Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for September 04, 2024
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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.
John Nance Garner was my stepfather’s grandfather (or great-grandfather. I don’t remember)!