Who throws a SHOE?! Honestly…. You fight like a woman!”
(George W. Bush, Nuri al-Maliki)
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Austin Powers reference! Had to get the ol’ gf to explain that one to me. XD
Or, in a pinch, you could have watched the clip from YouTube…
Would’ve worked, but I didn’t see the “Click to see more” link until after she reminded me of the line.
She’s a quick one. You’re in over your head!
all night long.
Er, I suppose I must say “in bed”…
Thanks, we all have to do our part here…
Noes! A shoe-icide bomber!
*snicker*
you gotta give bush credit (for the 1st time ever), he deked both of those throws pretty quickly… i mean that show man was close. prez got moves, lulz!
…shoe man…. shoe is what i mean : D
After eight years of ducking the truth, he ought to be lightning fast.
LOL! You make an excellent point.
Dubya’s got sole.
Comment win. Forever.
And yeah, the first thing I noticed was that Mr. President has mad dodging skills.
If I ever play dodgeball I’m giving him a call to be on my team. Seriously.
Ninja skills.
Yeah ut I was kinda bummed that he did duck both times. It’d've been really funny to see him get decked by a shoe!
This one certainly got rushed out fast…
… lame *duck*, you’re doing it very well actually.
*snort* you’re on a roll, don’t stop now!
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Looks like fowl play to me… It’s all I got…
The shoe bombing “journalist”?
Actually Dan Quail.
Naw, he flew the coup years ago!
What about the “Prime Minister”? Turkey al-Maliki?
You’ve earned a feather in your cap for that one!
That’s just your o-pinion.
Grouse all you like; I’ll never snipe back.
What happens if I goose you?
Stop yoking around!!
Hey do I look cheep?
You look plucky
You should get wid of that quack pipe.
Gosling! I didn’t realize I was so quacky!
Don’t get your feathers all ruffled!
What are you hawking, ma’am?
You’re right. I egret being such a loon!
It’s not your fault; you’re stork raven mad.
TWO grins? That must be a perigren.
Isn’t this conversation just pheasant? What a hoot!
Swallow your words, sir! For the must not migrate back!
I think you’re all toucan-did with your opinions!
Tern from your opinions
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A-dove and beyond the call of duty.
That’s a fowl assumption based on swift words.
I can’t get my head raptor round your right-wing prose.
Oops–nestling fail!
Now don’t you have egg on your face…
No need to crane your neck, my comments
nest just below yours.
Hey, my TV stopped working. I think my avian cables are loose.
Looks like you’ll have to shell out some money for some new ones. You should be able to find some for a few bawks.
You wren-der me incapable of rebuttal. On
a side note maybe some strange loon
larking in the shadows, intent on robin your
house may have unplugged them. I know it’s
illeagle, but don’t press charges, since you
should be able to fix them in a finch.
If I had known some pecker was scratching around froo’s house, Auduban there in a heatbeat! The police should arrest the gritty felon with such probable caws!
But they would just mockingbird me from prison, causing me to puffin up with sadness. Then I would be forced to thrush my way around.
What a starling statement. My faith in the
human race is starting to warbler. Only
chickens do not have nough guts to
mockingbird to froofrou’s face. From heron
in, they will answer to me, the epic pinnacle
of truth and vulture.
I’ll talon you to the mods if you don’t bow before migrate puns.
do the puns get you any chicks?
Oh, crow up!
But I’m stork this way.
I wish I could offer advice, but your predicament beaks the flock outta me!
I tell you it’s driving me raven mad
Let osprey this thread never ends!
Lol, I always wanted to participate in one
of these. Ever since I read the one about
seafood, I’ve been amazed at the intelligence
displayed by the commentators on this site.
Of course, speaking lol muss be ver hard tew.
I got…nuttin. Dang, I’ll have to set my alarm earlier. *searches Audubon site frantically for a bird that hasn’t been used yet*
@Elbie: I don’t think I am heron you straight.
Wyrm, do you really think it wise to join a bird thread?
this thread makes me want to cry.
Rhorho should use Wiki on the word Wyrm so she doesn’t look like a dodo for her statement. Then she wouldn’t make the cardinal sin of assumption.
Sparrow me the screech, before I go cuckoo!
im mad. this one dude stole 2 of my puns.
see “FaileV”
rawr, wyrm pro lol
Saw that. Thread-read failure happens frequently when pun threads get long. You posted them first, for all to see. It probably wasn’t on purpose. Smile…
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C’mon…where’s that smile…
There it is!
