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What Can We — The Writers of Doctor Funny — Offer Arnold Schwarzenegger to Entice Him to Write for Our Pub?

“I’ll be back” only works if you’ve shown up once

Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) 😬
Doctor Funny
Published in
3 min readJun 1, 2024

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Doctor Funny editor Adam Robinson, present day. Take that, Arnold Schwarzenegger! 💪 Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

Everyone knows Barack Obama — Dad, husband, President, citizen — writes for Medium.

Everyone also knows it’s impossible to get a response outta him no matter how many times you comment on his truly excellent, and occasionally ribald, limericks.

For example: Here’s one that Barack wrote about the man himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and his fondness for things hot and spicy. It’s entitled, “Spicy Schwarzenegger”.

There once a man named o’ Arnie
Who loved him some chili con carne
He ate it right up
He did, for his sup
I’ll tell ya, that ain’t no blarney

Comment, even highlight, clap x 50M, and private message Barack about this fine piece o’ poetry, and you’ll never, ever, receive a reply.

That’s just how he rolls.

I understand his approach.

But, is it possible to get a reply from another leading political light, also, a…

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Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) 😬
Doctor Funny

The “MD” & “um” in Medium, and the “er” in wisenheimer | Doctor Funny editor/czar | Sultan of satire | disgraced former parking lot attendant