Monday, September 19, 2011

"I shall return!"

Didn't General Douglas MacArthur die back in the 60's? So what's he doing at a teaparty rally?

Interesting trivia: did you know his father was a general too? Did you know his father's name was "Arthur?" I'm not lying. You can look it up. What wild and crazy fun-loving parents. Oh, my. It boggles.

4 comments:

  1. Does that pipe go "toot toot", do you think? Like Popeye.

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  2. Mac means "son of" in Gaelic, so it's no worse than Magnus Magnusson. O, as in O'Connor, on the other hand, means grandson. So if Douglas MacArthur had a son he could be O'Arthur, though I will confess that doesn't sound too good.

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  3. @A. - Are you making fun of the world's savior just because he smoked a corncob pipe??? Did you know that his father was stationed at Ft. Wingate when Douglas was a child? Bet you didn't. Bet you don't even know the significance of that even now. :)

    @Sheila - Two comments! I am flattered. And with no prompting! I didn't know about Mac and O'. I knew about fitz and von. And ben. And vich. I think he did have a son. But I would have to google that. :) He mostly lived in the Philippines. You really don't remember him, do you? I swan.

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  4. I don't mean "remember". I mean know who he is. :)

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