# The Gettysburg Goddamn Address **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 4, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gettysburg-goddamn-address/6864 "2000-02-04T15:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gettysburg-goddamn-address/6864/41 "2001-03-10T07:17:34Z")
Eve said: > [@](#): > > Gallagher: Why can’t you send a letter to Washington? > > Shean: Because he’s dead! But you can send a letter to Lincoln . . . He left his Gettysburg address! Proof that comedians named Gallagher are not funny no matter what generation they belong to. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gettysburg-goddamn-address/6864/42 "2001-03-10T15:05:55Z")
The whole envelope rumor started by Lincoln’s oldest son, Robert. And as for the “audience was uninterested, Lincoln thought he was a failure” that’s the half truth. Yes, Lincoln thought it was a failure, because he thought the audience didn’t like it. Truth was, the audience was so stunned (with awe, not repulsion) they had nothing to say. They were expecting a little thing by Lincoln, as he had been called to give a word at the last minute. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gettysburg-goddamn-address/6864/43 "2001-03-11T03:04:27Z")
An American tourist group is visiting Runnymede. The British tour guide says “Here, King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215”. One man looks at his watch and says “Darn it, Maggie, we missed it by 20 minutes!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gettysburg-goddamn-address/6864.md?page=2)