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Pharaoh

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Tue Jan 12, 2016, 10:29 PM Jan 2016

Paul Ryan Quietly Doing Seated Ab Exercises Throughout State Of The Union [View all]

WASHINGTON—Taking the opportunity to strengthen his core during the president’s hour-long remarks, House Speaker Paul Ryan is said to have quietly performed a series of ab exercises as he sat through the State of the Union address Tuesday, sources reported. “Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty—come on, let’s push it, two more sets,” whispered Ryan, who reportedly grunted at regular intervals from his seat several feet behind President Obama as he targeted his midsection, obliques, and lower back with a regimen of ab squeezes, leg pull-ins, and seated crunches. “Keep it going now. Yeah, that burn is the body getting stronger. Stick with it.” At press time, Ryan was reportedly spotted grabbing a plastic sports bottle from the floor of the rostrum and dousing his face with water while the president described his vision for America’s future trade role in the Pacific.


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http://www.theonion.com/article/paul-ryan-quietly-doing-seated-ab-exercises-throug-52154

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He's looking more like Abe Vigoda than Eddie Munster these days. nt valerief Jan 2016 #1
Must. Have. Illustration. BumRushDaShow Jan 2016 #5
ha! Pharaoh Jan 2016 #6
Great pic. Am I right about him looking like Abe? valerief Jan 2016 #8
How dare you awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #15
You're right. Abe's likely a lovely man. nt valerief Jan 2016 #19
And still kicking awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #22
Now that brightened up my Ghost of Tom Joad Jan 2016 #18
Onion...Those dudes rule BeyondGeography Jan 2016 #2
All the while holding in an enormous fart with his tightly clenched sphincter. NBachers Jan 2016 #3
Hard to fart awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #16
.. mcar Jan 2016 #4
He looked constipated pamela Jan 2016 #7
that's what it looks like to me also JI7 Jan 2016 #21
And he shaved that nasty 'Muslim' beard! elias49 Jan 2016 #9
Not sure those were the muscles that were clenched. nt Mnemosyne Jan 2016 #10
The rancor... The rancor... Blue Owl Jan 2016 #11
The Horror.......................the horror... Pharaoh Jan 2016 #12
Hey Girl NightWatcher Jan 2016 #13
Gotta keep in shape... smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #14
With his hat on like that awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #17
No way. He was trying to hold back a fart. MineralMan Jan 2016 #20
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