Thursday, July 29, 1999: Adult delusions

[NonsenseWords]

To head off the questions, Dan Quayle was George H. W. Bush's vice president, and later made a bid for the Republican primary for the 2000 election. Obviously, he failed.

I admit that I had to look him up because I totally forgot what he did. And I guess this is just another opportunity to say that jokes like this really date the comic and shouldn't be used if you intend people to be reading it, say... ten years down the road.

[Bocaj Claw]

In hindsight, taking a shot at Dan Quayle during the early part of the 2000 presidential campaign was really a cheap shot. I don't think it needed to be said.

[A dude named Vince]

I don't really know much about Qualye besides that MST3k made a few jokes about him, calling him "creepy". For some reason, I'm more interested in the fact that Bocaj went back to his old avatar.

[Tom_Radigan]

Quayle didn't run due to health problems. He was the target of cheap shots by the media because they couldn't do the same with then-President George Bush the elder. I'm old enought to remember all the jokes they made about Rock Hudson when he became the first celebrity to die of AIDS. ("I heard that Rock Hudson and Sylvester Stallone are making a movie together: "Rambutt." This was one of many cheap jokes about Rock Hudson's closet homosexuality.)

[Bocaj Claw]

And because he didn't know how to spell potato. Granted, that's not a necessary skill for a politician.

Well, he's significant enough to get his own trope page.

[Cactus Jack]

The newspaper misspelled "Says" and you can't nail Quayle for that because its before his quote.

[Muninn]

And because he didn't know how to spell potato. Granted, that's not a necessary skill for a politician.

Unless you're an Irish politician.

[Tom_Radigan]

What did Ireland have before potatoes? They've only been introduced to Europe within the past few centuries.

[Arloest]

What did Ireland have before potatoes?

Poetry and despair.

[Cactus Jack]

What did Ireland have before potatoes? They've only been introduced to Europe within the past few centuries.

Nothing. I always say the Irish are the toughest race because they went thousands of years without food.

[Muninn]

What did Ireland have before potatoes?

Poetry and despair.

Those were the good old days. Sigh.