A price toupee
Dear Johnny,
There was a good editorial in the Taipei Times recently, which I thought really hit the nail on the toupee ("The endless Chiu Yi farce," April 10, page 8).
As my personal favorite clown in the legislature, there is a commonly used and simple term I'd like to share with Chiu Yi (
Pronunciation: 'red-'han-d&d
Function: adverb or adjective
* in the act of committing a crime or misdeed
(from Merriam-Webster online).
Hey, Chiu Yi ... That's you buddy.
Stop your cryin' about political persecution and face facts Mr. Megaphone.
Have you ever heard a ship's captain complain after his court-martial: "Hey ... What about the guy holding the wheel?"
That's you buddy.
Will someone please drag this guy out of the media circus and throw his ass in jail.
James
Chiayi
Johnny replies: Well, since you wrote to me the newly chrome-domed Chiu Yi has indeed been jailed, James.
It's not going to be the same without him around, you know? It's like when you're having a party and the annoying guest finally walks out -- leaving a vacuum behind that no one can fill.
But get this: If Mr Chiu had been a little bit more contrite with the judge, then maybe he might have received a more lenient sentence. Had his sentence been two months shorter, he would have been a lucky beneficiary of President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) "Let's grant an amnesty to prisoners who aren't too scary" campaign to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 228 Incident. Or was it the 20th anniversary of the lifting of martial law? Or was it the 50th anniversary of Chen stubbing his toe for the first time? I forget. Anyway, they were all bloody affairs.
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