VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got One, You See

August 25, 2009

Clearly, Vice-President Joe Biden does not read GamePolitics.

If he did, he would have already known that President & Mrs. Obama got their daughters Malia and Sasha a ~~Holy Grai~~l Wii for Christmas.

From the Los Angeles Times:

One White House official recalls the vice president fretting over what to get Obama for his 48th birthday earlier this month. Biden wanted to go with a Nintendo Wii. Told that Obama's daughters already have one, a disappointed Biden said, "You're kidding." Instead, he went with a golf range-finder to help the president judge distances to the hole.

Via: Kotaku

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Re: VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got ...

Submitted by Gardog on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 11:54.

In that scene King Arthur shows up at the castle asking about the Holy Grail and the French, who have been mocking him mercilessly, say they already have one. It was a great reference

Re: VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got ...

Submitted by MonkeyPeaches on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 15:24.

But what is the air speed velocity of an unladden swallow?

Re: VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got ...

Submitted by Austin_Lewis on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 16:22.

African or European?

Re: VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got ...

Submitted by MonkeyPeaches on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 16:53.

Huh? I don't know tha.. AHHHHHHHHHH (gets launched to my death)

Re: VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got ...

Submitted by Icehawk on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 13:23.

The castle served no purpose other then comic relief. If the Wii is the Grail (in context) then the Frenchman were one of the obsticles they needed to overcome (that and the vorpal bunny but I digress) on the journey.

Honestly I was half surprised to find that Biden knew was the Wii was.

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.

Re: VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got ...

Submitted by SeanB on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 13:12.

I dont get the holy grail joke. i get the reference (monty python) but i dont get the joke in this context.

He's not even french.

Re: VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got ...

Submitted by Kincyr on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 16:36.

"he's already got one", a common line used on door-to-door salesmen, was used by the frenchmen to drive King Arthur away from the castle when he mentioned he was questing for the grail.

岩「…Where do masochists go when they die?」

岩「…」

Re: VP Was Gonna Buy Wii For Prez, But He's Already Got ...

Submitted by nighstalker160 on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 13:18.

Probably a reference to how ridiculously difficult it was to get the Wii for such a long time and for how its still seen as this "must get" gift by people of Biden's generation.

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ZippyDSMlee: Something I did by hand on my convertiable laptop, http://zippydsmlee.deviantart.com/art/Cotlop-zelda-unfinished-sketch-WIP-finish-373937163 forgot if I posted it befor.06/19/2013 - 7:44pm

Conster: Also, I guess The War Z changed its name so they can scam some more people?06/19/2013 - 7:44pm

Conster: AE: when even HuffPo makes the same joke, it's not something you want to take credit for. :P06/19/2013 - 7:43pm

Andrew Eisen: Hey look! The War Z changed its name to Infestation: Survivor Stories. http://infestationmmo.com/06/19/2013 - 7:23pm

Andrew Eisen: You're going to have a lot of company in prison, RedMage. Most of the internet has stolen MY joke. Bastards!06/19/2013 - 7:06pm

RedMage: The cover art thing points to an industry trend of only wanting to appeal to teen boys despite the talk of "broadening the appealz"06/19/2013 - 6:17pm

RedMage: I'd like to turn myself in for unintentional theft of a joke. Ignorance of the law is no excuse :o06/19/2013 - 6:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Remember the fight to get Last of Us's Ellie on the game cover? Check this out: http://cheezburger.com/758618624006/19/2013 - 6:12pm

Andrew Eisen: RedMage - Thief! You stole my joke! You're a horrible, loathesome person! Or you simply had the same idea and didn't read my earlier shout!06/19/2013 - 5:35pm

RedMage: Maybe they're going to rename it the Xbox 18006/19/2013 - 5:26pm

IanC: Bet EA are pissed.06/19/2013 - 5:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Ah, James is just a little quicker on the keyboard than I!06/19/2013 - 5:07pm

Craig R.: Too little, too late.06/19/2013 - 4:52pm

DorthLous: PWAHAHAHAH, the MS spinning sound woke me up :)06/19/2013 - 4:27pm

Andrew Eisen: Microsoft's new console shall now be known as the Xbox One-Eighty.06/19/2013 - 4:17pm

Andrew Eisen: I imagine we were typing our respective shouts at the same time.06/19/2013 - 4:14pm

MaskedPixelante: So Andrew... is there going to be a new poll now? I mean, the one about the XBO DRM is kinda no longer relevant.06/19/2013 - 4:13pm

Andrew Eisen: In light of Xbox One's furious backpeddling on its DRM policies, I'm closing the poll for now. I'll probably write a new one later today or tomorrow.06/19/2013 - 4:11pm

IanC: Found three people whining about this so far. Saying that its because of cheapasses and that its going to be horrible online now. W T and indeed F.06/19/2013 - 4:09pm

Andrew Eisen: Technogeek - I agree but: "After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again." Why do I need to connect online to set up a system I'm not going to use online?06/19/2013 - 4:07pm

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