Which president did I forget?

[Caricci]

Curse you, Zeldar !

I love Presidents Carter and Clinton. They’re like the angel and devil on my shoulders and, as I tell my Republican husband, I’m still “reporting” to Clinton.

[Zeldar]

@Caricci

Okay, so it’s FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, right?
Personally, I almost forgot Ford and Reagan and I remember them both well. I even remember that Reagan was Ford’s running mate when he ran against Carter, which confused me for a minute.

There are lots I forget pre-FDR.

Tell me about it. It’s just that I came in with FDR, so I have firsthand experience with that particular crowd. In school I could name them all, in order, all the way back. I doubt if I could name them all now, regardless of order.

I’d probably add in somebody like Davy Crockett to fill out the list.

[Dewey_Finn]

@Zeldar

Wasn’t he before FDR? If not, then yes I also forgot him. (Not the one I missed, though.)

The thing to note about Cleveland is that he was the 22nd and the 24th president, because he had two non-consecutive terms.

[Zeldar]

@Dewey Finn

The thing to note about Cleveland is that he was the 22nd and the 24th president, because he had two non-consecutive terms.

Right. I think I remembered that.

Which one of the Harrisons was it to get sick during his inauguration speech and die shortly thereafter? Benjamin or William Henry?

[Zeldar]

@Caricci

Curse you, Zeldar !

I love Presidents Carter and Clinton. They’re like the angel and devil on my shoulders and, as I tell my Republican husband, I’m still “reporting” to Clinton.

Oh, I’m definitely ashamed. But I did wonder if others might have dropped Jimma from their own list.

[Draelin]

@Dewey Finn

The thing to note about Cleveland is that he was the 22nd and the 24th president, because he had two non-consecutive terms.

And there’s a yearly ice-cream social in the house he was born in. I’ve never actually been, but I’ve noticed it while stopping at the Dunkin’ Donuts across the street.

[Caricci]

@Zeldar

Tell me about it. It’s just that I came in with FDR, so I have firsthand experience with that particular crowd. In school I could name them all, in order, all the way back. I doubt if I could name them all now, regardless of order.

I’d probably add in somebody like Davy Crockett to fill out the list.

For me, it’s like Washington, Adams, Monroe, Jefferson, duhhhhhhhhhhhh, Lincoln, duhhhhhh, Cleveland, duh,Cleveland, duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II.

I’m begging you all not to ask me what my degree is in. Begging.

[Caricci]

@Draelin

And there’s a yearly ice-cream social in the house he was born in. I’ve never actually been, but I’ve noticed it while stopping at the Dunkin’ Donuts across the street.

Mmmmm. Did you get one of their delicious caramel swirl iced lattes?

[Draelin]

@Caricci

For me, it’s like Washington, Adams, Monroe, Jefferson, duhhhhhhhhhhhh, Lincoln, duhhhhhh, Cleveland, duh,Cleveland, duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II.

Oooh ooh, wait–Washington, Adams, then Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams the Sequel …

Yeah. That’s all I got.

And I probably did get the caramel iced latte.

[scotandrsn]

@Zeldar

Right. I think I remembered that.

Which one of the Harrisons was it to get sick during his inauguration speech and die shortly thereafter? Benjamin or William Henry?

That would be William Henry.

Benjamin was one of line of presidents in the late nineteenth century who are easy to forget because the prevailing attitude of the time was to limit presidential influence and power relative to Congress and the Courts, resulting in very few memorable presidential acts from the period. If Congress didn’t suck so bad right now, too, I might be nostaligic for such a period… :eek:

[Zeldar]

What always amazes me is when I see graphs or charts of USA history and note that the timeline begins in the early 1500’s (1492, if you like the Columbus portion) but that we didn’t have a president until the late 1700’s. So we’ve been just over half our history with presidents and already we’re being compared to the Roman Empire with how long we’ll last. Look at the European systems that have lasted 1,000 years or more. And China. And even the Egyptians lasted a long time.

Do we panic too easily?

