November 12, 2004
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ARAFAT. So now that Arafat has died I suppose it would be in poor taste for me to write my long-planned humour piece announcing that one of his “people” had anonymously leaked information that he is not really ill at all, but secretly leaving the world of politics to chase his lifelong Hollywood aspirations and will make a big-screen debut as Cheech and Chong’s new sidekick “Fatty,” right?
And it would further put me at risk to make up quotes from Cheech Marin like, “See, it’s really funny, man, ’cause his name’s Arafat, so we call him Fatty, but that’s also a name for, you know, like a fat rolled tasty one, man. Get it? It’s like a double nintendo.”
So i’m thinking I waited entirely too long to write this and my window of opportunity is now closed. Oh well, i hope my timing is better with the next terminally ill world figure.
Kim
Comments (3)
HA!
timing is everything, unfortunately. better luck next time. how about Dick Cheney? too easy, I know. But get in on it now while he’s *only* having heart trouble….
Okay, what do you say his mysterious illness is? I was going to say AIDS, but then I felt all bad and shit.