# Obama

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 15, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463 "2016-06-15T21:02:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/261 "2016-06-21T02:44:26Z")

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Best housebreaker ever! Break your house into a thousand pieces in one minute flat! Sell it to one guy for firewood, sell it to another as a pre-fab Ikea house he can assemble with an Allen wrench. Cash _both_ their checks, fuck 'em, they can sue me.

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/262 "2016-06-21T02:47:37Z")

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But what if the Allen wench doesn’t want to assemble with him? Would that be a breach of contract?

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/263 "2016-06-21T06:48:04Z")

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Best not be abridging an Allen wrench’s first amendment right to freedom of assembly – unless it is one of those fucking metric things that are overrunning us.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/264 "2016-06-21T10:24:54Z")

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The Allen wrench might not wish joinder with you.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/265 "2016-06-21T12:36:49Z")

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> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#):
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> But what if the Allen wench [sick] doesn’t want to assemble with him? Would that be a breach of contract?

If the instructions have gold fringe, you do NOT want to ‘establish joiner’ with that wrench. Explain to the arresting officer that “Allen of the family: Wrench” is just a construct.

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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/266 "2016-06-21T17:21:11Z")

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The ethnicity of wrenches is protected under the Equal Oppotunity Employment Act … I’m going to need to see some equal treatment here of Clutch wrenches …

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/267 "2016-06-21T17:58:41Z")

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> [@watchwolf49](#):
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> The ethnicity of wrenches is protected under the Equal Oppotunity Employment Act … I’m going to need to see some equal treatment here of Clutch wrenches …

I didn’t realize that wenches had workplace protections in place.

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**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:** [June 21, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/268 "2016-06-21T18:14:59Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> I didn’t realize that wenches had workplace protections in place.

Uhmmm… Hooters.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/269 "2016-06-21T18:59:23Z")

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…And you may say to yourself “My God! What have I done!”…

_Once in a Lifetime_, Talking Heads

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/270 "2016-06-21T23:01:46Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> I didn’t realize that wenches had workplace protections in place.

[Empower](http://www.empowerfoundation.org/index_en.html) is a sort-of union for Thai prostitutes.

More info [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMPOWER).

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/271 "2016-06-23T06:37:34Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> …And you may say to yourself “My God! What have I done!”…

How did I get here?

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/272 "2016-06-23T07:29:29Z")

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This is not my beautiful wife!

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**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/273 "2016-06-28T04:49:08Z")

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Your back is no more attractive than your front.

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**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/274 "2016-06-28T04:53:55Z")

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Sorry everyone. Misread thread and responded to old, old post.

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**Author:** ![dbzell971](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dbzell971](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbzell971)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/275 "2016-06-29T18:51:54Z")

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What a bunch of libnuts. I happened across this board and hoped it would be interesting. Guess I’ll go elsewhere in search of intelligence.

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**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:** [June 29, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/276 "2016-06-29T18:56:12Z")

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> [@dbzell971](#):
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> What a bunch of libnuts. I happened across this board and hoped it would be interesting. Guess I’ll go elsewhere in search of intelligence.

Socking for the OP, right?

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/277 "2016-06-29T18:56:39Z")

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> [@dbzell971](#):
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> What a bunch of libnuts. I happened across this board and hoped it would be interesting. Guess I’ll go elsewhere in search of intelligence.

Thanks for stopping by. We’re all better for having been insulted by a complete stranger. I hope you find the agreement that you find interesting (apparently you find disagreement boring) elsewhere.

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**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:** [June 29, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/278 "2016-06-29T19:04:59Z")

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> [@dbzell971](#):
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> What a bunch of libnuts. I happened across this board and hoped it would be interesting. Guess I’ll go elsewhere in search of intelligence.

The door says “Pull”, quit pushing on it genius.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/279 "2016-06-29T19:15:48Z")

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> [@dbzell971](#):
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> Guess I’ll go elsewhere in search of intelligence.

Good for you. It’s never too late for self-improvement.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama/757463/280 "2016-06-29T19:18:40Z")

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> [@dbzell971](#):
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> What a bunch of libnuts. I happened across this board and hoped it would be interesting. Guess I’ll go elsewhere in search of intelligence.

You must feel like a complete fucktard, then. You went through all the trouble of registering for this message board without apparently finding out anything about it first.

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