Bush receives ‘wooden box’ from staff for his birthday

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Bush receives ‘wooden box’ from staff for his birthday.»

Today is President Bush’s 62nd birthday. The AP reports that White House staff celebrated the birthday aboard Air Force One, where they presented Bush with the gift of a “wooden box“:

The party for birthday on Sunday was informal; the gift was not. The staff presented him with a wooden box made from a giant oak tree that fell on the White House lawn in 2007. Some of the wood from the tree, planted by Benjamin Harrison’s daughter in 1892, had been sent to Texas to be fashioned into a box about 12-by-18 inches. They filled it with notes and cards from members of his senior staff.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/06/bush-receives-wooden-box-from-staff-for-his-birthday/

[LakeSamish706]

1. I hope that it's big enough for him to fit into! n/t

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Exactly my first thought, too n/t

[madokie]

14. his ashes wouldn't take up much space

[Mike Nelson]

2. Get out yer shovels!

:)

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Too good a box for his ashes.

[gratuitous]

5. Oh, oak; not pine

Well, one can always speculate . . .

[NV Whino]

6. I was hoping it was a big larger.

Too bad.

[PurgedVoter]

7. When a giant oak falls,

on the White House Lawn, and only Bush is nearby, does it make any sound?

[SpiralHawk]

8. Oak tree commits ritual suicide when Commander AWOL steals White House

...in sympathy for all the other trees and formerly clean environments that will be annihilated for 'profit' under the failed republicon-crony governance of Commander AWOL Bush.

[lonestarnot]

9. Did it contain a pedegg for his balls?

[undeterred]

10. I would have written him a note too if they'd let me know.

:evilfrown:

[ellenfl]

11. i thought maybe it held his crown. eom

[Vidar]

12. As long as he's staked out properly in it--we don't need an "undead" rerun of the last 8 years.

[whistle]

13. Adequate to hold Dubya's ashes

[Hand Man]

15. Ha Ha Ha

Hilarious