Why do people call Laura Pickles?

[Breezy du Nord]

How did this come up? Is it used other places or was it coined here on DU?

Just curious...

[Paschall]

1. It's Shrub's nickname for her

Karl Rove = Turd Blossom
Karen Hughes = Lima Green Bean (Supposedly he came up with this because she was always stressing the environment in WH meetings... DOH! Can you guess how Karl got his nick?)

Others?

[soupkitchen]

2. Just a guess

Is it because his job is to make shit smell good?

[PinkTiger]

3. Probably because he farts.

nt

[newyawker99]

6. Congrats PinkTiger!! 300 posts

:toast:

[Swede]

13. Turd blossom = asshole

[Divernan]

4. I think it refers to a sour expression on her face

at times in her private life which I don't even want to imagine.

[joeybee12]

5. Did Shrub really give her this name?

I thought it was because just the name Pickles conjurs up a vision of a dim-witted woman who is a Stepford wife.

[Iris]

12. are those nicknames for real?

[Paschall]

15. Yes for real

I can't remember where I first read about Rove's but it's been repeated in the press a couple times.

I think I read about Hughes' in a Peggy Noonan piece about Shrub.

[JVS]

7. Pickles are phallic

[rocktivity]

8. My dad called my mom Cabbage

Because she liked to wear a cabbage rose in her hair a la Billie Holliday. One Christmas, my sister showed me an article where Prince Charles noted that Princess Di was looking a little tired at a public appearance and called to her, "Keep your head up, Cabbage!"


rocknation

[Iris]

11. cabbage is also a french term of endearment

mon petit chou!

[meti57b]

9. she started out as a fresh young cucumber but she's been immersed in

republican brine for all these years. It's had rather a bad effect on her brain.

[Infinite Velocity]

10. Xanax mixed with Highballs

Must be from the Xanax mixed with Jack Daniels that gives her that pickled look.

[mykpart]

14. On the Dick Van Dyke show,

Pickles was Morey Amsterdam's ditzy wife.

[GalleryGod]

16. 100% Correct Answer,my friend! I Prefer

:silly: Xanax Girl:crazy: myself!

[7th_Sephiroth]

17. They called her pickles

Because of a special "show" she performed for cheney on his birthday.