From the Bush twins’ cringe-inducing speech tonight :

B. BUSH: Take this. I know it’s hard to believe, but our parents’ favorite term of endearment for each other is actually “Bushy.”

(LAUGHTER)

And we had a hamster, too. Let’s just say ours didn’t make it.

(APPLAUSE)

J. BUSH: But, contrary to what you might read in the papers, our parents are actually kind of cool. They do know the difference between mono and Bono. When we tell them we’re going to see Outkast, they know it’s a band and not a bunch of misfits. And if we really beg them, they’ll even shake it like a Polaroid picture.

My girlfriend’s response : “Are they saying that their dad just let their hamster die?”