12 Things about US Presidents.

[TrailerParkJawa]

Found this on MSN. Kinda interesting.

1. First U.S. president George Washington rejected a movement among army officers to make him king of the United States.


2. Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. president, dueled with Charles Dickinson after he insulted Jackson's marriage. Jackson let his opponent fire first, giving himself time to take aim. Jackson took a bullet in the chest and, without flinching, calmly killed his man.


3. James Buchanan, 15th U.S. president and the first unmarried man to be elected president, reportedly took great pride in his tiny feet, although he was a large robust man.


4. Often depicted wearing a tall black stovepipe hat, 16th president of the United States Abraham Lincoln carried letters, bills, and notes in his hat.


5. The 18th U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant, but he changed his name because he did not like his monogram, HUG.


6. Both ambidextrous and multilingual, 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand while writing Latin with the other.


7. William Taft, 27th president of the United States, weighed more than 300 pounds and had a special oversized bathtub installed in the White House.


8. The 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson allowed sheep to graze on the White House lawn during World War I; their wool helped raise money for the Red Cross.


9. The 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford turned down offers to play professional football for the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.


10. As a young lifeguard at a riverside beach near Dixon, Illinois, future 40th U.S. president Ronald Reagan rescued 77 people from drowning.


11. An avid golfer, 42nd U.S. president Bill Clinton was infamous for taking a high number of "mulligans," or "do-overs" while playing. The only Rhodes-scholar president also developed a reputation for creative math skills in tallying his score; according to one report, Clinton once took some 200 swings to record a score of 82.


12. The 43rd U.S. president, George W. Bush was head cheerleader at Phillips Academy, a prep school in Andover, Massachusetts, where his father had been a legendary student leader and athlete. Nicknamed "Lip," George W. also organized an intramural stickball league at the school.[/b]

[kojikun]

Bush, the head cheerleader huh? I'm tempted to photoshop something..

[FaxModem1]

Funny that Will Ferrell played both George W. and the Spartan cheerleader on SNL.

[Demiurge]

I knew about the Washington and Lincoln things. That Bush one is just... strange.

[TrailerParkJawa]

I was most surprised by Regan. I know better than to think this way, but I often feel that "rich Republicans" have never done anything hard. Saving lives is a very commendable thing.

[Death from the Sea]

Found this on MSN. Kinda interesting.
11. An avid golfer, 42nd U.S. president Bill Clinton was infamous for taking a high number of "mulligans," or "do-overs" while playing. The only Rhodes-scholar president also developed a reputation for creative math skills in tallying his score; according to one report, Clinton once took some 200 swings to record a score of 82.

So you are saying he is a cheater? can't say I am surprised seeing how he cheats on his wife.

[Montcalm]

Bush, the head cheerleader huh? I'm tempted to photoshop something..

Do it do it do it,we wanna laugh at him.

[Stormbringer]

Bush, the head cheerleader huh? I'm tempted to photoshop something..

Do it do it do it,we wanna laugh at him.

Just please dear god no cross-dressing!

[TrailerParkJawa]

So you are saying he is a cheater? can't say I am surprised seeing how he cheats on his wife.

Me? Im not saying anything, I found this on the MSN website. I did wonder about them picking this fact for Clinton. Is Clinton really just a lying about most stuff or did the author of the article exhibit a personal bias?

[Nathan F]

Meh, they oughta say the part about Andy Jackson having the equivalent to a 19th century keg party in the White House after his inaguration. There are still hoof prints in the White House from where someone let a horse in during the party. It was one of the deals where everyone and their brother was invited as well, not a big high brow dinner.

[Johonebesus]

Meh, they oughta say the part about Andy Jackson having the equivalent to a 19th century keg party in the White House after his inaguration. There are still hoof prints in the White House from where someone let a horse in during the party. It was one of the deals where everyone and their brother was invited as well, not a big high brow dinner.

Actually, most of the damage was done by crashers coming in off the street, and if I remember correctly, the new President and First Lady had to flee the White House for the night.

[Sea Skimmer]

Actually, most of the damage was done by crashers coming in off the street, and if I remember correctly, the new President and First Lady had to flee the White House for the night.

The party was open to all from the start.

[Gandalf]

Heh, I did not know any of that.

I like that grazing of sheep on the lawn. It's just so cool. I wish I had sheep. (First one to claim sexual thing like that will get my foot jammed up their ass.)

[Darth Fanboy]

Heh, I did not know any of that.

I like that grazing of sheep on the lawn. It's just so cool. I wish I had sheep. (First one to claim sexual thing like that will get my foot jammed up their ass.)

Wait a minute, I thought you were from Austrailia, not NZ......

[Gandalf]

Heh, I did not know any of that.

I like that grazing of sheep on the lawn. It's just so cool. I wish I had sheep. (First one to claim sexual thing like that will get my foot jammed up their ass.)

Wait a minute, I thought you were from Austrailia, not NZ......

Yes but in some countries (I heard South Africa) they think it's us. I'm waiting for the board's resident NZ'er gets angry.

[BlkbrryTheGreat]

2. Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. president, dueled with Charles Dickinson after he insulted Jackson's marriage. Jackson let his opponent fire first, giving himself time to take aim. Jackson took a bullet in the chest and, without flinching, calmly killed his man

Wait... is this the same Charles Dickinson who wrote Great Expectations, A christmas carol (aka scrooge), or am I missing something?

[Ghost Rider]

2. Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. president, dueled with Charles Dickinson after he insulted Jackson's marriage. Jackson let his opponent fire first, giving himself time to take aim. Jackson took a bullet in the chest and, without flinching, calmly killed his man

Wait... is this the same Charles Dickinson who wrote Great Expectations, A christmas carol (aka scrooge), or am I missing something?

That was Charles Dickens

[Peregrin Toker]

Bush, the head cheerleader huh? I'm tempted to photoshop something..

NO, PLEASE DON'T!!!!

[BlkbrryTheGreat]

2. Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. president, dueled with Charles Dickinson after he insulted Jackson's marriage. Jackson let his opponent fire first, giving himself time to take aim. Jackson took a bullet in the chest and, without flinching, calmly killed his man

Wait... is this the same Charles Dickinson who wrote Great Expectations, A christmas carol (aka scrooge), or am I missing something?

That was Charles Dickens

Yea, I realized that about 10 minutes after I posted.

[Bill Door]

6. Both ambidextrous and multilingual, 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand while writing Latin with the other.

Thats quite different than G.W. Bush, who seems to only be functionally able to speak one language...

[Raptor 597]

Garfield also wrote a mathematical proof fo the Pythagorean Theorem and was first rate chess player.

[Iceberg]

6. Both ambidextrous and multilingual, 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand while writing Latin with the other.

Thats quite different than G.W. Bush, who seems to only be functionally able to speak one language...

And even then he struggles...