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10/24/2005: Today's Funnie...
From McSweeny's is this GEM:
OF THE PRESIDENT
AND THE MEMBERS OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL
CABINET ACCORDING TO
THE ETYMOLOGICAL
BACKGROUNDS OF THEIR
FIRST AND LAST NAMES,
AND OF THEIR
MIDDLE NAMES WHEN AVAILABLE.*
BY JØRGEN G. CLEEMANN
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The Earthworker Who Engages in the Practice of Shrinking and Thickening Wool and Dwells Near the Thicket, President
The Brave Power Who Hails From the Oak Forest Around the French Town of Brieuse, Vice President
The Manly One Who Prepares Wool for Spinning and Weaving and Lives Near a Mound, White House Chief of Staff
The Bright Nobleman Who Is Son of the Battlemaker, Attorney General
The Fierce Warrior With Sweetness, Secretary of State
The Ruler of the World and the Ruler of the Home Who Hails From the Field of Wild Garlic, Secretary of Defense
The Wellborn Warrior Who Regularly Invokes the Name of God, Secretary of Agriculture
The Warrior Who Descends From the Ruler of the Army, Secretary of Commerce
The Little Pearl-Encrusted Scythe, Secretary of Education
The Bathhouse Builder Who Has Been Heard by God, Secretary of Energy
The Pious and Humble Man From the Beloved Gate That Lies in the Land of Many Yokes, Secretary of Health and Human Services
The Pious and Humble Man Who Is Descended From the Devil, Secretary of Homeland Security
The Battle-Ready Man Who Is Descended From One Who Believes in the Grace of God, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
The Graceful Tempest From the Northern Settlement, Secretary of the Interior
The Torch From the Orchid-Nest, Secretary of Labor
The Exceptionally Pale and Pious Man Who Has a Desire to Protect, Secretary of the Treasury
The Bright and Famous Supplanter Who Is Descended From He Who Represents the Victory of the People, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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* Secretary of Transportation Norman Yoshio Mineta omitted due to unavailability of a reliable translation of the name "Mineta."
:-)
Karen on 10.24.05 @ 07:55 AM CST
