That's a spiffy car

I'm a little troubled by Obama's use of the word "spiffy". My grandmother is the only other person i've heard use it.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Under-the-Hood-of-48/

I was going to ream you for the use of that word. So President Obama is out of date, who's shocked?

spiffy to properly be used needs to sounds like SHHH before the piffy... believe that's how it was used in ace venture pet detective

on a side note... funny how everyone thought bush as so redneck... and here he's making sure to associate himself with redneck as much as possible (the beer and then this)

flame suit on ;-)

side note... under the hood was pretty neat to see... still think nascar would be far kewler if they still required a fairly stock chassis instead of something with a skin that sorta almost looks like what we can buy...

Yep it sure is. Good thing Jimmy was there to tell him about all the safty stuff.

He's the bee's knees alright

Haha. Thanks!

I check that site a lot but I missed that one.

And what's wrong with 'spiffy".

Forty years ago, I autocrossed a Sprite we called ~Spiffy 105~ (see license plate)

aeronca65t wrote: And what's wrong with 'spiffy". Forty years ago, I autocrossed a Sprite we called ~Spiffy 105~ (see license plate)

40 years ago my parents hadn't met.

I'm hoping you're under 40 then.

Would people be happier if Obama had said "this ride is one tight mother berkeleyer, dog!"

I was just poking fun. At least he wasn't crushing it in exchange for a prius.

Keith wrote: I'm hoping you're under 40 then.

LOL

Wally's on fire. Regarding the President's vernacular: It's funny how it seems really "forced" sometimes, like he went to the Bill Clinton school of pitch and accent, but never graduated. The "I'm just a regular guy ordering a burger" one always cracks me the berkeley up.

"I just want your basic...plain old burger...cooked to perfection...with aged Gruyere cheese, and, you know, a fresh kaiser roll...maybe a kosher pickel, some beluga caviar...some swiss chard maybe... you know, just your good ole' fashioned american burger."

poopshovel wrote: Wally's on fire. Regarding the President's vernacular: It's funny how it seems really "forced" sometimes......

Really?

I didn't get that at all.

It's obviously a staged event, but he just looked bemused to me.

I guess it depends on your viewpoint........but in a million years I wouldn't have gotten beluga caviar out of that.

I kinda wish he had come out with some ebonics, just to watch Fox News explode.

For some reason Presidents are always getting droped into situations where they don't belong. look at George Bush Sr Grocery shopping when he say a can of peas get scaned by a "Laser". I didn't expect the president to do his own shopping but it was like he finally realized that those odd stripes on the can meant something. I guess some people like to think the President is like them somehow. I don't. If the Pres was like me I think i'd move to France, because I know i have no business running the country.

Keith wrote: Would people be happier if Obama had said "this ride is one tight mother berkeleyer, dog!"

I would

Keith wrote: I kinda wish he had come out with some ebonics, just to watch Fox News explode.

One more reason i couldn't be president. Every so often a story would begin with "That's not how we did it in Kenya" just to give someone a stroke while they were having breakfast.

Wally wrote: If the Pres was like me I think i'd move to France, because I know i have no business running the country.

But how cool do you think it would be? Unfortunately I'd be corrupted by the power.

Wally wrote: I'm a little troubled by Obama's use of the word "spiffy". My grandmother is the only other person i've heard use it. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Under-the-Hood-of-48/

I use "spiffy" all the time. I love it - as a descriptive word, it's, well... spiffy.

Wally wrote: If the Pres was like me I think i'd move to France, because I know i have no business running the country.

No kidding. It always bugs me when people want the president to be someone they'd hang out at the bar with, or slag a president for being "elite".

I WANT him to be elite. I want the best of the best, the very top of the very top people in the country.

I DON'T want the guy I hang out with down at the bar, because he's just some drunk guy in a bar with a handful of good stories that make me laugh. And I sure as hell don't want him to be like me. I don't even have very many good funny stories.

captain_napalm wrote:

Wally wrote: If the Pres was like me I think i'd move to France, because I know i have no business running the country.

But how cool do you think it would be? Unfortunately I'd be corrupted by the power.

I'm totally willing to allow myself to be corrupted by power.

Tim Baxter wrote: I DON'T want the guy I hang out with down at the bar, because he's just some drunk guy in a bar with a handful of good stories that make me laugh.

Yeah, but still...

I'd bet TR, Kennedy, Clinton & Dubya have all kinds of cool stories. I'd certainly listen to them.

Keith wrote:

captain_napalm wrote:

Wally wrote: If the Pres was like me I think i'd move to France, because I know i have no business running the country.

But how cool do you think it would be? Unfortunately I'd be corrupted by the power.

I'm totally willing to allow myself to be corrupted by power.

I'm screwed, born outside the US and all, guess I'll have to settle for being a Governor

aussiesmg wrote: I'm screwed, born outside the US and all, guess I'll have to settle for being a Governor

Same here (UK).

Hey, I hear there may be an opening in South Carolina soon!

aeronca65t wrote:

poopshovel wrote: Wally's on fire. Regarding the President's vernacular: It's funny how it seems really "forced" sometimes......

Really? I didn't get that at all. It's obviously a staged event, but he just looked bemused to me. I guess it depends on your viewpoint........but in a million years I wouldn't have gotten beluga caviar out of that.

I kind of thought it did look forced. He was polite, and interested, but I got the impression that he would rather be talking to a basketball star, or Ozzie Guillen for a publicity stunt.