Prepare for the Shocker!
November 14, 2008 6:00 AM Subscribe
President Bush delivers a shocker. President George W. Bush poses with members of the Arizona State University Men's and Women's Track Team Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, during a photo opportunity with 2008 NCAA Sports Champions at the White House. Normally, like most world leaders, he just throws up the devil horns.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is kind of dumb on the face of it and has been pretty much covered here before, so, eh. -- cortex
ASU Pitchfork
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:03 AM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:03 AM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
Heh heh. Hey, Laura! Heh heh. Two in the stink and one in the plink! Heh. Stop squirming!
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:04 AM on November 14, 2008 [5 favorites]
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:04 AM on November 14, 2008 [5 favorites]
I was all set to make a comment about how this is probably the coolest thing Bush has ever done, but thanks to ROU_Xenophobe, my keyboard is now covered in vomit.
posted by The Card Cheat at 6:05 AM on November 14, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 6:05 AM on November 14, 2008 [4 favorites]
I'm usually not so censor-y, but if there were one hand gesture that could just GO AWAY, I would choose the Shocker. Hate. It. Pitchfork or no.
posted by fiercecupcake at 6:07 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by fiercecupcake at 6:07 AM on November 14, 2008
Bush has been equally adept with one finger, though sometimes he gets it stuck in the wrong place.
posted by twoleftfeet at 6:08 AM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by twoleftfeet at 6:08 AM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
West Staines Massiv!
posted by gman at 6:09 AM on November 14, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by gman at 6:09 AM on November 14, 2008 [2 favorites]
Gentlewo/men, start your Photoshops!
posted by you just lost the game at 6:10 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by you just lost the game at 6:10 AM on November 14, 2008
George doesn't seem like the kind of guy to remember the lube.
posted by R. Mutt at 6:11 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by R. Mutt at 6:11 AM on November 14, 2008
I am not surprised at all. I always suspected Bush was a Satanist.
posted by RussHy at 6:12 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by RussHy at 6:12 AM on November 14, 2008
Shocker? Devil horns? I just think of that gesture as the Dumb Jock Slash Fratboy Hand Signal.
posted by DU at 6:15 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by DU at 6:15 AM on November 14, 2008
ROU_Xenophobe - I'm signing up for a second account just so I can favourite that shit twice.
posted by gman at 6:16 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by gman at 6:16 AM on November 14, 2008
RussHy, I'm not so sure it's that Bush is a Satanist...I just think Satan tricked him into thinking he was God, then used his position as the head of his Vice Presidential Exploratory Committee to nominate himself...the rest, as they say...
posted by baphomet at 6:22 AM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by baphomet at 6:22 AM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
this is the only photo available where everyone isn't naked and actually using the old "bowling ball grip".
posted by kitchenrat at 6:25 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by kitchenrat at 6:25 AM on November 14, 2008
Anyone know where I could find a higher-resolution pic of shocker Bush? That's screaming to be my new profile pic.
posted by Dr-Baa at 6:48 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by Dr-Baa at 6:48 AM on November 14, 2008
Unless your partner has three holes down there (and who am I to judge) what they are doing in that photograph is not the shocker. It may be the stupid, but it's not the shocker.
posted by datter at 6:54 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by datter at 6:54 AM on November 14, 2008
Unless your partner has three holes down there (and who am I to judge) what they are doing in that photograph is not the shocker. It may be the stupid, but it's not the shocker.
OR one of the two is rather large.
posted by gman at 7:08 AM on November 14, 2008
OR one of the two is rather large.
posted by gman at 7:08 AM on November 14, 2008
The "devil horns" are better known to Texans as the Longhorns, for the University of Texas football team. Hook 'em, horns!
posted by Nelson at 7:08 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by Nelson at 7:08 AM on November 14, 2008
I don't why it's such a big deal. Don Knuth does it.
posted by A dead Quaker at 7:12 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by A dead Quaker at 7:12 AM on November 14, 2008
I'm actually pretty certain that Kirk Hammett is showing an example of The Shocker.
On closer inspection, the bass player is applying it to Lars.
posted by mannequito at 7:14 AM on November 14, 2008
On closer inspection, the bass player is applying it to Lars.
posted by mannequito at 7:14 AM on November 14, 2008
(Warning: rest of the photostream I linked to is NSFW.)
posted by A dead Quaker at 7:15 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by A dead Quaker at 7:15 AM on November 14, 2008
The batshit insanity of the infowar link is the only thing that saves this post from being a complete waste of bytes.
posted by KirkJobSluder at 7:16 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by KirkJobSluder at 7:16 AM on November 14, 2008
That's not his finger in your stink.
posted by srboisvert at 7:25 AM on November 14, 2008
posted by srboisvert at 7:25 AM on November 14, 2008
Minor derail: does this joker drink himself to death in five years, or does he hang out at his Presidential Library long enough to see every fifth grader in America being taught he was the worst President ever?
Because I know he doesn't have the smarts or the fortitude to reform his image and become a foreign policy "elder statesman", like Nixon.
posted by orthogonality at 7:32 AM on November 14, 2008
Because I know he doesn't have the smarts or the fortitude to reform his image and become a foreign policy "elder statesman", like Nixon.
posted by orthogonality at 7:32 AM on November 14, 2008
I learn all sorts of things in the blue. I am very sorry to have learned this, and wish I could now go back to my former state of purity and unlearn it. (Goes to kitchen, scrubs brain)
posted by nax at 7:32 AM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by nax at 7:32 AM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
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