Friday, November 15, 2002 :::
Speaking of hair, I can't be the first to have noticed this, but what is it with evil men and mustaches? Hitler's was famous -- not as famous as his killing twelve million people and annexing Poland, but more than a footnote. Stalin was also famous primarily for killing tens of millions of people and annexing Poland, and he had a bushier mustache, which befits a Russian, though we all know he was Georgian. Saddam Hussein has a mustache, and seems to like killing and conquest, though these might both be attempts to emulate Stalin, whom I understand he regards as his big brother, not so much in a 1984 sense as in an "I'm going to be just like him, once I'm old enough and have my troops near Poland" sense. Groucho Marx also had a famous mustache, and he, um... well, I think he squeezed the toothpaste tube in the middle. Repeatedly and without remorse, I'm sure. Probably made some callous crack about it, too.
::: posted by Steven at 4:13 AM
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