Maybe he should see Doctor-Former-Congresswoman?
The Chronicle's Plagiarist weighs in today on the side of the cops who have challenged Chief Hurtt's misguided beard policy:
IF you think I'll take the side of the four Houston cops who have sued to be allowed to wear beards just because I have one myself, you are wrong.
I'll take their side because of Richard Nixon, an Irish-American Sikh New Yorker, a Las Vegas Jew, Newark Muslims, the Waco experience and other rational arguments.
Let's begin at the beginning. When I first grew this beard back in the 1960s, it wasn't because that's what rebels did.
It was because I had the same medical condition the four officers have. It's a skin problem caused by closely-shaved curly hairs growing back into the skin and becoming infected.
It was not only unattractively splotchy, but it hurt.
It was probably not as serious a condition as with the officers. I could shave without problems if I did not drag the razor against the grain for closeness.
The result was a five o'clock shadow well before noon.
Three letters are adequate to describe this: TMI.
Surely the Chron's metro columnists could occasionally find more interesting topics in our city than themselves, with elections upcoming and scandals swirling and all the usual shenanigans. Surely.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/04/08 10:15 PM | Houston Chronicle | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (1)
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