Totenkopf Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 So, let the excuses begin...... ABC is blaming possible jet-lag http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/05/possibly-jet-lagged-president-obama-gets-year-wrong.html though he did make a rather wry last cvomment: Or maybe this is what was meant by “leading from behind”? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390535/Obama-London-visit-2011-President-signs-Westminster-Abbey-guestbook-2008.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurges-Ahter Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 It's probably because he's left-handed. We all know lefties are evil and incomprehensibly backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Clearly a result of his being a commie Ay-rab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 He's probably remembering happier times. I don't see this little mistake as that important, though. , however... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Talking over the National Anthem wasn't President Obama mistake, but the conductors who started the National Anthem while the President of the United States was taking. You know the guest who was proposing a toast to the Queen at the time. Is that how you treat all your guest? If so I guess I will not be going to England anytime soon. I can get disrespected over here cheaper. As to the wrong date, anyone that hasn’t written the wrong date on a check can cast the first stone (this only applies to those that have written checks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 *casts the first stone* *gets arrested* *by the CIA* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Since it's the Daily Mail i'm surprised the headline wasn't something along the lines of 'SHOCK PROOF: BLACK MEN INCAPABLE OF COMPREHENDING PASSAGE OF TIME'. god i hate that pitiful excuse of a rag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 *by the CIA* Secret Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 You're all just jealous that he has the keys to the Presidential Time Machine and you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Its a Shame that non-factors such as these will probably over shadow his great speech in the Westminster Hall this afternoon... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/barack-obama-bolsters-transatlantic-relationship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trench Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 It's probably because he's left-handed. We all know lefties are evil and incomprehensibly backwards. Bigot. Heheh. He signs "BO." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 As to the wrong date, anyone that hasn’t written the wrong date on a check can cast the first stone (this only applies to those that have written checks). I'm gonna guess that most people aren't off by three whole years if/when that happens. So, check writers, if you've been off by less than 3 years......get your stones ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 No, not three years at all. We were talking about a class reunion as I wrote my rent check and I wrote 05/01/1983. That happened this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 Looks like you were caught in your own time warp.....been traveling by jet* lately? *see added link to OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purifier Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Okay..I believe I know what's happened here. Obama believes he has been raptured and is currently in a hypnotic state of thinking that he is in his ideal heaven. And..while in this heaven of his, he thinks or believes he is reliving the moments of his 2008 Presidental election victory. Mystery solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Well, I've done similar stuff before, so the pres gets a pass on this one. It's probably because he's left-handed. We all know lefties are evil and incomprehensibly backwards. Yes, we're quite sinister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 No, not three years at all. We were talking about a class reunion as I wrote my rent check and I wrote 05/01/1983. That happened this month. OKSRSLY??? Wow...That's quite a moment of derp-age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlos Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I (all too frequently) write or tell others that my date of birth is in fact in the current year. It provokes puzzled looks from airport security staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 One place I used to work at the data packets we handled were normally 2 to 3 years prior. So when I would assign dates to something, it would have the date of the packet rather than the current calendar date. It was not too uncommon to be working on a lot of that data from the same month. Next check written would almost always have me double checking to make sure I put the correct date. about one in 5 would have an odd date of 23JUL06 as opposed to current day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth333 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 As to the wrong date, anyone that hasn’t written the wrong date on a check can cast the first stone (this only applies to those that have written checks). I got a check returned from the city not long ago: I happened to have made the check for my real estate taxes payable to my own name (if it weren't for the interests and penalties charged, it would have been purely laughable...) I also sent a fax to a judge with my birthdate on it instead of the date on which the monies should have been paid: despite the fax being handled by at least two people, it still went through... ouch... I also recently dated a document as of 2006 for no apparent reason: luckily my secretary came to see me this time asking wft was this date but the answer was that I had no single clue. Several other people also sent me documents with dates that didn't made sense at all (seen 1871 on an aircraft purchase document and the aircraft in question was obviously not a kite...) No need for jet-lag or bad faith: an all too busy day and a few distractions is all what it takes when it comes to the date, especially when you have to sign tens and sometimes hundreds of documents per day at work. Usually, these things can be sorted out easily as they are mere clerical errors. I fully sympathize with Obama on this one. It's an insignificant distraction that could have happened to anyone of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shem Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 It's probably because he's left-handed. We all know lefties are evil and incomprehensibly backwards. So I'm evil now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taak Farst Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 So I'm evil now. When was that in doubt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 So I'm evil now. Yeah, it's on your birth certificate......the long form, naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverandbacon Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Could've happened to anyone. This morning I had to rewrite a check because of getting the date wrong. Talking over the National Anthem wasn't President Obama mistake, but the conductors who started the National Anthem while the President of the United States was talking. You know the guest who was proposing a toast to the Queen at the time. Is that how you treat all your guest? This. If Obama had let the National Anthem interrupt him mid sentence, he wouldn't be respecting the UK, he'd be quietly accepting blatant disrespect for the country he represents. If the PM or Queen came to the US and were halfway through a toast when someone started playing the National Anthem, I'd be unimpressed if they stopped. Though given the somewhat lopsided nature of the 'special' relationship, I wouldn't be especially surprised. In either case, it'd be the conductors who should get censured/relieved of their position. Yes, we're quite sinister. I see what you did there. I (all too frequently) write or tell others that my date of birth is in fact in the current year. It provokes puzzled looks from airport security staff. Like the kid in the first pub scene in Hot Fuzz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I know what probably happened. The government is notorious for having a backlog of paperwork. He was probably filling out a tonne(not to be confused with the US Ton equivalent to 2000 lbs, this would be the 2000 Kilograms) of paperwork regarding presidential stuff that had start dates in or around 2008 so most likely got used to filling in the year of 2008. Like contract begin and end dates which likely started before he was president. And in case anyone wonders... Yes, the government has more paperwork than even your job. Working for a government contractor means I have a boatload more paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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