Presidential confusion
Feb. 10th, 2008 09:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoJust got back from the library staff holiday party, which we now have every year around Chinese New Year (don't ask.)
Anyway, this being an election year, the theme was US Presidents. Each of us was to choose a president, and give three clues to his identity. Everyone had a scorecard to write down their guesses on, and small prizes were given out for getting the most right.
I thought my clues were nicely confusing, and in fact only a few people got it right. Here they are:
1. A Republican, he became President only after a protracted argument over who won Florida's electoral votes. His Democrat opponent actually got a majority (not just a plurality) of the popular vote.
2. He was the first President to have a telephone installed in the White House.
3. His first name is unique among all the Presidents: Naomi's daughter-in-law used a large paddle to cross the river.
Rutherford B. Hayes. (Ruth-oar-ford, or, as he was often called after "stealing" the election, Rutherfraud.)
Anyway, this being an election year, the theme was US Presidents. Each of us was to choose a president, and give three clues to his identity. Everyone had a scorecard to write down their guesses on, and small prizes were given out for getting the most right.
I thought my clues were nicely confusing, and in fact only a few people got it right. Here they are:
1. A Republican, he became President only after a protracted argument over who won Florida's electoral votes. His Democrat opponent actually got a majority (not just a plurality) of the popular vote.
2. He was the first President to have a telephone installed in the White House.
3. His first name is unique among all the Presidents: Naomi's daughter-in-law used a large paddle to cross the river.
Rutherford B. Hayes. (Ruth-oar-ford, or, as he was often called after "stealing" the election, Rutherfraud.)
