Obama stop and get some snowcone with GOP Gov Mississippi (Pic)

[nmbluesky]

U.S. President Barack Obama eats a snowcone with Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour in Gulfport, Mississippi, June 14, 2010. Obama said on Monday there were still problems in processing damage claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

[bluestateguy]

1. Looks like Haley has had his fair share of them

nt

[jobycom]

3. Nah, snowballs aren't fattening. That's from all the children he eats.

:P

[jobycom]

2. Snowballs. He stopped and got some snowballs.

In Louisiana and South Mississippi, they are called snowballs. :)

[nmbluesky]

4. yeah?

I noticed this picture.

[jobycom]

7. Yeah, weird regional quirk. I grew up calling them snowballs

took me a long time to figure out what a snowcone was. :) It says snowball on the trailer.

[Jennicut]

12. Snowballs? Is that like pop?

I grew up in New England and when people would say soda pop I was like, huh? We always just called it soda. Then there is jimmies and shots.

[jobycom]

15. You mean like coke?

We call pop coke, no matter the brand or flavor? "What will you have?" "Coke." "What kind of Coke?" "Root Beer will be fine." "Would you like a snowball, too?"

Don't get me started on neutral grounds. :)

[orleans]

46. i remember a period of years where "coke" was also used for

"tab" or "diet rite" in our house (any type of dark cola--i don't know if it would have applied for root beer or 7up)

but rather than "soda pop" it was always just "pop" in this part of illinois

as in "do you want a pop?"

root beer and ice cream was always a "black cow" rather than a "root beer float"

[SPedigrees]

25. I grew up in New England and called/call it soda pop.

Probably depends on *when* one grew up in New England.

[Politicalboi]

29. I thought they called them

Tonic's? And frappes for shakes. I am originally from Lowell Mass, we left there in 1965 when I was 4.

[SPedigrees]

38. Those terms also were used. But it was either frappes or MILK shakes.

I don't think *frappe* came in until the early 60s and they only abbreviated *milk shakes* down to *shakes* much later on, around the time they dropped the "pop" from *soda pop,* maybe in the later 60s? I think *tonic* went out in the very early 1950s. I remember it only when I was a tiny tot, and then only in northern New England. In MA and CT we called it soda pop.

It seems like some of these terms may have been very localized even with a small geographical area like New England. *Tonic* apparently lived on in some places in southern NE, and never made it to other areas at all.

[Jennicut]

33. Maybe it is a difference with Connecticut, certain areas we talk more like

New Yorkers (NYC) and on the eastern side of the state we talk more like NH and Vermont. CT is funny like that. The friend that said pop to me when I was a kid was from PA.

[CTyankee]

30. growing up in Texas we called them snow cones.

[jobycom]

37. Well, nobody's perfect.

[Hekate]

5. Learned to love shave-ice growing up in Hawai'i. This'll be his only light moment while in the Gulf

... I'm pretty sure.

Hekate

[Cha]

24. Yeah, he must have had

a little deja vu with snowcones in the midst of taking care of business.

[Ryano42]

6. HOW DARE HE!!!

Wasting time lollygagging when should be getting his scuba suit and cape on!!! :wtf:

:dunce:

[Drunken Irishman]

8. There used to be snow cone stands all throughout Salt Lake when I was growing up.

Anyone remember those? I'm guessing they were national? Maybe just regional...

Sometimes I'll see one abandoned in a parking lot.

[nmbluesky]

11. I always eat this rainbow snow

I was younger. It still stand in New Mexico.. they still sell it... :)

[Drunken Irishman]

14. Must be a Utah/New Mexico thing...

I don't see 'em as much anymore. We used to have 'em all over the place during the summer months. I think every parking lot had one when I was a kid.

They were sooo yummy! :)

[nmbluesky]

20. It was good

possiblly around in New Mexico and Utah.. When I visit another state. I never seen any rainbow snow. I always thought it was in New Mexico..
but I always called Snowcone

[Drunken Irishman]

23. Here's one in Utah...

[lamp_shade]

9. Is Haley Barbour wearing them there fancy pants?

[DrToast]

10. I hope they weren't oil flavored.

[SPedigrees]

28. Probably mostly HFCS now. They used to be sugar syrup (over shaved ice.) nt

[AtomicKitten]

13. Mmmmmmmmmmm! Snow cones.

[nmbluesky]

16. like this?

[AtomicKitten]

17. exactly!!!

[nmbluesky]

18. Always be our Homer!!!!!!

:)

[AtomicKitten]

26. my favorite

[awoke_in_2003]

35. that pic kills me

"floor pie"- Homer is just too easy.

[doc03]

19. Hannity lead story tonight "How can Obama hang

out at the beach eating snow cones while the people on the gulf coast suffer?" That Barbour is one fat mo fo isn't he?

[Enrique]

21. Rand Paul won't like this

back in the good old 1950's you wouldn't see this in Mississippi.

[jobycom]

32. .

:spray:

[dave29]

22. Helping local economy. That's our pres.

:)

[damntexdem]

27. You want beer, you've gotta arrest someone.

For you, Guv, just a snowcone.

;-)

[flpoljunkie]

31. Saw Haley Barbour on the tube looking very red faced and/or sunburned.

It's hot enough for a heat stroke, as well. Heat index in Biloxi today was 106.

[AlinPA]

34. Tomorrow, the pig will stab the President in the back at an interview on Fox.

[awoke_in_2003]

36. What????

They are doing something fun but didn't invite Joe?

[Beacool]

39. The were afraid of him.

Biden wields a mean water gun.

:7

[awoke_in_2003]

40. That is what I hear...

did you ever read the Onion article about the VP? It was funny as hell, but I can actually imagine him washing a Trans Am shirtless :)

http://www.theonion.com/articles/shirtless-biden-washes-trans-am-in-white-house-dri,2718/

In fact, if you search the Onion using "Joe Biden" they have quite a few good ones.

[Beacool]

41. Thanks!!

I had never seen that. It was very funny.

:7

[awoke_in_2003]

42. yes, it is very funny...

"Any of you girls care to join me for another tallboy?"

Why can I imagine him saying something like this? It may not be right, but of all the politicians you might want to "drink a beer with" he seems to be the one you might actually want to. He is good people.


on edit: Hillary seems to really enjoy his company.

[Beacool]

43. Yeah, they've been friends for years.

He says that she's like a sister to him. I remember when Kennedy chose to endorse Obama the day of Bush's last State of the Union. All eyes were on her when she went into the chamber that night. It must have been difficult for her, but Joe sat next to her and made her laugh. He's a nice man.

:-)

[awoke_in_2003]

44. he seems too nice...

to be a politician

[JI7]

45. they are like opposite shapes

[avaistheone1]

47. Better than

having cake with McCain



or fishing with the Bush boys in New Orleans