I've heard Laura referred to as Pickles here.

[raccoon]

Why is she called Pickles?

[leveymg]

1. The answer to that is still illegal in the state of Virginia. n/t

[ugarte]

2. W calls her Pickles...nt

[cascadiance]

15. which is roughly the same as Bush calling Rove "Turd Blossom"...

... and we gladly oblige following suit there too!

[Theres-a]

3. Here ya go

http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Laura_Bush

[me b zola]

That is chimp's pet name for her

Chimp's pet name for rover is "turd-blossom"--no kidding.


We call shrub 'chimp' because he resembles one.

[pitohui]

4. a story i heard

after she ran over her ex she tagged him by inserting a pickle in his dead you-know-where

actually i didn't hear that

i made it up on the spot

but it's a fun story, no? :-)

[Poll_Blind]

6. It made me chuckle! But only the "dead you-know-where" part.

Ok, a percocet I took for recent dental work may be helping your cause.

PB

[Poll_Blind]

5. Well, he's on the road alot and she misses something as sour as he.

I'll stop right there before I get myself into trouble.

PB

[DS1]

7. It's what Bush calls her

[AnneD]

11. When she smiles

she looks just like she took a bite out of a sour pickle.

[Theres-a]

17. Yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_additions_13

[TomInTib]

8. I think BartCop first called her that

something about her cigarette lips.

[raccoon]

9. Thanks, everybody. nt

[sdfernando]

10. My dog

I had a dog once named Apollos. A beautiful Black Lab & Chow mix. Very sweet and gentle, but VERY protective of me and the house. Got him at the animal shelter, he was so depressed, I think he knew he was going to be put down. Anyway, his knick-name was Pickles. He was a much better person than that witch.

[jilln]

14. I love that you call him a person...

many if not most animals are better people than people...

[charlie]

12. Don't know the origin

But the first time I heard it, I thought it was perfect, the sort of nickname for a housewife in a 1950s TV sitcom.

[sdfernando]

20. Not the 50's but the 60's

On the old Dick Van Dyke show, Rob Petie's (Dick Van Dyke) co-worker Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) called his wife Pickles. She wasn't on screen much but he referred to her a lot. Funny since Mary Tyler-Moore's character name was Laura. Laura and Pickles, both from the same 60's sitcom.

[sdfernando]

21. Not the 50's but the 60's

On the old Dick Van Dyke show, Rob Petie's (Dick Van Dyke) co-worker Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) called his wife Pickles. She wasn't on screen much but he referred to her a lot. Funny since Mary Tyler-Moore's character name was Laura. Laura and Pickles, both from the same 60's sitcom.

[flordehinojos]

13. is Pickles even sincere?

How damn hypocritical of her!

[Imagevision]

16. I.ve read Laura referred to as "Dime-Bag Laura" in college years.

shhh....!

[daninthemoon]

18. Because she smells like vinegar, if you know what I mean.

[daninthemoon]

19. Sorry.

[lectrobyte]

22. That's GW's nickname for her. I'd like to know why, too, but the

story behind how "Turd Blossom" came to be named is probably way more entertaining I'd expect.