Pickles: Let them eat gingerbread (photo)

[deminks]

First lady Laura Bush introduces White House executive pastry chef Thaddeus DuBois, whose gingerbread White House graces the State Dining Room, November 30 2005. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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[ohio_liberal]

1. Wow, it looks like a fabulous creation

Kudos to the chef. Laura, of course, I can do without.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Yes

He did a very nice job. I wonder who gets to eat it. I remember reading a cute story about Barney and the chef and how he isn't allowed to have sweets but Barney would lick stuff off the floor and the chefs shoes and stuff.

[ohio_liberal]

13. I doubt anyone will eat it

Not if it's glued together with egg white royal icing, which is traditional. It's probably just decorative.

[Dave Reynolds]

2. Is that a shadow,

or has Pickles had a little "accident?"

[Zynx]

5. That's exactly what I thought when I saw the picture!

Of course it is a shadow, but it's still funny.

[Lost-in-FL]

4. Damn ... where's the gingerbread missiles when u need them...

:+

[Kierkegaard]

6. "Beauty and the beast."

Isn't that pastry beautiful?

[Historic NY]

7. Bush plan to rebuild the NOLA & Gulf region.......

led by Pickles.:eyes:

[Lost-in-FL]

8. Why is she called pickles?

[ohio_liberal]

9. That's Dubya's nickname for her

That and "lump in the bed" :D

[Lost-in-FL]

10. OMG!!!!

:rofl:

[ohio_liberal]

15. I found the text of his poem just for you

The following is an actual poem President Bush wrote to his wife Laura while she was visiting Europe in Oct. 2003. She shared it with the audience at a book festival in Washington.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Oh my, lump in the bed
How I've missed you.
Roses are redder
Bluer am I
Seeing you kissed by that charming French guy.
The dogs and the cat, they missed you too
Barney's still mad you dropped him, he ate your shoe
The distance, my dear, has been such a barrier
Next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier.

[Greyskye]

16. Laura Lied

The following is an actual poem President Bush wrote to his wife Laura while she was visiting Europe in Oct. 2003. She shared it with the audience at a book festival in Washington.

This was actually a 'joke' by Pickles at *'s expense.
http://www.slate.com/id/2093466/

Here is an exerpt of this article:
Of particular interest is the apparent aim of Mrs. Bush's hoax. Ordinarily, when a surrogate tries to pass off a fake quotation as a president's actual words, the quotation is meant to make the president sound scholarly, or witty, or lapidary. In this case, though, whatever White House staffer prepared Mrs. Bush's remarks obviously strained to make the president's purported love poem sound sufficiently moronic that no one would doubt Bush had written it.

[FreedomAngel82]

17. Oh how pathetic

Even having to lie about a poem!!! So he doesn't read or write eh?

[ohio_liberal]

18. My bad

I found the text at about.com. Didn't know it wasn't legit.

[El Supremo]

11. Is she doing her King Tut impression?

She always looks medicated.

[Canuckistanian]

12. We always make 3-foot gingerbread edifices at home...

... with our own pastry chef.

[ohio_liberal]

14. Awww, now

Lots of people make decorative gingerbread houses. Granted, they aren't all four feet wide. It's a work of art. ;)

[Canuckistanian]

19. It's "The People's House", right?

Paid for by your tax dollars. Where, oh where is Neil Boortz now?

[kpete]

20. With whipped cream anyone?