Reply #3: I have lived in over a dozen countries.

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Perhaps the most consistent joke in all societies is that of the over protective father of beautiful girls.

In the US the father usually says (in the joke) to the boy "have you ever met Ted Williams?" and shows him a Ted Williams bat.

In Thailand the father is expected to 'grow a mustache' when his daughters hit 12.

In Malaysia the joke is about the father showing a prospective date the wild boar trap in back of the compound.

Obama was making the same universal joke about overprotective fathers that have been made hundreds of millions of time. The more the exaggeration the funnier the father looks. It is meant to show how out of sorts the father is in trying to raise beautiful duaghters.

The fact that this has to be explained shows how some at DU relish in inventing new ways to work itself into an outrage.

It also shows how incredibly insular someone is and how unfamiliar they are with the other 95% of the world.