# W leaves Obama a note -- what's it say? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125 "2009-01-20T13:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/81 "2009-01-22T14:25:40Z")
Gort! Klaatu barrada Nikto! W ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/82 "2009-01-22T16:05:10Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > never get involved in a land war in Asia… W plays Civ IV? “Good, bad, you’re the guy with the nukes.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/83 "2009-01-22T16:22:51Z")
Now I can haz pretzelz? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/84 "2009-01-22T16:52:54Z")
Borat, Riting is hard werk. If you want to no anything pick up the dam phone. W ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/85 "2009-01-22T17:02:55Z")
[quote=“Fish, post:72, topic:482125”] Dear Barack: …fraught with difficulties… Poor GWB – he can’t even screw up a note right. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/86 "2009-01-22T17:26:03Z")
Aargh, I forgot a W. 🙂 No, not that W. I wish. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/87 "2009-01-22T17:27:46Z")
You guys assumed that he [wrote](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/chewyhamster04/note.jpg) the note? ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/88 "2009-01-22T19:31:11Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > Gort! > > Klaatu barrada Nikto! > > W Absolutely hilarious!😛 More people will get this when the remake hits the theaters. ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/89 "2009-01-22T19:41:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > pleez take gud care of algernon hes really a gud mouse Dead solid perfect. Daniel Keyes and Cliff Robertson send their warmest regards. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/90 "2009-01-22T20:29:20Z")
My esteemed successor President Obama, Salutations to you and your lovely wife and progeny as you ascend to the position most recently vacated by myself. I hope your occupancy in the Blanc Maison (as our French friends might say) is rewarding for you and a boon to our country’s fortunes. What a grand and gratifying relief it is for me to reveal, even if only in this most initimate of missives, my true nature as an avid scholar and observer of the human condition. In the halcyon days of my youth, I discovered that one may be exculpated of many of life’s trespasses if one is widely perceived as lacking in mental prowess. As much as it has pained me to do so, I have long since perfected the art of playing the buffoon who manhandles the spoken word and eschews the written, to encourage my detractors to “misunderestimate” me (the very word carefully crafted to camouflage, as it were, my keen intellect against journalists who were beginning to penetrate the opacity of my charade.) Alas! My gambit of concealing wit beneath a shroud of imbecility was perhaps never a viable option for you, a member of an oft-oppresed minority whose oratory skills, if deemed to be sub-par, might have precluded you from achieving the high office you sought. We may lament a society that indulges shortcomings in Caucasians that would be limiting factors in those of other ethnicities; but it is nevertheless the milieu in which we reside, you and I. Fare thee well, forty-four, and may your tenure in “le Bureau Ovale” be more fortuitous than my own! Sincerely yours, George Walker Bush ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/91 "2009-01-23T05:31:07Z")
Dear Obama, Just a few things I found out while being President: -First, the bedsprings in the Lincoln Bedroom bed squeak REAL BAD. Laura and I found this out the hard way. -Joe DiMaggio shot JFK -There are no aliens in Area 51-just some really, REALLY primo shit. If you’re ever in the area (heh-I made one of those, um, pu-whatjamcallits?), gimme a call -The best pizza around is Guido’s on the Potomac. -_My Pet Goat_ is a really good book. Oh, and I left you some Peanut Butter M&Ms in the top drawer of the desk. -Good luck! George > [@dalej42](#): > > Call 202-639-8700 > > [Obama will need something to eat while he watches the Cardinals win the Super Bowl!](http://www.dominos.com/home/main_servlet?street-address=1600+pennsylvania+avenue&city-state-zip=washington%2C+dc&cp_state=&cp_state_value=&cp_campus=&cp_campus_value=&cp_bldg=&cp_bldg_value=&COMMAND_FINDSTORE=&mode=&addresstype=) Um, I hate to disappoint you, but Obama’s [Steeler’s fan](http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09020/943157-100.stm). 😃 [sub]Well, when they aren’t playing the Bears[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/92 "2009-01-23T05:59:49Z")
Dear Obama, the shower in the East wing is still leaking. The plumbers here seem to have no idea what they’re doing. later George ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/93 "2009-01-23T06:16:11Z")
You can receive FANTASTIC LUCK, but you must send a copy of this letter to 10 other people within 24 hours… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/94 "2009-01-23T13:20:32Z")
Michelle’s hot. Can I do her? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/95 "2009-01-23T14:34:47Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > My esteemed successor President Obama, > > Salutations to you and your lovely wife and progeny as you ascend to the position most recently vacated by myself. I hope your occupancy in the Blanc Maison (as our French friends might say) is rewarding for you and a boon to our country’s fortunes. > > What a grand and gratifying relief it is for me to reveal, even if only in this most initimate of missives, my true nature as an avid scholar and observer of the human condition. In the halcyon days of my youth, I discovered that one may be exculpated of many of life’s trespasses if one is widely perceived as lacking in mental prowess. As much as it has pained me to do so, I have long since perfected the art of playing the buffoon who manhandles the spoken word and eschews the written, to encourage my detractors to “misunderestimate” me (the very word carefully crafted to camouflage, as it were, my keen intellect against journalists who were beginning to penetrate the opacity of my charade.) > > Alas! My gambit of concealing wit beneath a shroud of imbecility was perhaps never a viable option for you, a member of an oft-oppresed minority whose oratory skills, if deemed to be sub-par, might have precluded you from achieving the high office you sought. We may lament a society that indulges shortcomings in Caucasians that would be limiting factors in those of other ethnicities; but it is nevertheless the milieu in which we reside, you and I. > > Fare thee well, forty-four, and may your tenure in “le Bureau Ovale” be more fortuitous than my own! > > Sincerely yours, > > George Walker Bush That’s silly, Bush would never use the word “oratory.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/96 "2009-01-23T15:24:53Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > That’s silly, Bush would never use the word “oratory.” Or have misspelled “oppressed.” ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/97 "2009-01-23T16:12:38Z")
I figure it’s an outline of his hand with a face drawn on the thumb to make it look like a turkey. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/98 "2009-01-23T16:23:42Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I figure it’s an outline of his hand with a face drawn on the thumb to make it look like a turkey. [He really didn’t do a bad job either.](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3318/3219790463_a40e1293f9_o.jpg)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/99 "2009-01-23T17:53:16Z")
Hey, Barack of Ages (can I call you that?), Here’s the deal: The first $350 billion from the bailout went right into a secret bank account in Nigeria, for later use. I might need a topnotch set of lawyers, ya know? But they won’t let me withdraw it once I leave office - something to do with it being government funds. So: I’ll give you 10 percent if you can use the President’s signing authority to complete the transaction. Just give me your bank account number, your SSN, and a government check for $10 million (from the second half) and a signed blank piece of paper, and I’ll take care of the rest. Your pal, and hopefully partner, George ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125/100 "2009-01-23T18:12:46Z")
[del]Dearest Monica,[/del] O-Man. Mind if I call you O-Man? That seems like [del]I can’t wait to meet you again. All day, I can’t stop[/del] a good nickname for you. I’ve never been good at [del]thinking about you! Can you meet me again tonight[/del] writing letters, and there isn’t any paper left, so [del]and we can play Executives & Interns? I’ll bring the[/del] I have to recycle this mysterious old note. [del]cigar. I can’t wait! Tonight if you happen to see my[/del] Dick says it’s a tradition to write this note but I [del]wife, make up some story. See you soon![/del] don’t know what to say except good luck! [del]A secret admirer[/del] George P.S. O-Man, get it? Oman? It’s an Arab country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-leaves-obama-a-note-whats-it-say/482125.md?page=6)