# Rick Perry challenges Donald Trump to a Pull-Up Contest - ::facepalm::
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 30, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574 "2015-07-30T13:25:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/21 "2015-07-30T16:41:12Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> 1)Build a cement wall behind the stage and add iron bars with a jail-cell door to stage right as well as to stage left.
> 2)Make sure that the candidates know that if they leave the stage at any time before the official end of the debate, they may not be listed on the ballot in any state.
> 3) Make sure to supply the crowd with cartons of fruit, vegetables, and eggs…
> 4) Profit!
…and make them pay for the wall, right?
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### Author:  [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/22 "2015-07-30T16:46:27Z")
To be fair, Perry was having fun with Trump’s tough guy persona. Calling for a pull up contest wasn’t bad, humor-wise.
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### Author:  [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/23 "2015-07-30T16:47:23Z")
> [@Crotalus](#):
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> I am holding out hope for an actual dick-measuring contest.
Or even better, -severing.
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/24 "2015-07-30T16:48:33Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Or even better, -severing.
Gah, even I cringed.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/25 "2015-07-30T17:01:21Z")
I actually think that there’s a non-trivial portion of the base that will vote based on things like this.
In their minds, physical prowess = machismo and machismo = a kickass, take no prisoners, Putin-like President.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/26 "2015-07-30T17:05:10Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Or even better, -severing.
I’m trying to understand what this would be.
Is it a contest to determine which one can sever himself… what?.. fastest… cleanest… closest…?
Or maybe they’re attacking each other with steak knifes?
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/27 "2015-07-30T17:11:41Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> To be fair, Perry was having fun with Trump’s tough guy persona. Calling for a pull up contest wasn’t bad, humor-wise.
Sorry. With his general foolishness, seeing anything other than “Perry tries Trumping Trump because…'Murrica!!” isn’t going to happen much.
Just a coupla maroons.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/28 "2015-07-30T17:13:15Z")
> [@davidm](#):
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> Or maybe they’re attacking each other with steak knifes?
_Dull_ steak knives.
Why would anybody want it over quickly?
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### Author:  [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/29 "2015-07-30T17:39:40Z")
> [@filmore](#):
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> It’s non-intuitive, but having one hand grab the bar and the other hand grab the wrist is no harder than a normal pullup.
Have you tried this yourself? Because I can do about seven pullups when I use both arms, but I can only get one when I do this “one hand grab the bar and the other hand grab the wrist” bit. Or actually, I should say I used to get one. Now I can only get about 3/4 of the way up. I certainly find it a good deal harder than a normal pullup.
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### Author:  [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/30 "2015-07-30T17:56:20Z")
> [@filmore](#):
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> A while back, the paper had a pic of Perry doing a “one armed pullup”. However, he was cheating by grabbing his wrist with his other hand. Essentially, that’s still a two armed pullup. It’s non-intuitive, but having one hand grab the bar and the other hand grab the wrist is no harder than a normal pullup. A true one armed pullup means only one arm is doing the lifting and the other arm hangs free, which is very, very challenging.
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> I have no doubt he can do more pullups than Trump, but I’m sure Perry thinks he can beat anyone because he thinks he’s a pullup champion because he can do his special “one armed pullup”.
The method you describe is the only way I’ve ever seen “one-armed pull ups” performed.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/31 "2015-07-30T18:00:28Z")
> [@Crotalus](#):
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> I am holding out hope for an actual dick-measuring contest.
No, they should get all of the candidates together in a ‘circle jerk’ in front of a screen showing a Muslim being tortured. Whoever cums the farthest wins.
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### Author:  [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/32 "2015-07-30T18:00:58Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#):
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> Have you tried this yourself? Because I can do about seven pullups when I use both arms, but I can only get one when I do this “one hand grab the bar and the other hand grab the wrist” bit. Or actually, I should say I used to get one. Now I can only get about 3/4 of the way up. I certainly find it a good deal harder than a normal pullup.