[Caricci]

@Zeldar

Right. I think I remembered that.

Which one of the Harrisons was it to get sick during his inauguration speech and die shortly thereafter? Benjamin or William Henry?

Okay, I have a question about that. How come you can’t get a cold from being cold, but you could back then?

[Zeldar]

@scotandrsn

That would be William Henry.

Benjamin was one of line of presidents in the late nineteenth century who are easy to forget because the prevailing attitude of the time was to limit presidential influence and power relative to Congress and the Courts, resulting in very few memorable presidential acts from the period. If Congress didn’t suck so bad right now, too, I might be nostaligic for such a period… :eek:

For my money, the Courts suck, too. We need an old-fashioned revolution with guns and such. This Democracy thing isn’t doing its job. “The People Rule” my ass.

But wait. We can’t do that. Not enough guns in the private sector. My bad…

[Zeldar]

@Caricci

Okay, I have a question about that. How come you can’t get a cold from being cold, but you could back then?

Maybe nowadays you have to get cold and have some germs bother you, too?
Maybe back then they didn’t allow for the germs.

[scotandrsn]

@Draelin

Oooh ooh, wait–Washington, Adams, then Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams the Sequel …

Yeah. That’s all I got.

And I probably did get the caramel iced latte.

Ah, another opportunity to rid my mind of some useless junk by sharing it with others.

My Mom used to have an old paperbook from the fifties called the Cool Book, whcih gave advice to teenagers of the time on how to be cool.

Their advice, if ever asked in history class to name the first several presidents in order, was to use to use the ever-so-intuitive and natural mnemonic, “When A Jolly Man Meets A Jolly Vamp, Hot Time Pop”.

So when I try to rattle them off, I at least get

Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Monroe or Madison
Monroe or Madison
Adams
Jackson
Van Buren
Harrison
Tyler
Polk

then,
duuuuuuh
Lincoln
Johnson
duuuuhhhhh
eerrmmrmrmBenjamin Harrison (my wife’s related to the Harrison presidents)rmrmrmrrmrmrm*
McKinley
Roosevelt
duuuuuuhhhhhh
oooooohWilsonaaaaaaah**
Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush
Clinton
Bush

*Some combination or other of Grant, Arthur, Buchanan, Hayes, Clevland (twice), Garfield, and maybe a couple of others

**some combination or other of Harding, Taft, Coolidge, maybe someone else

[Caricci]

@Zeldar

Maybe nowadays you have to get cold and have some germs bother you, too?
Maybe back then they didn’t allow for the germs.

You could be right!

[Caricci]

@scotandrsn

Ah, another opportunity to rid my mind of some useless junk by sharing it with others.

My Mom used to have an old paperbook from the fifties called the Cool Book, whcih gave advice to teenagers of the time on how to be cool.

Their advice, if ever asked in history class to name the first several presidents in order, was to use to use the ever-so-intuitive and natural mnemonic, “When A Jolly Man Meets A Jolly Vamp, Hot Time Pop”.

That’s pretty much the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. Did that book have anything about, I don’t know, owning a fast car or anything?
Seriously, “Hot Time Pop”?

[mhendo]

@Dewey Finn

The thing to note about Cleveland is that he was the 22nd and the 24th president, because he had two non-consecutive terms.

[Grandpa Simpson]

When I was a pup, we got spanked by Presidents till the cows came home. Grover Cleveland spanked me on two nonconsecutive occasions.

[/G S]

[Zeldar]

@scotandrsn

Ah, another opportunity to rid my mind of some useless junk by sharing it with others.

If I may, I’d like to offer this as a replacement for the subtitle for MPSIMS. So much more to the point.

[scotandrsn]

@Caricci

That’s pretty much the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. Did that book have anything about, I don’t know, owning a fast car or anything?

Maybe, it’s been a while.

@Caricci

Seriously, “Hot Time Pop”?

Sound more like something from the Twenties to me. But then again, I haven’t laid eyes on the book in about twenty-five years, and that damn stupid phrase is still in my head, so I guess they were on to something… :dubious: