Why is Laura Bush called Pickles?

[Epoch]

Hey, could someone answer that question for me? I think it's in reference to her....

[Tripper11]

1. Bacause she smells like a jar?

I think it's *'s nick for her. Maybe from their drinking days together? I dunno. :shrug:

[7th_Sephiroth]

2. easy

cause she's sour

[travisleit01]

3. Check out the Unofficial DU Glossary...

http://dug.seattleactivist.org/

It has all the answers you've ever needed to know :)

[travisleit01]

4. Actually...

I guess the origin is somewhat unknown. One solution comes from arwalden:

"Origin Uncertain. Possibily after Pickles Sorrell (Buddy's wife) on the Dick Van Dyke Show?"

[readmylips]

5. Because Laura....

loveees her husband's small pickle. He's small.

[Darwin2002]

6. I thought BartCop started it. n/t

*

[Maeve]

7. It appears to have started as a nickname Dubya gave her

In this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/forum_archive_html/DCForumID12/1507.html#20
robbedvoter says it was from a Washington Post puff piece.

[NicoleM]

8. I always thought it was

because we think she's "pickled"--drunk or drugged most of the time.

[Kolesar]

9. I asked this in DU1 before July

It turned into a discussion about the Dick Van Dyke show. There was a seldom-seem wife named Pickles, among other details.

[Faygo Kid]

10. She was Buddy Sorrel's wife (Morey Amsterdam)

Seldom seen, but she towered over him. Very funny stuff. She wasn't very bright, either. Fits Laura better than, well, Laura from the same show.