SNOW: Bush Known As "FLY HUNTER" In White House - Noise Drives Him Crazy

[kpete]

A Bush Quirk: Flies in the Oval Office
September 23, 2007 09:36 AM ET | Permanent Link


President Bush has a thing about noises. First we learned that he absolutely hates when a cellular phone starts ringing during meetings. Now we're told that he can't stand buzzing bugs in the West Wing. Former Press Secretary Tony Snow says that when a little black fly shows up, Bush gets to work "chasing flies around the Oval Office. It drives him crazy when flies get in." And Bush is so well known as a fly hunter among his White House staff, says Snow, that somebody "made him White House fly swatters."

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2007/9/23/a-bush-quirk-flies-in-the-oval-office.html?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:a-bush-quirk-flies-in-the-oval-office

[DS1]

1. Next time there's a march by the WH

people need to hook up a megaphone to a simple loop of a buzzing fly. It shouldn't be hard to find one

[bryant69]

2. How can they tell?

Still I suppose this gives a possible course of action - fill the white house with flies and he'll be too busy to start wars or do other stupid things.

Bryant
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[madokie]

14. the beginnings of the makings of a plan

keep him busy swatting flies, I'm sure he has lots of experience seems as how he's such a turd and all and how flies like smelly turds

[Aristus]

3. Reminds me of the rumours that used to circulate about Roman Emperor Domitian:

Domitian, not a talented administrator, was rumoured to chase flies around the palace, out of having nothing else to do. When members of the court were asked who was with the emperor, legend has it they replied: "Not even a fly."

[halobeam]

48. LOL

:rofl:

[Me.]

4. The Imagery This Presents Is Priceless eom

[Demit]

5. Presidential fly swatters, huh? With the seal and everything? No, this man's not insane.

[Botany]

6. But as a "rancher" wouldn't he be used to flies around cattle?

[texanshatingbush]

17. Ah, but we have a saying in Texas about people like Bush.....

.....he's "all hat and no cattle". So it's obvious that he's just not used to them dang flies!

[Botany]

21. The cattle on his ranch are "rental cows" too.

I would love to see him on a horse or a tractor.



How the hell did he ever get to be President with the story that he was
a rancher?

[Cha]

46. That's got to be one of the fartboy's

more stupid costumes but the one with hastert and the lab coats really demonstrats the monkey's knack for aping.

[porphyrian]

7. Little does he know it's often Cheney's pocket vagina he's hearing. - n/t

[driver8]

11. Ha Ha -- maybe he should swat Cheney with a fly swatter. n/t

[porphyrian]

22. I'd almost pay to see that. - n/t

[havocmom]

8. OK everybody... HUM!

[tanyev]

9. Perfect! He must be bored when he's in D.C., with no brush to clear.

Give him a pith helmet and a fly-swatter imprinted with presidential seals, and let him go.

[Ganja Ninja]

10. He's gone from hunting bin Laden to hunting flies.

My money is on the flies.

[mentalsolstice]

12. Oh great! Fly swatters with the presidential seal on them

To go with the cowboy boots, the biker socks...

If they sell this stuff to the public, the White House gift shop probably resembles a roadside Stucky's minus the DQ, and makes the Cracker Barrel look like a Saks.

[Virginia Dare]

13. Battier than a cave....n/t

[Cassandra]

15. Flies are attracted to....

shit, right?

[Donnachaidh]

16. So he's basically easily distracted?

Little kids act this way, especially if they are bored. Has this man ever used his brain for something other than keeping his ears separated?

[smokey nj]

18. Ladies and gentlemen, President Renfield.

[Sparkly]

20. LOL!

:rofl:

[myrna minx]

23. Lol.

:spray:

[shain from kane]

32. With Cheney as Dracula. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

19. Sounds a lot like Tweak on South Park

[monmouth]

24. The buzzing of flies interferes with voices in his head.....

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. Dat's the debbil comin' for 'im

:rofl:

[Blackhatjack]

26. Saturday Night Live Material --- Bush in a Cabinet Meeting Chasing Flies With Unintended Results LOL

You can imagine the material Saturday Night Live could generate from this tidbit.

Bush being distracted from what is being said in an important meeting, Bush trying to kill the fly while important questions are being asked, and Bush making statements regarding the fly that are misinterpreted to launch an attack on Iran.

