# President Bush does The Shocker (DEAR GOD, WHY?!)} **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761 "2008-11-14T20:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/21 "2008-11-15T08:46:05Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > You find that shocking? A hand gesture? That maybe one in a hundred people can interpret in a dirty way? Odd. The shocker has made its way firmly into pop culture. Far more than 1 in 100 know it. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/22 "2008-11-15T09:32:07Z")
Why does the President, arguably the most powerful man in the world, waste his time meeting with college softball teams? Hell, he shouldn’t bother meeting with any sports teams. What a colossal waste of fucking time. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/23 "2008-11-15T09:57:24Z")
> [@brickbacon](#): > > Why does the President, arguably the most powerful man in the world, waste his time meeting with college softball teams? Hell, he shouldn’t bother meeting with any sports teams. What a colossal waste of fucking time. Eh, what else has he got goin’ on? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/24 "2008-11-15T17:45:29Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > The shocker has made its way firmly into pop culture. Far more than 1 in 100 know it. I didn’t know what it meant until I saw the picture, read this thread, and went :o :smack: . My poor innocence! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/25 "2008-11-15T18:30:39Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Maybe I’m too judgemental, but… > > In my mind, I automatically assume anyone who makes some sort of finger-sign while being photographed is a moron. > > Anyone else feel this way, or am I just a jerk? Generally speaking I agree with you, but with one exception: bunny ears. I’m 36 and I still think they’re hilarious. I can’t help it. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/26 "2008-11-15T20:17:52Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > It’s amazing how slang can make you never want to have sexual contact again. Hmm, I still want to have sex but I want nothing to do with the shocker…the slang is very off putting and I can’t imagine anyone having enough dexterity to be able to do anything that might cause an orgasm in that situation. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/27 "2008-11-15T20:33:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I just _knew_ Laura rolled that way! I admit to a certain jones for Laura, but she probably thinks her, uh, stink…don’t stink. Two in the slot, one in the knot? Two in the wings, one in the ring? Two in the slit, one in the sit? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/28 "2008-11-15T21:01:36Z")
Never heard of the gesture, nor the name for the gesture, nor the implication of the gesture, ever before in my life. And I’ve been active on teh Internets since 1991. Kids. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/29 "2008-11-15T23:21:47Z")
Yeah, it’s firmly in the realm of [pop culture.](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BtFEhM-Z6ZY) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/30 "2008-11-15T23:45:18Z")
President Bush has been giving America the shocker for the last 8 years, so why is this instance particularly surprising? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/31 "2008-11-15T23:51:19Z")
Two in the Bush, one in the tush? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761/32 "2008-11-16T00:07:25Z")
> [@brickbacon](#): > > Why does the President, arguably the most powerful man in the world, waste his time meeting with college softball teams? Hell, he shouldn’t bother meeting with any sports teams. What a colossal waste of fucking time. It can’t hurt anybody… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-does-the-shocker-dear-god-why/472761.md?page=1)