Lfakehistoryporn·Fake History PornbyLauchs A grateful Iraqi uses his shoe to enthusiastically greet President Bush as a liberator (2008)View original on lemmy.world341Comments14Reply
MMrTulip lemmy.dbzer0.com5Hide 5 repliesI still hate Bush, but credit where it's due: that was a good dodge.37Reply
_haha_oh_wow_ replykbin.social2Hide 2 repliesI'd never pick him to lead, but you can be damn sure I'd pick him for my dodgeball team!17Reply
qquicksand replylemm.eeYou can tell he has mastered the art. It's unfortunate he took so many wrenches to the head to get to this level.5Reply
LLauchs replylemmy.worldFully agree, terrible president but that guy could -ing dodge! (Love the username)9Reply
LLauchs lemmy.world(Actual photo context: Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, threw his shoe in a sign of extreme disrespect at George yelling "this is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, dog." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_shoeing_incident?wprov=sfla1 The greeting as a liberator bit is a callback to Dick Cheney's infamous "my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.")22Reply
FARTYSHARTBLAST kbin.social1Hide 1 replyReal talk: I'm still kinda pissed he was able to dodge them both.12Reply
wwallybeavis replylemmy.worldI think between the Simpsons, and Futurama, we could develop a meme/references based language 😂2Reply
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I still hate Bush, but credit where it's due: that was a good dodge.
Complete genius at dodging shoes.
I'd never pick him to lead, but you can be damn sure I'd pick him for my dodgeball team!
If you can dodge a shoe, you can dodge a ball.
You can tell he has mastered the art. It's unfortunate he took so many wrenches to the head to get to this level.
Fully agree, terrible president but that guy could -ing dodge!
(Love the username)
(Actual photo context: Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, threw his shoe in a sign of extreme disrespect at George yelling "this is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, dog."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_shoeing_incident?wprov=sfla1
The greeting as a liberator bit is a callback to Dick Cheney's infamous "my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.")
Real talk: I'm still kinda pissed he was able to dodge them both.
He's a better dancer than he's given credit
And he Qasim never heard from again
Granted, but now his foot's cold
Ha, hadn't seen this mashup before but I love it!
I think between the Simpsons, and Futurama, we could develop a meme/references based language 😂
Cultural differences