It's often funny what you can tell about a person by the little things. Those subtle qualities that quietly define us, but to the trained eye scream something about us at the same time.
Indeed, a mustache tells you a man is either:
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the bravest, most self-confident soul you've met;
- a child molester;
- a savvy consumer who wants to wisely save food for hibernation periods;
- someone who hates beards as well as clean-shaven sissy-fairy-panzees.
A woman with a mustached man tells us she:
- loves confident men;
- enjoys a rough tuft of fur scraping against her upper lip during passionate kisses;
- loves to pick food particles out of unwitting cookie dusters;
- understands beards and goatees are spousal compromises and recognizes the utter weakness of clean-shaven mutants.
Outside of the mustache world, there are other signs you can read. To wit, Chicago Cubs fans are wise and used to winning, while New York Yankees fans are generally, well, not so smart. You know you'll smell peanut butter if you get close enough to a red-head.You could never, ever, have a reasoned and balanced discussion about gay rights or environmental issues with either someone who would vote for Ralph Nader, nor someone who contributed for a Tom Delay congressional campaign. You can certainly see Jean Claude Van Damme, dancing here in the the background during the fine flim "Breakin'," and know that he chooses his Hollywood scripts wisely. And of course, we all know what we can tell about Dave Navarro.
In this vein, there's an interesting news story making the rounds in advance of an upcoming "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" (who also hosts the popular program "Gumbel to Gumbel")on HBO, where presidential hopeful Barrack Obama suggests you may not be able to
judge a person’s character by how he plays basketball.
“I do think you can tell
something about people from how they play basketball,’’ Obama says in an
interview that Bryant Gumbel has taped for HBO's Real Sports.
“For example, people who keep on shooting even
though they have no jump shot,'' Obama says with a laugh. "You can tell
that there is a certain self-delusional aspect to their game that says something
about who they are.’’
The senator makes a fine point. What tell-tale signs do you see?