Essay 282

MultiCultClassics Minutes for Mature Audiences…

• Ford Motor Company will run advertising in gay publications after all, reversing an earlier decision to cut the media. “It is my hope that this will remove any ambiguity about Ford’s desire to advertise to all important audiences and put this particular issue to rest,” wrote a company official. Great, now the automaker can resume submitting press releases about the impending layoffs of 30,000 employees.

• Nova Iguacu, a small city in Brazil, may create a law requiring public places to create a third restroom for transvestites. “A lot of lawmakers didn’t want to deal with this issue, but it’s a serious problem in society,” said Councilman Carlos Eduardo Moreira. It may also be a serious problem for the graphic designer who must create an icon to post on the restroom doors.

• The Wendy’s Chili Finger Couple had their sentencing delayed because of an incomplete probation report. Perhaps the report was missing a finger.

• Four Minnesota Vikings players were charged for participating in the infamous October 6 party boat scandal. News reports listed the various lewd acts. Moe Williams got a lap dance. Bryant McKinnie performed oral sex with a woman on a bar. Fred Smoot used sex toys on two women. And quarterback Daunte Culpepper received a lap dance from a naked woman. No word yet if backup quarterback Brad Johnson ultimately replaced Culpepper in this game too.