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Kednesday • February 18, 1998 The Battalion JLmAAIEl ICE mzmk lyS 4^3 I m fl aking Barbie a reality limbo' cliche should be celebrated for its contribution to society Travis Irby staff writer oor, belea guered bimbos. These mis understood flowers on the cultural landscape have been given a hard time lately. Monica ivinsky, The Spice Girls, Jenny Carthy — if you’re a woman ig on looks and short on intel- t, society does not take a kind to your bimboness. Listen to the media’s descrip- ns of Lewinsky: big hair, low- dresses and an oral fixation the president. The Spice Girls do not fare ch easier. They’re often re ed to as no-talent, overly ide-up tramps. This all may be ie, but is it necessarily a bad hg? Bimbos provide a much- ded service to society. Being cloistered away at a ma- university, most people take granted the fact if they see an active female she probably has pte a few deep thoughts floating und in her pretty little head. But in the real world, the bim bo makes life much easier and bearable for the rest of us. In the case of men, if it wasn’t for bimbos, they would never be able to fool around without com mitment. Just ask the president. If bimbos were college course work, he’d be a Rhodes Scholar. Oh wait, he is one. Sometimes a man needs a woman who knows exactly what a man wants, but keeps forgetting. Plus, the sim plicity of these love ly ladies al lows guys one of the few times, if any, where they have an in tellectual ad vantage over women. For females, bimbos make the average woman look better in a number of ways. The mighty bimbo makes the women around her look like a collection of Nobel Prize winners. Bimbos also make men more ap preciative of the other things a woman has to offer, like cooking. After more than an hour with a bimbo, even though most men would like to keep it to about 20 minutes, the typical guy would be glad to bask in the muted make up and conservative dress of the average female. But do not forget the number one reason that the world needs bimbos. They allow women to feel su perior and give them an object of ridicule. If women couldn’t sit in judgment of other women, the whole universe would collapse. The economy The econo- would take a wickedUg^? my would beating if there was ta ke a wicked *" S' beating if there was no bounty of bimbos. Cosmetic companies would crumble, leaving women every where with an extra 12 hours a day to use (since they wouldn’t need make-up). The streets would be filled with shaved rabbits looking for someone to apply “Pink Passion” lipstick to their backs. The slut-wear industry would be no more. The world o your partner ays, "condoms ramp my style. , ou can say //r ho get 'em . . x* 3 ribbed NATIONAL CONDOM WEEK Feb. 14-21 ^sr- would be a much darker place without halter tops, Day-Glo lingerie and skirts that don’t go past the upper thighs. In fact, Texas A&M could use more bimbos. Each year the Uni versity gives a helping hand to disadvantaged minorities. Well, no one has it harder than the bimbo. Imagine being trapped for life in tight synthet ics and monosyllabic speech patterns. The University should start a Bimbo Endowment Fund to insure that trailer parks and beautician colleges can no longer hoard this most precious of resources. The University could add classes on cocktail waitress eti quette, home wrecking and hair elevation. In general, the average person needs to appreciate the contribu tions of the bimbo. If it wasn’t for bimbos, half ofWashington, D.C., wouldn’t have a social life. 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