More unlikely coincidences...
This is a strange but true story that proves that great men indeed repeat themselves, that greatness indeed follows the same pattern.
The facts depicted here are strange almost to the point of incredibility.
Both of the great men we will tell you about are concerned with the triumph of good over the black forces of evil.
Both of these great men are rich,
And both of these great men have searching blue eyes.
The name Lyndon contains 6 letters.
The name Batman contains 6 letters.
At Batman’s side stands the Boy Wonder.
At Lyndon’s side stands the Wonder Boy.
The names Robin and Hubie each contain 5 letters.
The names Washington and Gotham City each contain 10 letters.
The names Riddler and Wallace each contain 7 letters.
The names Mr. Robert S. McNamara and Commissioner Gordon each contain 18 letters.
The name Castro lacks one letter having the same number as Penguin.
The names The Bat Plane and Air Force One each contain 11 letters.
Batman’s Batmobile is in reality an experimental model Lincoln Continental.
Lyndon’s Lincoln Continental is in reality an experimental Batmobile.
Behind the Caped Crusader stands a young bird named Robin.
Behind the Tall Texan stands an old crusader named Byrd.
Bank robbers tremble when Batman spreads his net.
And bank presidents tremble with what Lyndon nets from his spread.
If you subtract the year of Lyndon’s birth, which is 1908, from the year he graduated from high school, which is 1924, you get 16.
Add 16 to 36, because Lyndon is the 36th president, and you get 52.
There are 52 weeks in a year, 7 days in a week.
Add 2 for the number of family beagle hounds and you get 9.
The square root of 9 is 3.
Divide this by a wife and two daughters and you get 1,
And there is only one Batman.
GREAT MEN REPEAT THEMSELVES
As recited by Jethro Burns, on the Homer & Jethro album “Wanted for Murder” (1966)
Lyndon Johnson was a POS, about as bad as Obama.