The Ubangis Had The Right Idea

We live in a "ya gotta havva gimmick world". Suffering low self-esteem? Get a tattoo. Need to differentiate yourself and feel special? Go with face jewelry. Never mind that there's an inverse correlation between the number of tattoos, puncture marks on your proboscis and your place on the socio-economic scale. Do it because its easy, it provides instant gratification, other cretins will think its cool and best of all, there's no need to exert yourself learning any skills or working towards a goal. Remember, expending effort at self-actualization runs the risk of failure. This iron clad argument has convinced Ming to also get all tricked out but he understands that all the above while outre, is also commonplace. Ming cleverly notes many rock band dummies wear fedoras. Perhaps making a statement now requires going retro. It may just be time to bring back spats, homburgs, double breasted suits and malacca canes. Adolphe Menjoe, you were so ahead of us all.