# Sorry, your country's leader can't beat this awesomeness **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152 "2011-08-10T01:37:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/21 "2011-08-10T14:31:22Z")
> [@SecondJudith](#): > > I thought this was going to be about the other thing I’ve heard about Stephen Harper recently, that he locked himself in a toilet in Brazil until Dilma Rousseff agreed to let him speak first at a luncheon, or something like that. Has anyone else heard that story, or did I dream it? [Here](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/stephen-harper-locks-himself-in-brazilian-ministers-bathroom-until-he-gets-his-way/2011/08/09/gIQAjzr84I_blog.html?fb_ref=NetworkNews) it is. I’ll bet they got him out with a kitten. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/22 "2011-08-10T14:54:39Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Here’s what [we](http://www.flickr.com/photos/24903553@N00/100474310/) have to offer. My god, Cheney’s facial expression in that picture is exactly like the Penguin. I can actually hear him cackling. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/23 "2011-08-10T15:31:30Z")
> [@ctnguy](#): > > Ah, but does your head of state do [this](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01589/boynton-zuma3_1589001c.jpg)? Okay, that’s definitely a contender. > [@Raguleader](#): > > [http://www.life.com/image/53381173](http://www.life.com/image/53381173) > > This photo requires no caption. “I ride a moose; your argument is invalid.” I’m going to ask that the PM Harper bathroom allegation discussion goes on in a different thread - this was just meant to be some light-hearted fun. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/24 "2011-08-10T15:41:05Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [A man’s man.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/features/2005/07/images/070904nipputin_3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/8483,news-comment,news-politics,putins-pecs,3&h=440&w=756&sz=146&tbnid=6QWM9tnyGtqn2M:&tbnh=70&tbnw=121&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvladimir%2Bputin%2Bhunting%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=vladimir+putin+hunting&docid=KiF9dEhhI6Y9kM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RmtCTvGaLePz0gGW-qi0CQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ9QEwAg&dur=324) Yeah, seeing the thread title I thought this was going to be another Putin thread. But a man’s man doth not protest so much, if you know what I mean. It would not surprise me at all if Putin were secretly gay. (Not that there’s anything wrong with or necessarily unmanly about that, but given cultural attitudes . . .) And I’d be sleeping with one eye open for the rest of my life if I dared post that while in Russia. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/25 "2011-08-10T16:01:55Z")
See, I can get behind that theory, **Koxinga**. President Putin seems over-the-top butch, and PM Harper likes to play with fuzzy kittens - Russia has imploded, and Canada has plans to start stockpiling…but I’ve said too much already. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/26 "2011-08-10T17:36:41Z")
I saw the OP picture last night and have to say that I can’t _totally_ disapprove of a catlover, regardless of his politics. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/27 "2011-08-10T17:50:05Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Okay, that’s definitely a contender. Does it get better if I tell you he was dancing at his wedding to his third wife… his third _simultaneous_ wife? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/28 "2011-08-10T18:28:24Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Here’s what [we](http://www.flickr.com/photos/24903553@N00/100474310/) have to offer. I’ve always wondered who the other two in that picture are. Are they the ones giving the gift? They have a really frightening look about them. They make me think of the Hapsburgs. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/29 "2011-08-10T18:39:45Z")
Former deputy Prime Minister Prescott [earning a new soubriquet](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01798/prescottPunch_1798539c.jpg). From “Two Jags” to Two Punch". ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/30 "2011-08-10T18:50:16Z")
I thought this was [awesome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOt2Qp0H9G8). ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/31 "2011-08-10T19:01:52Z")
I’ve always liked this [article/pic](http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=14832&tid=025) of all the party leaders participating in a charity BBQ. I imagine if the US did the same thing, instead of cooking hamburgers with Obama, Cheney would make _him_ the hamburger. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/32 "2011-08-10T19:02:31Z")
Ah, yes… I hear he massages the kittens, so by the time they’re on the dining table, they’ll be nice and supple. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/33 "2011-08-11T03:20:24Z")
[A Prime Minister Imitates Hollywood](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciiVRZuI1AY) ---
**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:** [August 11, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/34 "2011-08-11T05:43:47Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [A Prime Minister Imitates Hollywood](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciiVRZuI1AY) That’s the actual Hungarian Prime Minister? That is pretty awesome! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/35 "2011-08-11T06:56:16Z")
[David Ben Guiron on the beach, Tel Aviv, 1957.](http://socialfairydust.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/goldman.jpg?w=600) ---
**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:** [August 11, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/36 "2011-08-11T20:33:59Z")
Okay, I will grudgingly admit that there are and have been some awesome world leaders. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/37 "2011-08-11T21:13:01Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [A man’s man.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/features/2005/07/images/070904nipputin_3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/8483,news-comment,news-politics,putins-pecs,3&h=440&w=756&sz=146&tbnid=6QWM9tnyGtqn2M:&tbnh=70&tbnw=121&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvladimir%2Bputin%2Bhunting%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=vladimir+putin+hunting&docid=KiF9dEhhI6Y9kM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RmtCTvGaLePz0gGW-qi0CQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ9QEwAg&dur=324) And Putin can sing too! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IjHz2yIo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IjHz2yIo) Truly a Renaissance man. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/38 "2011-08-11T21:40:42Z")
We’ve had our share of strangler leaders, and [that includes leader-strangling leaders!](http://news.icanhascheezburger.com/2008/07/30/political-pictures-george-bush-germanys-personal-space/) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/39 "2011-08-12T13:40:48Z")
I’m afraid that this pic of the PM just made me think of this other [notable cat-lover](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld). ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152/40 "2011-08-17T21:49:14Z")
So I went Googling for the kitten pic in the OP and came across this: [Things Harper Does To Seem Human](http://thingsharperdoestoseemhuman.tumblr.com/). I am highly amused! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-your-countrys-leader-cant-beat-this-awesomeness/592152.md?page=3)