In addition to risking the dangers of carpal tunnel syndrome, Marc Velazquez also spends part of his time pondering world affairs, and sent along the following with his earlier e-mail--

[...] wish you could post pictures for before and after the haircut [of this past weekend--Ed.]. I'm trying to imagine a possum with "near Kim Jong Il levels of poofiness", but it starts to get too scary.

Well, there are pictures of me out there strung on the information superhighway, but in them my Charlie Brown-sized gourd is covered with a hat, so they are of little help in order to determine hair stylitude. And yes, I'm sure the mental image I described is a bit scary, but that's what makes Possumblog the hard-hitting source of information that it is--never shying away from the bizarre and uncomfortable, but embracing them with both arms (and opposable big toes and prehensile tail). Anyway, on to Marc's epiphany--

It did inspire me on a bloodless/nucular-less way to overtake North Korea:

Have a couple thousand South Koreans disguised as illustrious leader Kim Jong Il, with the poofy hair, advance past the border and order the soldiers to lay down their weapons and return home. That and a sack of groceries would probably persuade them [...]

And it could be the next FOX reality series, Who Wants to be a Dictator! "We took 2,000 Koreans, dressed them up as Benevolent and Thrifty Leader, and sent them behind enemy lines..." They could each have a pair of those video camera glasses like Lil' Kim wears, and the zany antics could all be caught on tape.

Certainly beats my idea of continually calling him and hanging up, or ringing his doorbell and leaving a flaming sack of poo on his front steps.
posted by Terry at 1:54:00 PM