State of the Onion :: the name

cog on 2007-04-01T19:05:13

Being Portuguese, and not American, I was not aware that there was such a thing as the State of the Union, the "annual address in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country".

Thus, only now am I aware of the pun with the State of the Onion.


Hehe, same here

Aristotle on 2007-04-01T19:22:27

It took me years before I picked up on that one. I only became aware two or three years ago.