Obvious Sticker Speaks Volumes About Manhood
As a country, we’re inundated with bumper-sticker philosophy of every conceivable political persuasion.
Example: “You Can’t Hug a Child With Nuclear Arms.”
Example: “They’ll Take My Gun When They Pry It From My Cold, Dead Fingers.”
Example: “My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student.”
Such pithy sayings are the best way - next to talk radio, of course - to reduce complex problems to basic issues of black and white. Just like talk radio, they are the antithesis of dialogue.
But if you absolutely must attach a thought to your car, you could do worse than one being offered free by the publishers of Art Klein’s book “Dad and Son.”
The message: “Good Fathers Are Good Men.”
Yes, it is a bit obvious. Nevertheless, it’s an idea worth remembering.
To get your bumper sticker, send a self-addressed-stamped envelope (or $1) to: Male Redefined, 6910 W. Brown Deer Road, Suite 269, Milwaukee, WI 53223-2104.
Career tips from Roseanne: In the May issue of Spin magazine, Roseanne applies her personal brand of feminism to the issue of sexual harassment. It’s OK, she says, for a woman to give her boss oral sex. The point, she says, is to get ahead. “And then get to be his boss,” she adds. “And then fire him. How hard is that to figure out?”
The perfectly patronizing gift: Mother’s Day (May 12) is just around the corner, which means that Father’s Day (June 16) isn’t that far off.
Those of us who pay scant attention to such Hallmark holidays have little trouble keeping track of them. All we have to do is read our mail, which today includes an ad for the forthcoming book “Paisley Goes With Nothing: A Man’s Guide to Style,” by Hal Rubenstein with Jim Mullen.
Here’s a blurb: “What do Dad’s (sic) know? They know how many miles they get to the gallon, who’s to blame for their team’s losing streak, how to get a second mortgage, and what night to take the garbage out to the curb. Which means they don’t know a thing about how to buy a suit, what flowers Mom might like, or what to wear with the tie you gave him last Father’s Day.”
It has at least one intriguing topic heading: “Things Guests Should Never See at a Dinner Party.”
, DataTimes