Friday, November 24th, 2006
So I’m waiting for a perro asado burrito from Rojelio’s Taco Shop – and of course I’m higher than Robert Downey Jr. on a parole bender – when I notice the omnipresent arcade game, Ms. Pac Man.
Though I didn’t participate in a video match (there’s something about gobbling up balls that throws me off), I did enjoy the entertaining cartoon introduction that plays over and over until someone who thinks they can beat the high score pumps in a coin. It’s like a mini-movie with the classic plot – boy meets girl, falls in love, bad guys screw it up, love prevails, babies on the way, etc…
Then the actors receive their due credit. This is where something went horribly wrong. Playing the red ghost – Blinky, the pink ghost – Pinky, the blue ghost – Inky, and the orange ghost – Sue?! Who the Hell named the orange one Sue? Obviously, it should be named Dinky (Kinky – too bad for kids, Slinky – already taken, Drinky – see Kinky, Stinky – everyone knows ghosts don’t have the capability to produce odors due to their ion-based composition, and I could think of s
ome others but they might be deemed offensive by our Chinese friends.
Anyhow, I pondered the reasoning behind this odd nomenclature for weeks. Did somebody owe a girlfriend? Was it LSD-induced? (This game was pretty psychedelic for its time) Did the feminist movement have that big of an effect that they had to include a lady ghost or run the risk of offending this group? Was it done for the sake of Dadaism? Ahhhhhh!
“Pollo asado burrito …..hot sauce?
“Why is the orange ghost called Sue, Man?”
Disillusioned, I shrugged out the taco shop hoping one day to find an answer to one of life’s most intriguing riddles.
Joke of the Day:
What’s the fastest way to a man’s heart?
Through his chest with a sharp knife.
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