# Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 21, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580 "2014-04-21T03:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 622
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12423 "2020-02-12T17:08:43Z")
John Barth attempted to take a solo boot ride around the world in 1977, but the wind never blew right to get him there. He did write an account of his adventure “Poor Sails in 1977.” It received poor reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12424 "2020-02-12T17:30:43Z")
Jacobus Poor tried to make a living as a travel writer in the early 19th century. He was hampered by his stubborn refusal to adopt a pen name, resulting in books with such problematic names as _Poor Sails Around the World_. The philosopher Henry Standard had similar problems with his books which had titles such as _Standard Thinking_. The two happened to meet at a London pub one day, and while commiserating over their similar problems, hit upon the idea of collaborating on a book analyzing the world’s financial markets. The rest is history. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12425 "2020-02-12T19:05:23Z")
Jacobus Poor and Henry Standard would become best friends, eventually sharing a house as roommates for over 25 years. A week after Poor’s death from a heart attack, Standard would die of a wound suffered when his gun accidentally went off while he was cleaning it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12426 "2020-02-12T23:33:57Z")
Accidental gun deaths of 2020 include: Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Haile Selassie, Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham, F. Scott Fitzgerald, S. Fitz Scottgerald, Mike Pence, Sirhan Sirhan, Graham Lindsay, Pauly Shore, Anne Coulter and former President Donald Trump. Sean Hannity’s death was ruled intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12427 "2020-02-13T00:15:28Z")
The above is an outright fabrication. Anne Coulter didn’t die from a gunshot wound. One day an intern forgot to cover the mirror at Coulter’s makeup station, and the woman frightened herself to death. She was heard to scream “The horror! THE HORROR!” ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12428 "2020-02-13T03:40:33Z")
Anne Coulter once described \*Mein Kampf \*as “a cracking good beach read.” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12429 "2020-02-13T12:04:36Z")
Adolph laughed all the way through _How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must)._ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12430 "2020-02-13T14:20:22Z")
Adolph practiced normal sexual activity until he got a glimpse of Anne Coulter naked in a mirror, seeing her both front side and back side. After the horror of that, he only had, er…solo sex. He called this activity “Herr meiner Domäne zu sein.” ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12431 "2020-02-13T14:28:40Z")
Coulter’s image has been banned in more places than her books (but it’s close). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12432 "2020-02-13T14:54:06Z")
The #1 most universal banned image in history of all time in every place ever, including all foreign countries and even other places is our current POTUS. Indeed, on some planets “potus” has become an official word for “banned.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12433 "2020-02-13T15:55:59Z")
The term “POTUS” has been officially changed to “SCROTUS” in honor of the president’s remarkable resemblance to that appendage. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12434 "2020-02-13T16:00:07Z")
However, word is that the POTUS had an extremely small SCROTUS. Just look at his hands. ETA: There is a radio announcer at NYC’s 1010 WINS with the name of Mike Potus. I giggle every time he says it. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12435 "2020-02-13T16:08:22Z")
Although William Safire’s 1978 novel _Full Disclosure_ and the 1990s TV show _The West Wing_ have both been credited with popularizing the acronym “POTUS” (for “President of the United States”), the earliest known use of it is in Orson Bean’s 1962 political sex comedy about the first female President, _The POTUS with the Mostess_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12436 "2020-02-13T17:25:05Z")
The POTUS with the Mostess was sponsored by Hostess, who put out a limited edition Postess Cupcake one-quarter of the size of their regular hands to accommodate “those with feminine appendages.” Donald Trump used to buy them by the case load and, when they were discontinued, he bought every single last existing one, since “they last as long as Twinkies.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12437 "2020-02-13T17:28:42Z")
After the release of Orson Bean’s “POTUS with the Mostess”, his poetic license was permanently revoked and an injunction was issued by the SCOTUS to prevent him from ever attempting to make a rhyme again, whether intentionally or accidentally. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12438 "2020-02-13T18:08:59Z")
Ann Coulter auditioned for the lead role in the Broadway adaptation of _The POTUS with the Mostess_ but was rejected by Orson Bean for “not being presidential material.” He even referred to her as the Beastess with the Leastest. She then reported him to the SCOTUS which levied a fine, but for only $1.98. The majority opinion was “We don’t blame you a bit.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12439 "2020-02-13T18:15:38Z")
Here lies Orson Bean He lived clean Never killed a dean Or bombed a glean But kept them green Was long and lean Was never mean Or taunted with “nean” Or ever would preen Or insult the Queen Was often seen With no real spleen Never seduced a teen Or needed drug wean. So now he’s xeen To expound YEEN to the Supreme Court ZEEN! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12440 "2020-02-13T19:45:47Z")
:D:D:D:D:D Nobel Prize for Poetry Assured! :D:D:D:D:D and it can be sung to either the tune of _Alice’s Restaurant_ or _Amazing Grace._ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12441 "2020-02-13T21:01:05Z")
Ah, poetry: Nasty Ann Coulter, Face like a boulder Brain starting to molder Given the cold shoulder Someone shoulda told her It’s a bitch growing older. Burma Shave. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/12442 "2020-02-14T13:02:20Z")
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