Comments on: Who’s who according to Americans

By: lolcat32

lolcat32 — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:45:36 +0000

Here’s what i think who’s who:

Wooden Teeth (George Washington)

Hot Dude who Should be Taking over the Internet (Thomas Jefferson)

IDK (Theodore Roosevelt)

Tall Guy (Abraham Lincoln)

By: r4123p4i5ouy159

r4123p4i5ouy159 — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:48:21 +0000

The “IDK” guy is theodore roosevelt

By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:06:28 +0000

…
Sad, but true.

By: Cr

Cr — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:54:16 +0000

Roosevelt looks like Stalin there

By: Threyon

Threyon — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:40:26 +0000

This reminds me of that Family Guy episode:

George: Dude, chick getting nailed on my head.
Thomas: Sweeeet! Hey, pass it on to Frankenstein.
Lincoln: Oh, HA HA HA. >:(

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:42:36 +0000

I’d have been hard pressed to tell you who was who on the coins, since the last time I had US coinage I was trying to get out of the country on a plane that wasn’t on fire in 2001…

By: Danbala

Danbala — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:38:22 +0000

Oh. MTV “celebrities”. I see.
Thanks for the info, ρρ.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:17:30 +0000

As somebody whose captions tend to be too wordy, I agree…

By: Danbala

Danbala — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:55:52 +0000

While I too have a slight allergy against making sweeping statements, I think they have a place in the lols themselves, or the lols would be too wordy and eventually hopelessly unreadable.
“Who’s who according to some Americans, probably quite a few Canadians and Europeans, and most likely just about everyone in Burkina Faso:” just isn’t as snappy.

By: froofrou

froofrou — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:31:18 +0000

I was more impressed by the Crazy Horse Monument, but I think that’s because I was 11, horse-crazy, and was amazed by the sheer size of the monument. As I think of it, the history involved with Mt Rushmore is more impressive, but Crazy Horse has it beat in massiveness.

By: Mr.Wholesome

Mr.Wholesome — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:28:15 +0000

I hope the rest of your third grade class had a better time.

By: The Steve

The Steve — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:56:47 +0000

Actually, my balls are so huge I could probably give Thomas Jefferson arabian goggles if I was standing on top of the mountain.

*pets the cute ‘lil sock*

By: rhorho

rhorho — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:55:14 +0000

Not this one, Dear. I just don’t need an
assault weapon or armor piercing bullets
for home defense or targets.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:05:33 +0000

Oh, and please try it in a National Park!

Mt. Rushmore is very impressive in person; I kinda wish that the one time I saw it I hadn’t been horribly hung over at the time.

By: The Steve

The Steve — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:37:11 +0000

Agreed. Lets see you carve 4 giant fu(kin faces into a mountain.

By: The Steve

The Steve — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:35:25 +0000

LoL!

By: Carmacao

Carmacao — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:05:18 +0000

I had a teacher who actually taught once.
She got fired for it . . .

By: Smartz

Smartz — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:18:31 +0000

Oh damn! You are right, geez, I am really embarrassed. I should even have a copy of a $2 bill somewhere…either way, it doesn’t excuse the nickel though.

By: wandering_gal

wandering_gal — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:04:36 +0000

Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln.

By: wandering_gal

wandering_gal — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:03:42 +0000

Mount Rushmore was originally supposed to be much bigger. The presidents were all supposed to have at least their torsos showing. When the sculpter died, his son was put in charge of the project. The son decided finish the work in progress and then stop, afraid to deviate from his father’s vision.
I’m thinking that area was bombed out to make room for TR’s or Lincoln’s shoulders in between the two of them later on.
I can’t be certain. I’m a South Dakota native, but it’s been a while since I’ve been to Mouth Rushmore. They do have a scale model of what it would look like, but I don’t remember if there was anything in that space. Just speculation.

It might also be that, that was just the way the mountain was shaped and they had to work around it. It could have been decided that although that area wasn’t strong enough to hold the sculpture, they weren’t going to just just leave it as unfinished rock when the rest of the mountain had been blown to pieces.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:20:49 +0000

I have to agree. I’ve lived in other countries and was blessed to have a mother that let me study everything and anything about cultures and religions. I think that, while America is indeed a great nation, it is teetering on the edge. Right now we cater too much to the minority and not enough to the majority.

I better move back to Germany then.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:04:55 +0000

or barbara bush…

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:41:30 +0000

depends… how many kids in my AP classes, or how many kids in my on-level classes…

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:01:36 +0000

*snort*

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:00:55 +0000

You lucky fu(ker! That’s awesome. I’m guessing you’ve read his other stuff, too, then.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:59:20 +0000

*Shock!* *Gasp!* I thought all libruls wanted to limit gun ownership?!?!

