > we could run with this. > > I’m thinking Nixon was a man who clearly did not fist! Pat Nixon did. What? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/9 "2009-01-22T03:43:13Z")
I’m 98% sure she has no idea what fisting means. Which makes her an idiot for not looking the term up before using it on-air. Does this remind anyone of the McDonalds commericals where people claimed they’d like to “hit that” while looking at fastfood? why is there an apostrophe in the thread title? ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/10 "2009-01-22T03:58:10Z")
Does anyone have brain bleach? Is there enough brain bleach left for me? :eek: The other woman in the clip laughed nervously, so I think _she_ knew what it meant. elfkin477, I remember that ad. It was hilarious! The dude was leering at the sandwich, which made it so much worse/funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/11 "2009-01-22T04:02:17Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > we could run with this. > > I’m thinking Nixon was a man who clearly did not fist! Clinton almost certainly did. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/12 "2009-01-22T04:13:07Z")
Palin was gonna; in the Lincoln Bedroom, Oh YA, You Betcha! ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/13 "2009-01-22T04:23:03Z")
It’s even worse when you think of it the other way around, mutually fisting. Meaning Michelle to Barack too. No, you can’t have my remaining brain bleach I need it all to forget that one. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/14 "2009-01-22T06:32:13Z")
> [@chacoguy420](#): > > Palin was gonna; in the Lincoln Bedroom, Oh YA, You Betcha! Am I a bad person if this makes me think of a pig with lipstick? ---
**Author:** ![HolyFreakingMoly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@HolyFreakingMoly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HolyFreakingMoly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/15 "2009-01-22T06:41:25Z")
I’m betting Rosalyn Carter was a TOTAL FREAK!!! ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/16 "2009-01-22T07:25:17Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > why is there an apostrophe in the thread title There are two, but the first is appropriate because it’s a possessive before a gerund. That gerund, however, is truncated with an apostrophe to represent common pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/17 "2009-01-22T07:55:03Z")
Holy shit, I just woke up the whole block. Well played, sir or ma’am. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/18 "2009-01-22T08:02:47Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > There are two, but the first is appropriate because it’s a possessive before a gerund. That gerund, however, is truncated with an apostrophe to represent common pronunciation. If that were the case, then the possessive would have been “the Obamas’re” As for who did what, I’m betting [James Buchanan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_of_James_Buchanan). Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/19 "2009-01-22T08:05:26Z")
I’m just loving that an “expert” on physical affection has no idea what fisting is. Yeah, I want her to be _my_ Love Doctor. Snerk. I think I’d make her brain ass-plode. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/20 "2009-01-22T08:10:49Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > If that were the case, then the possessive would have been “the Obamas’re” No, it’d be " the Obamas’ " [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398.md?page=2)