House Speaker John Boehner Concedes the Obvious: His Last Name is Pronounced ‘Boner’

During a press conference yesterday, Cincinnati-bred House Speaker John Boehner joked with a reporter that his last name is actually pronounced “Boner.”

The absolutely hilarious mispronunciation of his last name has been sort of an ongoing joke among the Washington press corps and mostly everybody else. Because he acts like a walking, talking humanoid boner. And because it’s funny.

This will, mind you, be the high point of your news-reading day.

Here’s the clip:

This article appears in Feb 26 – Mar 4, 2014.