― , Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― pete s, Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― pete s, Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― , Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)
What most people associated with [President William Howard] Taft, however, was his enormous size, and the image of his 300 plus pounds of presidential flesh offended some people and amused many others. When he became stuck in the presidential bath tub, requiring six men to pull him free, the nation's press had a field day. His size made him the subject of countless jokes: "Taft was the most polite man in Washington. One day he gave up his seat on a streetcar to three women." Within the capital's social circle, Taft frequently embarrassed his family and associates by falling asleep at concerts, during presidential briefing sessions, and while presiding over his cabinet. At ease with his uncontrolled appetite and his need for sleep after eating or after exerting himself, Taft simply refused to be embarrassed by his weight or his behavior. He accepted his size and so did most of the American public in time.
― Nemo (JND), Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)
http://www.bensinclair.com/taft/william-taft-tub.jpg
(He also let cows roam on the White House lawn.)
― , Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― Nemo (JND), Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)
There's a statue of Chester Arthur in Madison Square Park in NYC. I often ate lunch next to it a few years ago. An orange striped alley cat lived under it.
― Nemo (JND), Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 11 December 2003 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)