Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know

�?He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

�?He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball

�?His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili

�?His favorite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini

�?He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father

�?He is left-handed �?the sixth post-war president to be left-handed    

   (I'd marry him)

�?He has read every Harry Potter book

�?He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali

�?He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream

�?His favorite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars

�?He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in  

  Indonesia

  (I'd leave him)

�?He can speak Spanish

�?While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports

   channels on instead

   (I'd never be found again)

�?His favorite drink is black forest berry iced tea

�?He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president �?he didn't

�?He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia

�?He can bench press an impressive 200lbs

�?He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name

�?His favorite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

�?He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-

   sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived

   (I'd reconsider my obvious error in judgement & find him)

�?His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy

�?He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books

�?His favorite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

�?He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck

�?He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.

�?His favorite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees

�?He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date

�?He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker

�?He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol

  (I'd ask HIM to marry ME)

�?He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician

�?As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine

  (I'd reconsider my obvious error in judgement & go stealth mode)

�?His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)

�?He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside

  (I'd reconsider my last obvious error in judgement & answer the phone)

�?He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal

   (I'd start snatching out eyes of those who looked at him too hard)

�?His house in Chicago has four fire places

  (Forget a formal wedding, I know this place...)

�?Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita

�?He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry

  (The place may not be there anymore, I'd have to check..)

�?He uses an Apple Mac laptop

�?He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300

�?He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits

�?He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes

  (Nothing wrong of making sure I know what I'm 'buying', ahead of time)

�?He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)

�?His favorite fictional television programs are Mash and The Wire

�?He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service 

   handlers

  (And mine would be - DON'T even let her see you at ALLLL!!!!)

�?He was nicknamed "Bear" by his late grandmother

�?He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds

  (AFTER my studio for painting, sewing, crafting, hiding, etc. is built)

�?His favorite artist is Pablo Picasso

�?His specialty as a cook is chili

�?He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"

�?He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life

�?His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government

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