Supplement to August 4, 2021 Tack
Okay, so the people gallery has been fairly dormant over the last bunch of months, but when it sees or hears an injustice it must wake up and throw a few peanuts.
On August 4th, Sergeant at Arms, Jim Labelle, arguably exceeded his paltry authority (for similar actions in excess of one’s authority see Joe Biden) by declaring that since the departure of Jackson Brown Joe Moreshead is now the best looking man in the club (I believe I saw President Marty shed a tear into his mask). First of all, I don’t recall voting on this, and secondly, if voting was employed, clearly ranked choice voting should have been used.
Anointing Joe the McDreamy of the club creates two issues. The first was immediate in that Paulette Bonneau needed to demo a wall so Joe could get his inflated head out of the building. Such demolition is not cheap and the State only has so much money to go around.
The second problem is that such an announcement objectifies Joe and frankly all men in the club. That point is not diminished in the least by the fact that the announcement was made by Jim Labelle who was clearly serving as a mouth piece for the women in the club. We all need to remember that Joe may actually have feelings and he may actually be more than a pretty face. Those facts are yet to be determined, but we have to leave open the possibility. Jim clearly did not consider the fact that labelling Joe as the club hunk might temporarily boost his spirits, but as his looks quickly fade, where will he be? Sure, Joe occasionally wears the pink (he calls them cranberry, but we all know pink when we see it) canvas pants spotted with ducks or some other form of fowl and he skips wearing socks to accentuate his ankles, but such clothing is not an invitation to ogle. Joe is a man, he is not an animal (the Elephant Man paraphrase is merely a coincidence). Perhaps it is time to start the #mentoomovement.
Please remember that every time you compliment Joe’s appearance his head grows in size and his neck can only hold up so much, and the local chiropractors are only so good. So let’s not be so free to throw around such reckless pronouncements unless one is going to consider the inner man as well. We all deserve a recount.
