Posted on 12/18/2005 11:41:44 AM PST by nickcarraway
THE ugly are seeking refuge from a hostile world in a German club specially founded to cater for their needs and allay their anxieties.
Hamburg's Ugly Club requires of its members only that they identify the one thing about themselves that they are most unhappy about. Stomachs are at the top of the list, followed by noses and hips.
Harald Gasper, a creative director in an advertising agency with a jowly face and a big nose, established the club with his wife Regina, a tall journalist with big feet.
"We're tired of the idea that you have to be beautiful to get on in life, that beauty equals social power, and beautiful people earn more and get promoted quicker," Mr Gasper, 41, said.
"We're not saying that ugly people are the best. But by coming together we hope to show that we too have something to offer and that the world doesn't just belong to beautiful people."
"Ugly People of the World Unite" is the unofficial motto of the club, which has 270 members. Among its role models are Angela Merkel, the new German Chancellor whose own lack of regard for her looks has attracted much criticism, the Duchess of Cornwall and singer Janis Joplin.
"All are proof that you don't have to be beautiful to succeed," said Mr Gasper.
According to the Ugly Club's seven-point manifesto, "it is unfair that the world is dominated by beautiful people".
This is what people with too much time on their hands do.
NO HELEN THOMAS!!! I am begging here.
damn!
Heh...heh...heh..
Iiii'm not going in a bar like that.
I just know it's going to get ugly in there.
Rules and laws that defy human biology are doomed to fail.
I knew it was a fools hope. What about that Russian who won the boxing title in Berlin last last night? That is 7 feet of scary ugly.
Democrats are applying in droves. US chapter coming soon.
hmmmm...germany and a club for ugly people. considering the amount of beer that is produced over there, along with the amount that is consumed, i bet those uglies will get prettier and prettier as the nights wear on...
They said ugly, not scary.
Right Said Fred
I'm Too Ugly Lyrics
I'm Too Ugly
Right Said Fred
I'm too ugly for my love too ugly for my love
Love's going to leave me
I'm too ugly for my shirt too ugly for my shirt
So ugly it hurts
And I'm too ugly for Milan too ugly for Milan
New York and Japan
And I'm too ugly for your party
Too ugly for your party
No way I'm disco dancing
I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I do my little turn on the catwalk
I'm too ugly for my car too ugly for my car
Too ugly by far
And I'm too ugly for my hat
Too ugly for my hat what do you think about that
I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I shake my little touche on the catwalk
I'm too ugly for my too ugly for my too ugly for my
'Cos I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah
I shake my little touche on the catwalk
I'm too ugly for my cat too ugly for my cat
Poor pussy poor pussy cat
I'm too ugly for my love too ugly for my love
Love's going to leave me
And I'm too ugly for this song
HIllery would be rght at home there.
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