Last night, we had one of our regular ANewsCafe.com staff meetings (which look almost exactly like drunken potlucks), and the big news was that cartoonist/political figure Phil Fountain arrived with a face as hairless as a baby’s backside.
There were audible gasps at the sight of Philbert’s pale, stubble-free mug. Usually, he goes around looking like Sasquatch’s little brother, and most of us (if you don’t count his long-suffering wife) had never seen quite so much of Phil at once, if you get my meaning.
(Okay, yes, he wasn’t wearing pants, but we’re used to that. As long as he doesn’t remove the lobster bib, we count it as a “victory meal.”)
I knew you’d all want to see the City Council write-in candidate without his whiskers, so I took a digital photograph. To see it, click here.
Anyhow, Phil has —
Wait, what? I’m sorry. I’m now informed that the above link does not go to the photo of a shaved Philbert, but to a “before” picture. We’ll work on that.
Anyhow, Phil has promised to start growing back his facial hair right away. For the good of all mankind.
- Headline of the Day: From the local newspaper — Substitute teachers multiply. So that’s what goes on in the teacher’s lounge!
- While we’re on the subject of the local newspaper: Maybe it’s just me, but it seems in bad taste to put the death notices on the same page as the sports statistics. The page says Scoreboard at the top. Maybe instead of calling them “Deaths,” the paper will start running a headline that says: “Death 9, Humans 0.”
Tips appreciated: Send news tidbits to steveb.anewscafe@gmail.com.
