…relatively speaking, of course, compared to certain other world leaders.
Indisputably, the looniest of them all is North Korean despot Kim Jong-il, who recently launched a campaign to ensure that his country’s citizenry is neatly groomed [news link now broken].
As part of the short hair campaign, the locks of North Korea’s male population should conform to “socialist style” and be no longer than two inches.
The quote that really had me laughing:
The dictum claims that long hair hampers brain activity by taking oxygen away from nerves in the head.
Hmmm, so if I don’t have any hair up top, maybe I’ll be rilly smart. Looks like it’s time to get the razor out again (even though a classroom full of Japanese schoolchildren confused me with David Beckham the last time I shaved my head—long story).
This also solves another mystery of the universe—why dem dar lib’rals is jus so stoopid… Here I thought it was the rampant drug use; now we know that their hippie-length, oxygen-sapping coiffures are to blame. (Please excuse my silliness and realize that my tongue is firmly planted in my cheek throughout this entry.)
As for the long-haired women out there, well my guess is that Mr. Jong-il figures that they’re already a lost cause. I mean, we all know what Harvard’s president said about women.
I am thankful that I can sleep soundly at night, secure in the knowledge that so many rational, intelligent, well-educated, short-haired men are in positions of power.
That man is such a whackjob! I think he and Saddam are separated-at-birth twins.
Too bad he’s a whackjob with a million-person army and a nuclear arsenal. I just love those sexy shades of his, though; I wonder where I can get me a pair.
Well, I was in the process of growing my hair out for Locks of Love, but hey, if studly sunglass man says short is where it’s at… :)
In more interesting foreign issue campaigns, Singapore is trying to get more people to have unprotected sex, as birth rates are at a very low level and they want to make up the shorfall.
I don’t think I’ll be moving to North Korea or Singapore anytime soon…
Bush kicks assssss.. I voted for him, and proud of it. By the way nice site. I had lasik done a week ago, and also had the suck cup break my blood vessels. In any case, liked reading your musings :-)
I just had to Google Locks of Love. What a wonderful charity. That’s one thing I love about blogging, you learn about all of these great organizations (for example, I had never even heard about CASA until Denise mentioned it on her blog).
As for Singapore—so they would risk increasing the spread of STIs (which can not only sometimes lead to death, but also sterility) in order to increase the birth rate? Ack!
I’m not sure what the rate of infection is for Singapore, but I would guess that it is worse than this country (where at least 1 in 3 Americans have a sexually transmitted infection). Scary stuff.
Congratulations on your LASIK, eleison, and thanks for the kind words.
I wish they had a better mechanism for holding the head steady so that the suction doesn’t keep breaking.
After my first operation, the first month of recovery was the hardest, with the constant eye drops and blurriness, but your newly improved eyes very quickly become a normal part of your life.
It’s only because he’s so wonewy! And nobody cares! :(
I work very hard and make up great prans
But nobody ristens, no one understands
Seems that no one takes me serirousry
Still haven’t seen Team America; I don’t get out to the movies nearly often enough, but the soundtrack is rather funny.