*BEAMZ*
No kidding. I did it this afternoon. I almost didn’t because I figured everyone else would…
Hey, at least this one’s not too “wordy”.
This one’s yours? Congrats!
Good form!!
*hugs* Great job! I actually liked the other one just fine.
On a side note, I hate being sick and I hate being unable to sleep at 3am. @_@
*hugs back* Get as much sleep as you can and drink a lot of water. That’s usually good for most things. Feel better.
Well my body wouldn’t let me sleep last night but I am letting Lynn sleep right now. She needs it. Orion has been giving her hell and I am still rundown but I can let her sleep.
Sorry to hear you’re feeling sick. I had stomach flu all last week, blargh!
I should be okay to work tomorrow but I don’t know how good I should feel about that. I don’t want to lose more of my soul!!!
Run a bunch of vitamin C through your system. Works for me. Green tea too.
I was SO wanting someone to make this reference!!!
Too bad he missed.
He ducked. Fastest reaction in 7 years.
Oh please he is always fast- just not thoughtful, logical, rational, etc.
He ducked!? How rude, he just isn’t sensitive at all to the Iraqis and their feelings.
Yeah that second one almost hit him too.
That guy should’ve had both shoes in his hands. He would’ve at least got the second hit instead of taking all that time to stoop over & pull the other shoe off. Bush was prepared for the other. I laughed histerically at the whole incident though. I couldn’t believe how fast he dodged them. LOL I can’t even say they would’ve missed me.
Muntader had a pretty good arm too- if he still has the use of it, he might have a MLB career in his future.
Good thing this didn’t happen at Booker Elementary. He’d have a couple of nasty boo-boos.
Oh yeah ! That’s where he was on 9/11 during the hijackings. Bush was just sitting on his @$$.
That’s when this conservative realized he was full of it with regards to serving this country.
For the last 20 years, I’ve wished for ‘the good ole days’ of the previous administration. B.H.O. will be no different for me.
In Iraqi culture, throwing your shoe at someone is a dire insult. They really don’t like Bush.
This joke shows a lot of ignorance. And it’s about as funny as the hatred that insurgents have for westerners. Let’s everyone laugh at other cultures because it’ll really help the peace process.
Ooooor, it’s a funny reference to an Austin Powers movie.
Now if only everyone expressed their hatred this way, the world would be a much better (and much less bloody) place. Although we could hope for Bush to suffocate under a mountain of shoes.
Why is there always one “omg you laughed you’re an idiot/heartless/cruel blah blah blah” person. what is it like to live without a sense of humor? why must everything be so politically correct? It’s like an absurd joke within itself
At least there aren’t many this time. Who knew a run by shoeing was this guy’s hot button?
Eh, he/she probably thinks it’s sexist…you can’t please everyone.
In bed.
I’m almost willing to believe he’s being ironic.
Almost.
Poe’s Law?
They? Not all Iraqis hate Bush. Obviously this guy doesn’t like him, unless someone put him up to it.
“They really don’t like Bush.”
It’s always interesting to get more information on other cultures! So, do they mostly wax or shave?
boxers or briefs?
Boxer briefs. Ftw.
briefly in boxers lol
The caption and spoof video are perfect. I lol’d when I saw Saddam as Odd Job.
Was the journalist the sole attacker?
*snort* : )
No, but he’s a real heel! Although I heard he went to Oxford.
I heard he’s a loafer!!
But they stiletto him work for the media, anyway.
During the interrogation, there wasn’t a peep toe out of him.
He got close enough to make his throw by sneakering up on the podium.
Ok, does this mean shoe is a weapon of mass destruction now?
Only if it’s thrown at a priest…
That took a second…
Haha i got it now >.> i’m slow today i guess
Not a wise move. He could have gotten himself killed. If I was Secret Service I would not wait to see what the guy was throwing before dropping him, especially given the current climate. The guy was also supposedly a “journalist”. That’s not what I’d call professionalism.
the guy IS an journalist…that’s how he got into the press conference
He just wasn’t acting like one.
Different circumstances, different behaviors. If anyone “liberates” America, I’ll gladly throw shoes at their leader.
Even if it was liberated from the man that raped your wife and daughters and killed your family?
Also, all inside had been screened for weaponry.
He was probably hoping he would be killed. Dying as a martyr and all.
Great, now instead of just having to take our shoes off at the airport, we won’t be allowed to wear them at all.
