It now appears Joe the Plumber will not be doing a country music album as earlier reported. The unlicensed plumber a.k.a. Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher told Fox News:
“I love country music, and I mean it’s pretty much what I listen to from sun-up to sundown. But as far as me being a country music star, I don’t know. I don’t think people are that deaf-tone out there.”
Ha. Ha. Joe makes a funny.
Meanwhile, EFD has discovered the REAL Joe the Plumber. His name is Joe L. Francis of Amarillo, Texas, according to the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiner’s database. EFD knows this because of EFD’s superior data searching skills plus the fact that, unlike the unlicensed Joe the Plumber, the REAL Joe the Plumber HAS a plumbing license with his license number tastefully on his Web site. However, it seems the REAL Joe the Plumber is selling T-shirts and signs which feed the craze and almost cult-like following of the other Joe the Plumber. Oh well, I guess Joes have to help out their fellow Joes.
The REAL Joe the Plumber also is, according to his Website, “The Friendliest Plumber in Town.” That claim makes EFD wonder if the other 808 plumbers in Amarillo — that figure courtesy once again of the plumbing examiner’s database — are not friendly or have varying degrees of friendliness or unfriendliness?
One thing EFD does concede, if you’ve got a bathroom covered in s**t from a backed-up sewer line, the most important qualification for a plumber who can solve the problem is a big smile and convivial disposition.
“Honey, the plumber didn’t fix the problem. The sewer is still stopped up.”
“Yeah, but that was ONE friendly plumber.”
But wait. Don’t go yet. Because EFD is offering you not just ONE REAL Joe the Plumber but TWO REAL Joe the Plumbers.
REAL Joe the Plumber No. 2 is Joe Lara, who serves beautiful Ventura County, California. REAL Joe No. 2 notes on his Website that he has been quite in demand since the emergence of Faux Joe. This Joe also is licensed and although he makes no claims as to friendliness, he does purport to be “The Plumber’s Plumber,” meaning when one plumber needs another plumber for a problem he can’t fix himself he will call on Joe. Now this is just speculation, but EFD would be willing to venture that REAL Joe the Plumber No. 2 will also fix plumbing problems for people who aren’t plumbers.