You’re probably right that it is a bit harder than a normal pullup. Back when Perry did that, I was doing pullups as part of my normal workout. Back then I tried the wrist pullup and it didn’t seem too much different than a normal pullup. But now I tried and it is harder than a normal one, but it’s still much, much easier than a true one arm pullup. With just one arm, I can barely even lift an inch.
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/33 "2015-07-30T18:24:13Z")
> [@WordMan](#):
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> …
> We’ve had physical challenges of machoism.
> …
Now I want Marc Summers to moderate a GOP debate with Double Dare style rules. If a candidate doesn’t like their question, they can dare another to answer instead. That candidate can double dare back to the original guy, who then can avoid answering by performing a physical challenge.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/34 "2015-07-30T18:27:25Z")
Trump looks pretty buff in [this photo](http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37600000/My-Wishnik-Troll-Spudnik-3-troll-dolls-37605287-1200-1600.jpg).
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### Author:  [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/35 "2015-07-30T19:32:36Z")
> [@davidm](#):
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> I’m trying to understand what this would be.
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> Is it a contest to determine which one can sever himself… what?.. fastest… cleanest… closest…?
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> Or maybe they’re attacking each other with steak knifes?
It would be like a Penn and Teller Fool Me episode. The winner, and most presidential, would be the trickiest dick.
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### Author:  [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/36 "2015-07-30T19:43:13Z")
Every time I read a thread like this, I mourn the much-too-early death of Molly Ivins. I would dearly love to be reading her columns right now about this zoo parade.
FWIW, she hung the nickname “Goodhair” Perry when he was still Governor of Texas, so maybe’s he’s just jealous of Trumps’ toupee…
For those who do not remember her, here’s a couple of quotes:
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> I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults
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> Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention
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> Good thing we’ve still got politics in Texas – finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
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> It’s like, duh. Just when you thought there wasn’t a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you’re wrong.
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> In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor’s] office; it’s mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.
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> Phil Gramm, the senator from Enron…
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> I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn’t actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.
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> Last week, I began a sentence by saying, “If Bush had any imagination …” and then I hit myself. Silly me.
I apologize for the moderate derail, but damn, Molly would have loved this.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/37 "2015-07-31T05:59:41Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> To be fair, Perry was having fun with Trump’s tough guy persona. Calling for a pull up contest wasn’t bad, humor-wise.
Agreed, and given the stupidity of just about everything Trump blathers, there’s no reason anybody should even by trying to answer Trump seriously. Trump’s stupidity is utterly worthy of this kind of response from Perry or anybody else. Perry’s on the right track here.
(Hey, when comparing idiot to idiot, one has no choice but to come down on the side of the lesser idiot.)
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/38 "2015-07-31T12:18:37Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> I apologize for the moderate derail, but damn, Molly would have loved this.
Never having encountered Ms Ivins before, I for one apreciatted the hijack. Glad I didn’t read it at work, I’m sure giggling that much at work isn’t considered serious.
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### Author:  [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/39 "2015-07-31T16:11:46Z")
I would pay money to see this go down at the first debate. In fact, don’t even have a debate, they can set up a literal macho-off contest instead. Just bring out a pull up bar, some dumbells, a couple of javelins, and a little track. Have all 10 candidates run the gauntlet and whoever gets the best score is declared winner of the first debate. Bonus if the last finishers are relegated off the stage in the 2nd debate and the candidates who didn’t make it to the first are chosen to replace them
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### Author:  [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-perry-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-pull-up-contest-facepalm/726574/40 "2015-07-31T17:49:47Z")
> [@davidm](#):
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> I actually think that there’s a non-trivial portion of the base that will vote based on things like this.
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> In their minds, physical prowess = machismo and machismo = a kickass, take no prisoners, Putin-like President.
You think we can get some of these candidates to ride shirtless on horseback to go one-on-one with an angry bear (ursine, not two-legged)?
I’ll sell the popcorn and nachos. Also beer.
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