This was one of the most awesome and surreal things I’ve ever seen on the news. It came so close to hitting him, but he ducked with mad skills and kept smiling like an idiot through the whole thing. I hope the (rather brave) journalist wasn’t treated too badly by security. You can kinda understand his frustration – this idiot invaded his country, killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed a decent amount of the infrastructure, and all he can do in return is throw a damn shoe at him (even if it is a big insult for an Arab).
“I hope the (rather brave) journalist wasn’t treated too badly by security.”
A broken arm and a couple of broken ribs, apparently.
would have gotten worse in the old days…not that it makes it better…just sayin’
No kidding!
Oh, and could possibly also have been worse if it’d been the American Secret Service (or what they are called?).
The Secret Service was there. They’re the ones spilling out the door behind the President. There was one Secret Service guy in front of the President, too. It wouldn’t surprise me to discover that there were more, off camera, and that some of them helped other journalists take the guy down.
Yeah, the Secret Service is always around if a president is, aren’t they? I just base my comments on what the journalist’s brother has said, and he said Muntazer Zaidi has a broken arm, some broken ribs and a wound near one eye, after the Iraqi security dudes have handled him (though he didn’t know if those injuries happened there and then or later, at jail). So, one source, reliability status iffy, and all that. Sounds reasonable in most aspects though.
Not that this makes it right, but if he had been arrested by American police forces, they would have mostly restricted themselves to flesh wounds, or let him “suicide” in his cell; broken bones are bad for one’s image in the media.
I have seen another video tape of the incident, and my suspicions have been confirmed. At least half of the guys immediately around the wayward journalist had “Secret Service” written all over them. If you haven’t guessed, I’m a fan of those guys.
I have no idea if this is fact, but I heard a rumor that Bush was telling the SS to stay away, not to swarm the guy. I don’t know if that’s true or not. I thought the way he handled it was pretty stupid, actually. You don’t reward the guy by saying that his actions got your attention.
No but at the same time, it seems like Bush may have been thinking of the others in the room, and possibly they guy. maybe he doesn’t see it as a big threat, and he didn’t want it treated the same way as if the guy had a gun? all speculation, I dunno what bush was thinking but I could have some empathy for a guy sodearly caring for his country, even if he had a serious lack of judgement.
From the extended version I saw, there wasn’t time for Bush to tell anyone what to do. He waved off some people nearby him, but that was after the guy was already safely on the ground. I took his hand signal to mean only that he was okay.
The Secret Service agents probably wouldn’t obey spoken orders from the President in the heat of such a moment. They are trained to assess the immediate threat and neutralize it, full stop.
As far as any of the Secret Service agents knew in that moment, the one guy could have been serving as a distraction for another, or could have triggered hostility from others. Of course it’s funny to us now, because nothing else happened. I still wish the poor chap had hit paydirt once, though.
I don’t. I don’t want any president to be in that kind of situation. it’s too much of a precedent and just serves as an encouragement to the guy with 8 tons of fertilizer in his basement.
Yeah, you’re right. *sigh* I’m losing some left-wing nut-job cred, but when you’re right, you’re right. (Luckily, it isn’t very often.
)
Maybe if a shoe lace had grazed his hair…
The guy with 8 tons of fertilizer in his basement probably doesn’t need encouragement.
Poor bastard. At least they didn’t take him out the back and shoot him. Maybe they bombed the mosque he visits regularly instead.
At the subsequent interview, Bush said, “I don’t know what his beef is.” I almost fell off the chair laughing.
I just imagined him saying that in the goofy Bush accent and giggled hysterically. My employees must think I’m crazy.
You mean, you aren’t? : D
*kills the comma*
My brain hasn’t recovered from being sick. Ugh.
took me so long to understand your comment. i was sitting there for like a minute thinking why you wrote, “You mean, you aren’t?” i thought it was like, youre mean, arent you. and then i thought it was youre mean, you arent. and then i finally realized what you were trying to say. and yes, that convoluted comment made no sense and served neither purpose nor…dundunununu JUSTICE!
Um……….hmmmmm. I’m not really sure what you’re saying here. I think the LOLspeak has melted your brain.
I understood it fine so maybe it’s your brain that’s getting melty.
