# 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:** 3
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/41 "2009-01-22T23:10:06Z")
> [@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. In what way do you think a possessive is appropriate to the thread title? Seriously, if you think it’s correct what are the Obamas possessing?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/42 "2009-01-22T23:14:37Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > In what way do you think a possessive is appropriate to the thread title? Seriously, if you think it’s correct what are the Obamas possessing?😕 Could be that they are possessive with each other concerning fisting. Fisting in public is one thing, but having other people fist your spouse is quite another. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/43 "2009-01-22T23:24:49Z")
More seriously, see 12 [Apostrophes | Apostrophe Rules](http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/44 "2009-01-23T00:06:59Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Have you seen the lasted McD’s adds where the food is sitting at a table having a conversation about what to sell for $.99? The two apple pies are portrayed with teen-girl voices and get all excited about being available for such a good price, and one of the other voices says something like “woo-hoo - Pies Gone Wild” or something like that. I don’t know what’s worse - the reference to Girls Gone Wild in a McD’s ad, or the use of the word “Pies” in that context - also in a McD’s ad…:eek: As an aside, I have decided that if you think something is a sexual innuendo in a commercial, it is (and intentional, too). I noticed that if you watch tv without the sound, or listen to tv without watching, the commercials are filthy. They get away with a lot because the pictures tone down the words, and the words tone down the pictures. As for the OP, it says something that the thought of your president and first lady gettin’ it on is a whole lot less AAAAAIIIIEEEEEGGHGHHH!!!1!!! than it has been for quite a while. 🙂 (Not to mention that they’re the first couple in a long time who actually look like they see each other naked on a regular basis - I’m sure Clinton was getting busy regularly, but I seriously doubt it was with Hilary.) ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/45 "2009-01-23T02:16:08Z")
Oh my God… That is the funniest thing I’ve seen on the internet in a long time… “…even _fisting_…” HAHAHAHAHAHAH… ---
**Author:** ![Convict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Convict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Convict)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/46 "2009-01-23T02:17:28Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > As for the OP, it says something that the thought of your president and first lady gettin’ it on is a whole lot less AAAAAIIIIEEEEEGGHGHHH!!!1!!! than it has been for quite a while. 🙂 (Not to mention that they’re the first couple in a long time who actually look like they see each other naked on a regular basis - I’m sure Clinton was getting busy regularly, but I seriously doubt it was with Hilary.) I wouldn’t be surprised if the President was showing the First Lady his stimulus package right now. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/47 "2009-01-23T03:16:17Z")
> [@Convict](#): > > I wouldn’t be surprised if the President was showing the First Lady his stimulus package right now. And I’ll bet he doesn’t need a bail out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/48 "2009-01-23T03:39:33Z")
Looks like Santorum finally made it to the White House. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/49 "2009-01-23T03:55:36Z")
> [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](#): > > It involves blue felt. You! Corner! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/50 "2009-01-23T04:11:02Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > And I’ll bet he doesn’t need a bail out. > > 😉 Mmmmm. Surely I won’t be the first person that finds our new President hawt, will I? I mean, besides the “Obama girl” of You Tube fame. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/51 "2009-01-23T04:17:29Z")
I’m sorry, I just don’t get the whole steamer, blue felt thing. I’m missing a bunch of cultural references here. [Sunrazor toddles back to his books and begins fondling Jane Eyre.) ---
**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 23, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/52 "2009-01-23T07:13:17Z")
The power of Christ compels you [http://www.sexinchrist.com/fist.html](http://www.sexinchrist.com/fist.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/53 "2009-01-23T18:54:42Z")
I can always count on you guys to take something weird and make it even more disturbing. You rock! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/54 "2009-01-23T18:58:47Z")
> [@Sunrazor](#): > > I’m sorry, I just don’t get the whole steamer, blue felt thing. I’m missing a bunch of cultural references here. > > [Sunrazor toddles back to his books and begins fondling Jane Eyre.) [Grover.](http://images.google.com/images?q=grover&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title) Sesame Street icon. Made of blue felt. [Grover Cleveland.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland) President. [Cleveland Steamer.](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cleveland%20steamers)Do not click on that at work. In fact, don’t click on that at all. ---
**Author:** ![KnitWit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@KnitWit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnitWit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/55 "2009-01-23T19:46:39Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > The power of Christ compels you > > [Fisting and God's Will](http://www.sexinchrist.com/fist.html) That was so disturbing that I couldn’t even read it all. And I’m NOT a prude. Okay, I lied. I closed the link after reading a couple of paragraphs, but then opened it again to get in a few more sentences before I found myself appalled. Not appalled at the sex act, just queezed out by the religious connotations. It was like trying to watch a horror movie. I keep turning it off, but then find myself compelled to find out what happens. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/56 "2009-01-23T19:48:43Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > [Grover.](http://images.google.com/images?q=grover&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title) Sesame Street icon. Made of blue felt. > > [Grover Cleveland.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland) President. > > [Cleveland Steamer.](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cleveland%20steamers)Do not click on that at work. In fact, don’t click on that at all. Steamer Trunk Trunk Sale Woohoo! _Chain Reaction_ rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/57 "2009-01-23T20:48:36Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Steamer Trunk > Trunk Sale > Woohoo! _Chain Reaction_ rocks! …and I just noticed that one of the first links on the Grover google image page is [this.](http://boxothoughts.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/grover_is_going.jpg) How do it know? ---
**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 23, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/58 "2009-01-23T23:24:59Z")
> [@KnitWit](#): > > That was so disturbing that I couldn’t even read it all. And I’m NOT a prude. > > Okay, I lied. I closed the link after reading a couple of paragraphs, but then opened it again to get in a few more sentences before I found myself appalled. Not appalled at the sex act, just queezed out by the religious connotations. > > It was like trying to watch a horror movie. I keep turning it off, but then find myself compelled to find out what happens. I just goes to show that **anything** is kosher with a suitable application of biblical passages ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/59 "2009-01-24T00:14:39Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I just goes to show that **anything** is kosher with a suitable application of biblical passages _ **The Benefits of Swallowing - Drink of the Living Water** _ Was probably my favorite line. Horrifying, yet strangely compelling ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-going-to-post-a-tasteless-thread-about-the-obamas-doin-it-in-the-white-house/482398/60 "2009-01-24T11:06:06Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I’m thinking Nixon was a man who clearly did not fist! He tried a few times, but he just couldn’t get it down pat. [Previous 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) [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=4)