Condom Hats Not an Election Issue

When Tommy went up against Maura, he made very little effort to put issues on the table. Schools, affordable housing, and the usual issues - never fixed but always talked about by politicians - were barely on the radar. Just around the time that Tom Menino was on a hunt for cell phone service, poor Maura Hennigan mortgaged her house in order to respond to Mumbles' roaming charges. Perhaps a straight pander for votes, but we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt: it was a true quest for cell phone equality across the city.

Today’s Herald reports on a new trouble afflicting Mayor Menino’s office. Complaints are rolling in about the paper hats at Dick’s Last Resort. Some people think – gasp – they look like condoms. We’re pretty sure they look a lot more like a giant condom than a chef’s hat. And with Dick’s Last Resort using slogans like “I got crabs at Dicks…” it’s a case that shouldn’t be hard to prove. Still, Bostonist was surprised to read that it’s a problem now. After 12 years over at the Prudential Center, with people parading all over Back Bay and the Coply/Pru mall, you’d think there would have been problems there. Perhaps Dick's Last Resort's new (as of the 11/1 opening) location, right smack dab in the middle of Faneuil Hall, brought the matter front and center. We still don’t see what the big deal is about walking around with a big paper condom on your head that has “I’m Lame” scribbled on with a Sharpie. Remember Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes? she and the whole TLC gang launched their hit career covered in condoms. And those were latex. Perhaps Dick's is just promoting safe sex too.