Bald
As a bald man, Ted knew the deck was stacked against him. Eisenhower was scorned and ridiculed throughout his career for being bald. The words of Paul VI are openly mocked and laughed at because he is known as “the hairless Pope.” Mussolini is now known as a tyrant, merely because he was bald.
Even so, he decided to speak up at the board meeting. He raised his hand.
“You, Ted, a bald man, want to speak?” said the chairman.
“Yes,” said Ted hesitantly. “I just want to say, maybe we should reconsider the merger. We know nothing about yo-yos, and that’s what that company makes.”
“Yo-yos and panties,” corrected Bob, a man with a full, thick head of hair.
“Thanks, Ted,” said the chairman. “It took courage for a bald man to speak up. I’m sure we all appreciate your opinion.”
There was a second of silence before the board members all burst out laughing.