Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 06, 2020
November 05, 2020
November 07, 2020
Transcript:
richard's poor almanac - by richard thompson other vice-presidential mishaps oop: millard! give me that thing before you hurt some-body. millard: ow, gee whiz. millard fillmore (tyler) used a fancy ceremonial sword to play mumblety-peg until the president intervened. oop: agh! my eye! similarly, calvin coolidge (harding) was urged to give up tiddlywinks. garner: oh mr. president! could you come out here for a minute? hee hee! oop: what? john garner (roosevelt), who once said the v.p.'s office wasn't worth a "bucket of warm spit," later described his little mishap as "an accident," but nobody believed him. oop: ow ow dan: oops! somehow dan quayle (bush) got hold of a 2x4 and brain-en 3 bystanders before anyone could take it away. oop: aaiiee! agh! my eyes! tzzt tzzzt al gore (clinton) once lost control of his laser pointer during a lecture with unfortunate results.
well-i-never over 4 years ago
I wonder if it was intentional, the way Richard always drew buckets and cups without a curve at the bottom, but always the oval curve at the top? Like, just to be contrary or something?
JimValTen Premium Member over 4 years ago
Why did this talent have to up and leave us. So creative and incisive. RIP Richard.
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
I’m sure the Marvelous Mrs. K has a few shenanigans up her sleeve.
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
The Annals of Vice-Presidential Lore are chock-a-block with such delicious trivia!
Somebody could invent a game….Julie478 Premium Member over 4 years ago
John Nance Garner was my stepdad’s great grandfather
Thomas R. Williams over 4 years ago
Garner’s quote was bowdlerized. It was a bucket of another bodily fluid he referred to in his apothegm.