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What Do You Think This Means? Please guess.

novella

novella

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When Bill Clinton's Presidential portrait was unveiled, he said he felt like "a pickle stepping into history."

All the pundits in all the world could not figure out what the heck he meant or where this phrase came from. I'm stumped.

Would anyone like to throw their proverbial hat into the ring?
 
novella said:
When Bill Clinton's Presidential portrait was unveiled, he said he felt like "a pickle stepping into history."

All the pundits in all the world could not figure out what the heck he meant or where this phrase came from. I'm stumped.

Would anyone like to throw their proverbial hat into the ring?
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Perhaps, a pickle has no place in history, and neither does Bill Clinton.
 
During Clinton's campaign, P.J. O'Rourke wrote a piece about Little Rock and the deep fried pickles there. So maybe it's a cute way of saying that a podunk from Arkansas made good. Or maybe people from Arkansas really like pickles.
 
Halo said:
Sorry, but the only sense I get from that is that the guy's an idiot.
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Well that's what's weird about it. He very rarely has said anything that cryptic or silly, and even those who can't stand him would never say he was an idiot. they might call him a venal slob or a peckerwood, though.

But (unlike some people) he speaks in full sentences, connects his ideas, has big ideas, and is very well educated.

So it's safe to believe the pickle means something.

One columnist said, "I thought his pickle had already stepped into history."
 
Well, it probably means something very deep, but I'm being very literal here, and all I am thinking is "When did you last see a pickle step anywhere?" :confused:
 
Geenh said:
. . . I'm not all that fond of Bush. Sorry.
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Neither am I. But this is about Bill Clinton.

One thing about those Japanese pickles, though--the colors look toxic.

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But I love umeboshi. Supposed to cure everything.
 
I think he's just being modest. I don't know, exactly, what this 'unveiling of portraits' is, but I assume it has something to do with him being officially recognised (through that portrait being unveiled) as an essential part of U.S. history. He made the comment because he's of the opinion that he didn't have that much of an influence.

The true question is, is he sincere or is it a whopping case of false modesty?

Cheers
 
It was right after he got out of the hospital from a coronary bypass operation. Maybe the bloodthinners made him kooky. Maybe he felt pickled.
 
Geez Novella! I shouldn't bloody post anything until AFTER my first morning coffee! I'm a bloody dense idiot!
 
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