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    dothedewTom Scocca
    8/13/15 11:58am

    was seen by women of the time as attractive.

    What time was that? Last call?

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      Vectoriousdothedew
      8/13/15 12:02pm

      I was just thinking, JFC, was everyone just drunk all the time or what?

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      dothedewVectorious
      8/13/15 12:06pm

      Well he became prez right after Prohibition was put into place, so the answer is probably yes, everyone was drunk at the time.

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    Dashiell HammletTom Scocca
    8/13/15 11:58am

    Harding was a Shriner? Learn new things about Harding every day.

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      seeyaDashiell Hammlet
      8/13/15 12:03pm

      What did you learn about Harding yesterday? The day before?

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      Dashiell Hammletseeya
      8/13/15 12:07pm

      Yesterday I learned he had a love child.

      And the day before that I learned he existed.

      So for me, the day before yesterday was Year Zero in Harding Trivia.

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    MuscatoTom Scocca
    8/13/15 12:07pm

    Well, if nothing else at all, I’m certainly going to file this under “Questions I didn’t expect to b asked today.”

    And for the record, if it’s younger, be-moustachioed Warren, and I were a single man myself (and he didn’t talk - he supposedly had a real rube’s rural Ohio accent) - sure, why not?

    By the bye, if anyone hasn’t read Dorothy Parker’s surgically precise demolition of Nan Britton’s book, you owe it to yourself find a copy of the Portable Dorothy Parker and devour it at once. ““Of the authenticity of [The President’s Daughter],” she writes, “I am absolutely convinced. I wish I were not. I wish I could feel that she had made it all up out of her head, for then I could give myself over to high ecstasies at the discovery of the great American satire, the shrewd and savage critique of Middle-Western love. But I am afraid that The President’s Daughter is only a true story.”

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      Lannister HandjobMuscato
      8/13/15 12:11pm

      Ah, Dorothy Parker and her unmatched wit!

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      CatGotYourTungstenLannister Handjob
      8/13/15 2:19pm

      You’re likely already familiar with these ...

      Hospitalized following a half-hearted suicide attempt, Dotty confused her arriving visitors by immediately ringing for the nurse — “THAT will insure us 45 minutes of complete privacy.”

      When someone remarked that Clare Boothe Luce was always kind to her inferiors, Parker shot back, “And where does she find them?”

      While unrivalled, Parker was occasionally equalled — as when Tallulah Bankhead closed a longish letter of complaint to her radio show’s producer with:

      “P.S. You know I wouldn’t hurt a fly .... Have I?”

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    Negative, I'm a Meat PopsicleTom Scocca
    8/13/15 12:17pm

    Before Downtown Abbey came around, maybe. With a little booze. Lights off. In the end, I’m a sucker for strong eyebrows, and certainly the whole being in a position of power thing usually helps things along.

    But now - I’ll admit I watched the show - all I would think about would be that I was smooshing privates with Carson. I’d rather shack up with Mosely before that dusty old fart.

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      Cylontater: Genital WhispererNegative, I'm a Meat Popsicle
      8/13/15 12:43pm

      Mr. Bates or gtfo

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      Negative, I'm a Meat PopsicleCylontater: Genital Whisperer
      8/13/15 12:59pm

      For sure. A real man, he’s top of the pack for me, too. Wouldn’t kick Branson out of (his now four-post) bed, to be honest. And Barrow would be one spectacular hate fuck.

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    Cylontater: Genital WhispererTom Scocca
    8/13/15 11:58am

    Yeah, I would ride that mustache to to the White House.

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      Collapsed ConversationCylontater: Genital Whisperer
      8/13/15 12:54pm

      I think that Ben Affleck would be a good choice when they cast for Harding’s biopic (not sure if this affects your stache-riding fantasy):

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      Cylontater: Genital WhispererCollapsed Conversation
      8/13/15 1:07pm

      It would be a hate-ride, but a ride none the less.

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    maybeyoushoulddriveTom Scocca
    8/13/15 11:56am

    I would with the caveat that I get to wear the fez during & maybe after.

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      curiousmaybeyoushoulddrive
      8/13/15 12:00pm

      Once saw a stripper wearing a fez in her act. Underrated bit of headwear.

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      Downton Flabbymaybeyoushoulddrive
      8/13/15 12:07pm

      “Don’t make me do it without the fez on, oh no...”

      - Steely Dan

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    ThrumbolioTom Scocca
    8/13/15 11:55am

    ...you mean currently?

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      TopherThrumbolio
      8/13/15 11:59am

      I think you’re right - before I answer we need to specify if this is 1915 Harding or 2015 Harding.

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    curiousTom Scocca
    8/13/15 12:02pm

    No. Holding out for Carly Fiorina.

    Girl is fierce!

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      Challahbackcurious
      8/13/15 12:14pm

      Sorry, she only screws HP investors.

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      curiousChallahback
      8/13/15 12:15pm

      Winner <bowing>

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    EvanrudeJohnsonTom Scocca
    8/13/15 12:00pm

    There are plenty of women willing to hop on Hugh Hefner’s dusty old crank, I am sure if you moved 1920’s Harding into today, he would do fine. Isn’t it somewhat common knowledge that Harding was a notorious cocksman?

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      Cylontater: Genital WhispererEvanrudeJohnson
      8/13/15 12:05pm

      Starred for “cocksman”

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      badbunnyEvanrudeJohnson
      8/13/15 12:08pm

      I’m reading a biography of his wife, Florence. Yes, he was considered something of a cocksman, or a “tomcat” as my grandmother would say. But any man whose nickname for his wife was “The Duchess” could not have been all bad.

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    festivusaziliTom Scocca
    8/13/15 11:58am

    Of course. I’m not made of stone.

    I might even give him head during tea time, just so it could be referred to as Teapot Dome Scandal II: Dome at Home.

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      neverJamTodayfestivusazili
      8/13/15 12:52pm

      Further points would have been awarded for Teapot Dome Scandal II: Polishing The Dome.

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      Tew.festivusazili
      8/13/15 2:18pm

      And then Teapot Dome Scandal III: Harder Harding in 3D

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