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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 01:22 AM
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Poll question: Does The President Have A Strange Name?

Of the following first names of US presidents, is there a standout for "I'll bet the kids at school gave him a hard time."
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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 01:27 AM
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1. Definitely Rutherford....
...can't even think of a decent diminutive. A Boy Named Ruth? Johnny Cash wept....
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 05:02 AM
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4. Grover? Isn't that a Muppet character? n/t
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Marsala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 02:38 AM
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2. Grant's first name was Hiram in childhood IIRC. n/t
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 02:43 AM
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3. No more strange than that of a MLB Commissioner... Kenesaw Mountain? A. Bartlett?
Fay?
Happy?
Ford Frick? (I wonder if that's where the subsitution of Frickin' for Fucking came from)
Bowie?
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 08:11 AM
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5. Wouldn't It Make More Sense To See If Those Names Were Popular At The Time?
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 09:30 AM
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7. Not to people who still think the president has an odd name

I was thinking of doing middle names, with top candidates being:


Milhous

Quincy

and

S

(Harry Truman's middle name was "S")

Who names their kid "Milhous"?
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 04:52 PM
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11. Harry Truman's middle name was "S."
Punctuation Nazi, I am! ;)
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 07:17 PM
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18. Nixon's mother's maiden name was Hannah Milhous, I believe.
It was custom to give the child the mother's maiden name as a middle name, so he became Richard Milhous Nixon.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 07:04 PM
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15. Good point.
What sounds good to one generation sounds bad to another.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 09:12 AM
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6. I voted Millard.
I think that's a strange name.

:P
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Ter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 12:32 PM
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8. How could anyone vote for Leslie?
That's not even that uncommon.
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GSLevel9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 04:18 PM
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9. many of the those names were common at the time...
Barack is NOT a common name today, not that it matters.
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WiffenPoof Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 04:19 PM
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10. What A Stupid Poll...
Edited on Thu Jan-06-11 04:21 PM by WiffenPoof
We sit around and talk about the President's vacation, the new drapes, his name...Geeze.

Meanwhile...Progressives are not just being thrown under the bus....we are being exterminated.

-PLA
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JTFrog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 05:13 PM
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12. And what do you expect to change with your post?
Edited on Thu Jan-06-11 05:14 PM by JTFrog
Or any post here?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 05:19 PM
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13. You could always choose
to hide the thread, ignore the author of the thread, or start your own thread on a topic which you think would be more suitable. There's plenty of options. It's a big message board with a lot of threads and posts. We're all not going to like, or agree, with everything posted here. The sooner you realize that, the better.
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WiffenPoof Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 05:24 PM
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14. You Are Correct...
thank you.

-PLA
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tnvoter Donating Member (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 08:36 PM
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21. love the poll!
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 07:07 PM
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16. I like unusual names.
Most of those on your list sound just fine to me.
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ChimpersMcSmirkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 07:10 PM
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17. Ulysses is a pretty cool name as is Barack. Millard gets my vote,
Edited on Thu Jan-06-11 07:13 PM by ChimpersMcSmirkers
I knew a poor guy in high school with this curse. To me, this is just abuse by the parents.
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 08:01 PM
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19. Grover sounds like a dog's name! LOL!!!
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 08:29 PM
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20. Which of those names is from the Bible, kids? How many?
nt
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 08:37 PM
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22. Answer, just one of those names is Biblical
That name is Barack.
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 09:19 PM
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23. What, no "Ronald"?
President...., clown..., take your pick.
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