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Things You May Not Know About Barrack Obama by obinwanne(m): 10:56am On Nov 17, 2008 |
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed • He has read every Harry Potter book • He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali • He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia • He can speak Spanish • While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead • His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea • He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't • He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name • His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville • His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy • He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck • His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees • He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker • He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol • As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine • He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry • He uses an Apple Mac laptop • He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits • He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes • He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13) • He was nicknamed “Bear” by his late grand mother • He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life |
Re: Things You May Not Know About Barrack Obama by kokorunna(m): 5:38pm On Nov 27, 2008 |
Good for him, leave the man alone and let him get on about Changing the World. |
Re: Things You May Not Know About Barrack Obama by sleekp1: 6:33pm On Nov 27, 2008 |
He doesn't drink coffeeAnd all this time I thought otherwise, chei this is a shocking revelation. |
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