Why is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
Why did we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
Presidents
Who are the best and worst presidents? The following survey is produced by C-SPAN. The best, Abraham Lincoln; the worst, James Buchanan; the best among the last 11 presidents – John Kennedy.
| 2021 Final Score | In order of place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2017 | 2009 | 2000 | ||
| 7 highest scoring presidents | |||||
| Abraham Lincoln | 897 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| George Washington | 851 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 841 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 785 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | 734 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Harry S. Truman | 713 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Thomas Jefferson | 704 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 11 most recent presidents | |||||
| Kennedy | 699 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| Reagan | 681 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Obama | 664 | 10 | 12 | NA | NA |
| Johnson | 654 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Clinton | 594 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 21 |
| GHW Bush | 585 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 |
| Carter | 506 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 22 |
| Ford | 498 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 23 |
| GWBush | 495 | 29 | 33 | 36 | NA |
| Nixon | 464 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Trump | 312 | 41 | NA | NA | NA |