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slingsam

(420 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:10 PM Feb 19

I have an idea. At the state of the union

Could someone hold up one of those flip cards titled COUNT THE NUMBER OF LIES YOUR PRESIDENT TELLS YOU TONIGHT. You know what I mean….one of those numbered cards that get flipped for each lie he tells.

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I have an idea. At the state of the union (Original Post) slingsam Feb 19 OP
How many flippin' cards would need to be in that thing?? Beartracks Feb 19 #1
Good idea but I would have them do this as well LogDog75 Feb 19 #2
Oh, great idea.....so whoever holds the counter slingsam Feb 19 #4
Something like an Ichi-meter? jmowreader Feb 19 #3
That's kind of like the Sharon-O-Meter rsdsharp Feb 19 #5

LogDog75

(1,281 posts)
2. Good idea but I would have them do this as well
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:33 PM
Feb 19

Every Democrat should wear a blue nitrile glove on a hand and every time he lies raise their hand wearing the glove and wave signifying the coming BLUE WAVE.

slingsam

(420 posts)
4. Oh, great idea.....so whoever holds the counter
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:16 PM
Feb 19

Can take the cue every time a blue finger goes up.

I expect him to ramble for 90 minutes…….so I think we should at least have 90 cards…..a lie a minute?

jmowreader

(53,162 posts)
3. Something like an Ichi-meter?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:09 PM
Feb 19

In 2004, Seattle Mariners season ticket holder Amy Franz made a sign to track Ichiro Suzuki's hits that year. She called it the Ichi-meter, and the original is in the Hall of Fame.

The only problem with making a similar sign to track Trump's lies at the SOTU is no one's hand can move that fast.

rsdsharp

(11,988 posts)
5. That's kind of like the Sharon-O-Meter
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:47 PM
Feb 19

made to track Cub shortstop Shawon Dunston’s batting average in 1989. It’s in the Smithsonian.

Maybe it could have a dial that could spin freely as the lies pile up.

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