Somehow this got started, and I commented on sturgeonlawyer's post of this kind, and according to the rules of this meme, that gave him the right to pick from mine.
I find there's a definite rhythm to "Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan", so I have no trouble with those obscure guys. Intoned patterns like that explain my speed. Sure I can name the VPs also, but it takes longer because I have to process it as I go along.
My first published letter to the editor - I was maybe 12 - corrected a statement that McKinley had dumped Garret Hobart when he ran for re-election. Nope: Hobart was one of those VPs who'd keeled over.
No, that President-VP pair knew of their counties. They were named just after the election. (And Denali was named Mount McKinley just after his election.) Can you imagine such namings after sitting officials today? Mount Bush. Cheney County. Ugh!
I remain agnostic on the question of whether that pair of office-holders were actually a gay couple. Sure, it was rumored even at the time, but that doesn't prove anything. (False rumors about hidden sexual habits are as common as true ones.) Still, it's good to shock the staid by pointing out that it could well have been.
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Date: 2007-10-09 04:32 pm (UTC)I find there's a definite rhythm to "Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan", so I have no trouble with those obscure guys. Intoned patterns like that explain my speed. Sure I can name the VPs also, but it takes longer because I have to process it as I go along.
My first published letter to the editor - I was maybe 12 - corrected a statement that McKinley had dumped Garret Hobart when he ran for re-election. Nope: Hobart was one of those VPs who'd keeled over.
No, that President-VP pair knew of their counties. They were named just after the election. (And Denali was named Mount McKinley just after his election.) Can you imagine such namings after sitting officials today? Mount Bush. Cheney County. Ugh!
I remain agnostic on the question of whether that pair of office-holders were actually a gay couple. Sure, it was rumored even at the time, but that doesn't prove anything. (False rumors about hidden sexual habits are as common as true ones.) Still, it's good to shock the staid by pointing out that it could well have been.