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Title: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: PegLeg45 on May 24, 2011, 11:57:12 AM: Quote
Obama code-named ‘smart alec’ in Britain

Do Brits think Barack Obama is a bit of a "smart alec"?

The label certainly appears to fit in the minds of British police. Scotland Yard, the UK's police force, has given Obama the security codename 'Chalaque' for his visit this week to the United Kingdom, the UK Daily Mail reports. The term is reportedly a Punjabi word meaning someone who is too clever for his own good, according to the newspaper.

A Punjabi speaker told the newspaper that the word is 'not considered rude', but could be 'mildly offensive'. "It is also said to mean 'cheeky, crafty and cunning'," the paper notes.

Scotland Yard insiders told the Sunday Times that codewords are randomly generated by computer, "but the paper wondered why officials decided to stick with them, when they could have simply had another word selected that would be less provocative," the paper notes.
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The president and the First Lady on Tuesday travel to Buckingham Palace as guests of Queen Elizabeth. Yesterday, the president's armored car--nicknamed the Beast--got stuck as it tried to leave the U.S. embassy in Dublin.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110524/ts_yblog_theticket/obama-code-named-smart-alec-in-britain
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: Pathfinder on May 24, 2011, 12:44:32 PM: I guess "Wanker 1" came up second?
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 24, 2011, 12:53:59 PM: Ponce, prat and git were already taken. ;D
FQ13
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: MikeBjerum on May 24, 2011, 05:58:04 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder on May 24, 2011, 12:44:32 PM
I guess "Wanker 1" came up second?

First, but they don't have Freedom of Speech over there ;)
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: ellis4538 on May 24, 2011, 06:11:24 PM: Asshole was taken I guess!

Richard
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: kmitch200 on May 24, 2011, 07:45:25 PM: Quote from: ellis4538 on May 24, 2011, 06:11:24 PM
Asshole was taken I guess!

Didn't the US already copyright that one?
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: crusader rabbit on May 24, 2011, 09:12:48 PM: Somebody in the British protocol office must have nixed F*#kwad
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: Hazcat on May 24, 2011, 10:17:39 PM: Quote from: crusader rabbit on May 24, 2011, 09:12:48 PM
Somebody in the British protocol office must have nixed F*#kwad

and Dickweed ;)
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: cookie62 on May 24, 2011, 10:24:46 PM: What about Dumb Fu#k........
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: philw on May 24, 2011, 10:33:42 PM: so I take it tea totter no1 was taken all ready
or Stalin
Title: Re: BHO's British code-name.......... :)
Post by: Solus on May 25, 2011, 07:39:44 AM: It looks like it might be pronounced Shellack for those who don't want to limit using the reference to the printed word.