More Things for Jerry Falwell to Worry About

The Rev. Jerry Falwell last week suggested that Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby, is gay. Falwell's rationale: purple is the color of gay pride; Tinky Winky's antenna is a triangle, the symbol of gay pride; and he carries a bag. Mystifyingly, Falwell was a no-show at the International Toy Fair, the biggest toy market in the western hemisphere. If he had gone, he could have found things to worry about into the next millennium, including:

TUSH: Its manufacturers claim its large bottom makes it perfect to rest one's head on, but isn't it really designed to encourage interspecies dating?

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