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Grex Enigma Item 384: On Heroes and Heroism
Entered by remmers on Wed Dec 24 20:56:22 UTC 2003:

        It's not often that I disagree with Ted, but this time I
        just couldn't accept his viewpoint.  "You know," he was
        saying to me, "we don't have heroes anymore.  What
        happened to them?  Especially the ones in white hats.  
        You know, like Gene Autry.  We don't have white-hatted
        heroes like Gene Autry anymore and our society is the
        worse for it."

        "I'm afraid you're full of beans, Tedley old boy," I
        replied.  "Gene Autry was a fake.  I mean, think about
        it.  Nothing gets a hat dirtier faster than that heroic
        action type stuff.  On a white hat that really shows.
        And Autry's hat was always clean as a whistle.  Anybody
        wearing a *clean* white hat couldn't be much of a hero."

        Well, Ted started bawling uncontrollably the way he
        always does when I show him what an idiot he is.  Which
        is why I tend not to disagree with him very often.
        Can't stand emotional scenes.  Anyway, while Ted was
        sitting there crying his eyes out, his point about hats
        got me to thinking about some things.  Like, how those
        old superhero comics always ducked the issue of proper
        costume care.  I mean, how often did Superman have to
        wash his cape?  Did he do it himself?  At least Batman
        had his butler Alfred to take care of things like that,
        but who did Superman have?  Lois Lane?  I don't think
        so!  Maybe he went to the laundromat.

        Eventually Ted got over his crying jag and life went
        on, like it always does.  At least until next Tuesday,
        when space aliens are going to invade and cart us all
        off to work as slaves on their mining planets.  Guess
        I better do my laundry this weekend.

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#1 of 2 by jaklumen on Sat Dec 27 10:13:54 2003:

You know, in those old movies, those cowboy's hats never fell off, 
even when they got their asses kicked.  You'da thunk those boys had 
them stapled to their heads or something.

#2 of 2 by gelinas on Wed Mar 10 17:15:44 2004:

Nailed.  Staples hadn't been invented.

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