Mustaches

Can somebody explain the supposed inherent humor in a mustache, because I just don't get it. Jason Giambi's mustache has become the joke of the year in the New York tabloids and, seemingly, in the studios of SNY.

Would that it started and ended with Giambi, though. It seems there's nothing funnier to the guys over at MetsBlog than a reference to Keith Hernandez's 'stache.

What is it about mustaches that's so funny? I mean, I get it when it's Rollie Fingers' mustache, or, say, Hitler's. But leaving those aside, what is it about mustaches that make grown men giggle? Is it the porn star thing? Is it that it's trashy? Something else?

To be clear, I have never grown a mustache in my entire life. Nobody in my family has a mustache either. This isn't personal; I just don't get it. Somebody help me here.

(While we're on the topic of supposedly funny things I don't understand, another one that falls in that category is midgets. Why are midgets so funny? It's like, they're born with a shitty birth defect -- HA HA HA!)

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Anyway, big game today for the Metsies. Would be really, really nice to sweep the Giants out of town (you may remember, they were the ones that started our last tailspin, the one that stuck with us through San Diego and was one of the final straws for Willie Randolph).

Besides revenge though there's beating a team (and pitcher) you should beat, the prospect of winning a 6th straight game, furthering distancing ourselves from the .500 mark, and, potentially, closing still more ground on the Phillies.

The Mets have done a great job of not playing down to the competition the last two nights. Let's hope it continues today and on into the weekend.

- A.F.O.M.G.