March 18, 2008

• I don't know how many of you have HBO, but I've been watching this very interesting mini series on John Adams. Its based on the popular biography written a few years ago by David McCullough. I always wanted to read the book but just have never gotten around to it. So instead, I'm going to watch the seven part mini series, the first two episodes I have already seen. The series stars Paul Giamatti as Adams. I have to say watching this thing, I'm in awe of people like Adams, Ben Franklin, George Washington, Judge Judy, Wolf Blitzer, Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock. Of course Adams' son went on to become the 6th president of the United States which makes it even more amazing, 2 presidents from the same family (please don't bother pointing out that the current president's father was president as we all know that George W at his best only amounts to about a third of a president). To see what happened (assuming all of this is historically accurate) was amazing to me. And I found out some things that I didn't know, like for example I did not know that Sam Adams was his cousin. Also, John Adams lawyered in defense of the British during the trial for the Boston Massacre. Also, here are some other little known facts that I probably made up:

  • John Adams was hung like an infant. Its true. Abigail used to call it "lil' John"
  • The ghost of John Adams nailed Eleanor Roosevelt. Three times! Twice in the Lincoln Bedroom and once in the Rose Garden while FDR sat next to them napping. 
  • The decision of who would become the first president between Washington and Adams was determined by an arm wrestling match.
  • If you didn't rearrange the letters in John Adams last name it would still be Adams.
  • After leaving the presidency, Adams developed an addiction to internet poker. Abigail cured him of the addiction when she told him the internet was still 180 years from being invented by Al Gore.
  • Every Thursday Adams' asshole stunk like rotten tomatoes. In fact the British were all set to attack Boston but were overcome by the fierce stench of his stink ass. So they waited to Friday but it was too late because the revolution was over.True story.
  • His motto in life was: "If God didn't want you to masterbate, he wouldn't have invented Palm Sunday." A lot of people actually credit this saying to Jesus Christ, but he actually said something slightly different in that he didn't mention God, masterbating or Palm Sunday.
  • Reading this post is a waste of your precious time.Most of the British soldiers suffered from a nasty case of ass herpes. Adams found this out and stole all of New England's ass pillows and sold them on Ebay. At first the British were pissed, but they found it funny after they realized he "shopped victoriously".

  Another thing I found interesting was all those damn wigs they wore. I mean, honestly, what the fuck? I know they still do that in England and I just don't understand why. And to make things even funnier, they also have more than one. You can wear the younger looking one or if you are really doing something of utter importance you can look completely ridiculous and wear the one with white hair. Yeah, I'm gonna need some explanations on those damn things.

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