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:57:45 +0000

Rho, we don’t talk about those idiots from The Hills here. *disapproving look* This isn’t Roflrazzi, you know…(The only, only reason I am aware of their existence is from watching Joel McHale make fun of them on The Soup, and I firmly refuse to believe that they’re actually real people.)

By: rhorho

rhorho — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:54:28 +0000

What about “Happiness is a Warm Gun?”

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:46:59 +0000

Yay for MP!!

By: Observer

Observer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:43:56 +0000

*Breaks out in song while leaving office*
~
Life’s a piece of sh!t
When you look at it
Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke, it’s true.
You’ll see it’s all a show
Keep ‘em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
~
annnnddd……

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:35:40 +0000

*Starts whistling ‘Always Look On The Bright Side of Life’*
-
Happy enough for ya, Mary Poppins?

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:33:55 +0000

By the way Charlie, welcome back! You have been around here and your insights are always welcome.

By: Danbala

Danbala — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:20:37 +0000

I, as a non-American, find TeddyBear easier to remember and recognise than Thomas Jefferson.

By: The Steve

The Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:17:29 +0000

Those faces make my hairy nuts hard.

By: Smartz

Smartz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:47:56 +0000

Actually, that book is actually the main reason that I am so passionate about this subject. It made me realize everything about the situation back in high school.The author actually came to the college I was attending to at the time and I got my book signed by him.

By: Charlie Foxtrot

Charlie Foxtrot — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:24:23 +0000

Thanks LG — I get wrapped up in the day to day and forget to have fun, like PK. Jane’s great — she is vacationng out east, went to see her new niece and slightly older nephew, along with her other brother fresh back from GW’s War.

By: rhorho

rhorho — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:33:58 +0000

I didn’t know either, so I looked it up. [LINK]

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:21:36 +0000

I’m glad somebody got that….

By: Observer

Observer — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:19:10 +0000

The objection is wasting class time and energy practicing for and taking fake exams so we can pass a standardized test.
I’d rather have been learning new and more useful concepts. Like more about History, Geography and Civics. Is that bad?

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:18:39 +0000

@ Smartz: An excellent book on the topic you’re talking about. [link] While it’s true that money alone won’t solve all the problems in the educational system in America (or anywhere else) I think that level funding statewide would be a great start.

By: Mr.Wholesome

Mr.Wholesome — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:15:29 +0000

And what was the powder doing so close to her face?…I think we have out answer.

By: Mr.Wholesome

Mr.Wholesome — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:13:11 +0000

Well Guatemala might as well have something good…USA! USA! USA!…So, those are American presidents? Oh yeah! I recognize the lady on the far left and the guy on the far right from the President’s Day sale at Leeds Beds and Bedding. I’m glad they worked so hard on getting all of us discounted bedding once a year. We need more Presidents like these bed sale guys!

By: viking gal

viking gal — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:47:51 +0000

Me neither. “Spencer” is more of a Brit name, I think?

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:10:08 +0000

This [link] is also pretty interesting.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:09:35 +0000

Actually, given that the face of the mountain to Roosevelt’s right (in the picture) has clearly been removed also (between TR and Lincoln), I think “Why didn’t they put him (or him and Lincoln) a little to the right?” is a valid question.

Anyway, it did get me curious, but I haven’t really found an answer directly. However, I did learn that originally Jefferson was planned to be on the other side of Washington but was moved due to the bad characteristics of the stone on that side, which might account for them being a little crammed in there. [link, it's in the "Making of Mt Rushmore Photo Gallery]

By: The Steve

The Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:47:18 +0000

Oh lord.

1. It’s Teddy Roosevelt.

2. Mt. Rushmore is a subtractive sculpture. That means they take a chunk of rock, and carve away until they get the shape of a face. If there wasn’t naturally rock there, you can’t have a face there. So no, you can’t just “move it over”. They didn’t start with a flat wall and then add rock to make the faces…

*sigh*

By: The Steve

The Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:42:02 +0000

I think the average american would be confused by your two = signs. What are you, some sort of smart computer geek?

I agree with you, getting a 4.0 makes you a geek, actually responding in class makes you a suck up, and being intelligent makes it almost impossible to be ‘cool’, at least up to and including high school. College is a bit better in that regard.

By: Paz

Paz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:22:51 +0000

another american fail

By: Viking

Viking — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:37:21 +0000

FAIL!
Lincoln is on the $5 bill. Jefferson is on the very rare $2 bill

By: Viking

Viking — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:35:39 +0000

If so, I’ve never heard of them