Maybe end the skit with one cabinet member commenting to the other --"you know this is how we ended up attacking Iraq..."

[halobeam]

49. I'd PAY to see that skit played out!

[bluedog]

27. flies always follow rotted flesh n/t

[Catchawave]

28. Bush: Lord of the Flies !

Until this guy "flies" in:




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[dave29]

29. On a serious note-- does anyone know if he has been diagnosed with hyperacusis?

It is a condition I suffer from (collapsed tolerance to sound), along with tinnitus (or ringing in the ears). It is extremely debilitating in my case. I get irrationally angry at specific types of noises. In my case it is silverware, a sudden loud noise, etc. My doctor described my hearing as "superhuman" -- but rather than being a gift, it is a terrible burden.

If I were President, I would surely resign.

For what it's worth :)

-Dave

[soothsayer]

36. does it help if you should wear earplugs? cotton?

[dave29]

42. unfortunately not

... because then all I hear is the ringing (tinnitus). The way I have adapted is by carefully moving from sound environment to sound environment. If I am in a loud environment, I try to make the next environment I am in almost as loud, and slowly decrease volume. And vice versa. If for some reason this is impossible, I just have to be sure I get enough rest, and monitor my stress level. It tends to come in bouts, and goes away slowly, only to return upon any unexpected noise.

Meditation has been key to dealing with hyperacusis, but even that is difficult, as you just have to live without the extreme focus that is normally achievable.

[WinkyDink]

44. I might have that, too. I'm always saying, "What's that noise?" Others respond, "What noise?"

[shain from kane]

30. I thought he was "Lord of the Flies", Beelzebub.

"...a reference to a line from King Lear - "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods, — They kill us for their sport". (King Lear Act IV, Scene 1<1> It may also be a reference to the Hebrew name Beelzebub (בעל זבוב, Baal-zvuv, "god of the fly", "host of the fly" or literally "Lord of Lies"), a name sometimes used as a synonym for Satan."

[rug]

31. I would have thought it was strawberries.

[MilesColtrane]

33. He likes pulling their wings off best.

Then he grooms Cheney.

[MsKandice01]

34. Oh fuck...

This means I have something in common with President Bush. I go nuts when a fly buzzes by my ear too. Crap.

[MadLinguist]

35. Oh, So Condee was speaking absolutely literally

when she claimed that "the president is sick of swatting flies." Maybe we should start looking for actual mushrooms in the sky.

[Canuckistanian]

50. "Swatting flies" - that's what he called counter-terrorist operations

BEFORE 9/11, of course. When he didn't have anything to gain from it.

Apr 14, 2004 | National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice told the 9/11 commission last week that President Bush was "tired of swatting flies" when it came to counter-terrorism, and that he wanted a "broader package of strategies" that didn't merely deal with individual terror attacks after they occurred, but eliminated the threat of terror permanently. Unfortunately, it looks as if the Bush administration has traded swatting flies for stirring hornets' nests.

http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2004/04/14/al_qaida/

[Hubert Flottz]

37. Large Turds like W, draw flies!

You'd think he'd figure that out in 60 years!

Edit...I'll bet W don't like it when Vitter comes over to the WH!

[Done]

38. The great white hunter.

George W.

Leader of the free world.

Killer of flies.

[shain from kane]

41. Hey, Bungalow Bill, what did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?

He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun
In case of accidents he always took his mom
He's the all American bullet-headed saxon mother's son.
All the children sing

Hey Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?

Deep in the jungle where the mighty tiger lies
Bill and his elephants were taken by surprise
So Captain Marvel zapped in right between the eyes
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?

The children asked him if to kill was not a sin
Not when he looked so fierce, his mother butted in
If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?

[backscatter712]

39. Gives me an evil idea.

I wonder how much mayhem one could cause by planting Annoy-a-trons in various hiding places through the White House.

Maybe modify the Annoy-a-trons so instead of emitting annoying beeps, they'd emit fly-buzzing sounds...

It'd make for months of entertainment! :evilgrin:

[peekaloo]

40. Gee W Boo$h: Buzzkiller. nt

[InkAddict]

43. Rubber band Weapon of Mass Destruction

[jackstraw45]

45. Maybe it's just God telling him to invade Iran....nt

nt

[MissB]

47. Release the Flies!

[BringEmOn]

51. Help me, help me!