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In America, Queen Jetsun Pema would not be allowed to exercise political power because she is beautiful.





Only women who look like this are allowed to wield political power in America. Rosa De Lauro, what can one say about her that is not deemed an insult?





 The King of Bhutan ( Bhutan means Land of the Thunder Dragon) is Druk Gyalpo. His nickname is Ham Hock, and his name is Jigme Singyme Wangchuck.


King Ham Hock Wangchuck  is married to Queen Jetsun Pema who married Wangchuck when he was 31 and she was 21


Their son, The Crown Prince, is Jigme Namgyel whose name means, Crown Prince. Clever couple.


Yes King Ham Hock Wangchuck and the 

Missus ( No, she was not three months knocky-knocky when she married Ham Hock Wangchuck) cleverly named the Crown Prince, Crown Prince, and yet men say royalty has no imagination anymore


Long live Ham Hock Wangchuck, a name highly favored by ABS.


Did ABS mention that  Pema was captain of her H. S. Basketball team?


Basketball is Huge in Bhutan


https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2013/10/16/the-queen-of-bhutan-is-a-huge-nba-fan-plays-herself









As an environmental and peace activist ABS is always striving to make the world a better and happier place and he has hit upon an idea for a universal nickname that will make the world a more enjoyable place in which to live and will tend to reduce the negative thoughts some people have about  others.



So, let's get right to it.



The universal nickname is Ham Hock and if we think that every person we have ever heard about or will ever hear about had the nickname Ham Hock we'd likely be more favorably disposed towards them.   


Think about this idea before dismissing this as something merely brilliant.



Here are just a few names to consider:



Tokyo Ham Hock Rose


Donald Ham Hock Trump


The Dali Ham Hock Lama


Joseph Ham Hock Stalin


Hilary Ham Hock Clinton


Mohandas Ham Hock Ghandi


Killer Ham Hock Kowalski


Harvey Ham Hock Weinstein


Ruth Bader Ham Hock Ginsburg


Judas Ham Hock Iscariot


Dennis The Ham Hock Menace


Speedy Ham Hock Gonzalez


Saddam Ham Hock Hussein


Big Ham Hock Brother


Bugsy Ham Hock Seigel


Lizzie Ham Hock Borden


Barack Ham Hock Obama 


Tom Ham Hock Brady


Lynette Squeaky Ham Hock Fromme


Benjamin Ham Hock Netanyahu 


Hideki Ham Hock Tojo


Richard Milhouse Ham Hock Nixon


Joey Ham Hock Buttafuoco


Adolph Ham Hock Hitler


and, obviously, 



Shirley! Shirley, Shirley

Bo-ber-ley, bo-na-na fanna

Fo-fer-ley. fee fi mo-mer-ley, 

Ham Hock Shirley!





ABS thinks that if you adopt this mental habit of thinking of everybody as having the nickname Ham Hock you'll find you are a much happier person.



Ham Hock Peace and Ham Hock love.