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dretceterini Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:47 PM
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Why "Chimpie"?
Is it because when you think of George Bush, you get an image of a monkey in cage, playing with himself?
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:48 PM
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1. No, it's because he looks like one. n/t
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johnfunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:02 PM
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16. Because:
Edited on Fri Oct-07-05 04:06 PM by johnfunk
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:48 PM
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2. You obviously haven't seen these -
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CitrusLib Donating Member (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:51 PM
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7. The digging for gold picture is my absolute favorite!
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tinrobot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:48 PM
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3. This website will explain
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Tesla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:48 PM
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4. or...
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:48 PM
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5. Please read the DU posting rules.
You're not supposed to post rhetorical questions and then answer them in the same sentence. Use two sentences next time. :)

Welcome to DU!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:49 PM
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6. Because "fucking moronic asshole" is too crude around the children n/t
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CitrusLib Donating Member (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:51 PM
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8. Really? That's what my four-year-old calls him.
;-)
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:03 PM
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17. Smart kid!! n/t
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:52 PM
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9. The very idea of such a thing is enough to
crack me up
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:53 PM
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10. I feel sorry for the chimps.
What did they ever do to deserve this comparison?
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spooked Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:55 PM
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11. works for me...
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beingthere Donating Member (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:55 PM
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12. probably a minority opinion, but
i always hated it that he's called "Chimpie" because i think chimps are really nice animals, intelligent too. Hate to insult chimps like that.
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:00 PM
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15. Chimps are not necessarily all they're cracked up to be
Even Jane Goodall was shocked when a chimpanzee she had tracked for months instigated the total genocide of a nearby colony, for no reason other than to assert his TOTAL dominance. If that's not Bushian behavior, I don't know what is.
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:57 PM
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13. Because he looks/walks/talks like a chimpanzee
I've never seen a more Pan-Troglodytes-like person on this planet. He truly is a scientific curiosity--actual LIVING evidence for the existence of a missing link somewhere in our lineage between man and ape.


Bush's ONLY two motivators seem to be food and fighting. When he is aroused, he makes screeching noises but does not seem to say anything that any human can really understand. He vanishes for many days and only reappears at random times. He has a tendency to hang out in the woods. As an enthusiast of the local biological park, I have to admit that I've actually seen apes that are more "human" than Bush.

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tenshi816 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 03:59 PM
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14. Here's one I did myself:


It's really obvious once you've looked at him for awhile.

I feel guilty about it though. I once had the great good fortune to be a student assistant on an orangutan sign language project. Comparing Junior Bush to an ape is an insult to apes everywhere.
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Neocondriac Donating Member (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:08 PM
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18. My wife's friend...
a Pediatrician attributes the rather ape like look to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.Apparently, Big Barb thought olives were a food group.
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tenshi816 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:33 PM
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23. I've read that too,
Kind of ironic that Big Barb's nickname in the BFEE has always been "Bar", at least according to Kitty Kelley's book (a riveting read, BTW - people dismiss KK, but no one has ever proved her a liar and Frank Sinatra sure tried).
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dretceterini Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:33 PM
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24. I think he looks more
like a lizard....and he doesn't have the brains of a chimp..
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:11 PM
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19. As Gore Vidal said, he has that certain "Simian charm" about him
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:20 PM
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20. "Curious" George n/t
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:23 PM
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21. how about..
non-curious george.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 04:25 PM
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22. check out bushorchimp.com
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