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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] FilthyShrooms 33 points 3 months ago

When Lincoln was alive, it was considered bad manners to wear a hat indoors. He's just being polite

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah good question, Gork. WHERE HAT?

[–] ummthatguy 36 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Too bad he wasn't sitting in a booth.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Do you think he actively avoids those, or was this just the most convenient seat at the time?

[–] Vandals_handle 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is (was?) a pizza parlor in Santa Clara county CA that named all the tables for famous (or infamous) people. Of course they had a John Wilkes booth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

... was it right behind the Lincoln booth?

[–] lolrightythen 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"What goes through your mind at a moment like this?"

[–] bitwaba 18 points 3 months ago

"the bullet"

[–] misterundercoat 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did you by any chance also see Socrates, Billy The Kid, and Freud running through the food court?

[–] ninekeysdown 5 points 3 months ago

I hope they were most excellent to each other

[–] Viking_Hippie 18 points 3 months ago

You sure he's not just a hipster? If that airport is PDX, all bets are off..

[–] kingcake 17 points 3 months ago

Impersonator?

[–] asteriskeverything 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You could say Lincoln is someone they could have a beer with

[–] TokenBoomer 3 points 3 months ago

There’s a vampire…. somewhere