Ok, would the ‘brave journalist’ be as brave had he thrown that shoe at, say, Kennedy? Clinton? Obama? What if a Bosnian went and threw a shoe at Clinton? Or did whatever their greatest insult is? Just wonderin……
If Clinton had invaded another country, overturned their government, and occupied their nation, then I would feel exactly the same. JFK? *maybe* if a North Vietnamese had thrown his shoe, I’d feel the same; only problem is JFK didn’t send an invasion force into Vietnam. He restricted our troops (theoretically) to advisory positions, and their numbers were very few. LBJ was the one who escalated our presence there.
LBJ was still a Dem. And Clinton bombed Bosnia and a damn aspirin factory, taking out a bunch of collateral damage.
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I know I’m trolling, but I have a hard time believing that were the circumstances reversed and Obama had sent troops into Iraq, that the ‘brave journalist’ would be seen as such. He more than likely would have been strung up with a piano wire in the public square.
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It’s all speculation. *sigh* We’ll never know. I don’t see this being as uniting as the Blago thing, so I don’t think both sides would feel the same way were it a Dem in Bush’s place. There are a lot of apologies on both sides with things like this.
It would have been Gore hypothetically sending in troops, not Obama.
In what alternate reality? I’m talking about things that actually could happen.
Wat? The Iraq “crisis” happened during Bush’s reign, so if the circumstances were reversed and it was a Democrat in charge instead it would have been Gore. Obama isn’t going to start sending in more troops now, I don’t know what you’re smoking.
I’m talking about ANY Dem president, not just one who would have been in power now. I’ve mentioned LBJ, Kennedy, and Clinton, I didn’t restrict the time frame to the last eight years. Just because the Iraq war happened recently doesn’t mean it wouldn’t have happened at all just because Bush wasn’t in office. See what I’m saying now?
He should have tried that with Saddam.
The guy got both shoes thrown? The Secret Service was way too slow to react.
Man they barely moved! They suck.
I guess they weren’t expecting that. The journalists and others in the room would have gone through extensive security so no weapons on them at all and I don’t know that they would expect a professional to go and throw a shoe. I mean “who throws a shoe? honestly” That and it appeared they had a tough time getting through the crowd after.
that being said, i did expect a faster response too
No, they don’t suck. They were ordered to post in less-than-ideal positions in order to make their presence less obvious, for the sake of the cameras. The journalists were screened for weapons ahead of time, and are usually a low-risk group. They did an outstanding job, considering they were hamstrung in advance.
there’s a reason why that man chose to throw a SHOE, of all things–muslims consider the soles of the feet the most dirty and vile parts of the body (the crown of the head is considered the highest and most cleanly part), and someone throwing a shoe(s) is one of the worst insults known for muslims.
yeah, apparently when a Saddam statue was toppled, people threw shoes at it
In Arab cultures throwing a shoe is considered one of the highest forms of insult as arabs believe that the foot is the dirtiest place on the body. so basically bush got the biggest insult of his life and didn’t even realize it.
(Hindu) Indians too. Pretty much any society where you take your shoes off indoors.
I won’t say you’re wrong, just add that: Not here! We take shoes off indoors, but shoes aren’t deemed insulting anyway.
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I’m not sure where you’re from, sweden was it. Sorry if I’m wrong, but do you have the superstition type thing of not putting shoes on the table or you’ll get bad luck? That seems at least a slight glance towards the idea of shoes being awful.
Eh? Nope, never heard of that superstition.
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However, I rarely put my shoes on the table. I think it’ll give me crap on my table. But that’s probably not superstition. ;oP
You seem to not be all wrong, though. I googled it (in Swedish), and apparently there is a superstition about putting new shoes on a table. Nothing about used shoes though. Freaky. (Then, all superstition is freaky.
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It’s rude in some cultures to sit down and show people the bottom of your shoe.
Nice dodging, Dubya. That was the most jank thing I’ve ever seen. Love him, hate him, or just find him amusing, is it too much to ask for people to be civil?
it never gets old watching the video.
THat was no lame duck….?
I am an American woman and I approve of the show-thrower’s actions.
I consider Muntazer al-Zaidi a hero.
“fight like a woman”
People who attempt to degrade other people by insulting womanity are SUCKY PEOPLE!
It’s an Austin Powers’ quote. I’d drop a line to Mike Myers to tell him what an arse her is :¬>
Hopefully, he won’t turn up in the Shatner mask with the big, bugger-you, knife…
It was a quote from the Austin Powers movie. This is an LOL site, get it?
Sense-of-humor and reading-comprehension = Double Fail.