WHAT ALFREDO LIKES Alfredo likes a woman who knows what she wants. Alfredo likes a woman with a good head on her shoulders; with two shoulders, and a head; with two small heads and one big shoulder, right in the middle; with Head and Shoulders in her bathroom; with numerous shoulders, both external and internal; with absolutely no shoulders whatsoever--only knees--lacking shoulders I must have knees; with large, broad, burly shoulders that can bear my weight after I have inhaled more than my share of nitrous oxide. Alfredo is not unreasonable. Alfredo likes a woman who wears a tennis skirt to a funeral, just because. Alfredo likes a woman with fire, she must have fire. And not just any fire, but rather one started by a wayward, errant, yes we can say it now, slaphappy cow in Chicago: I believe you know the fire of which Alfredo speaks. Alfredo likes very few women. MORE ALFREDO Alfredo is not a man to use a woman simply to satisfy his own lusty and unspeakable desires. No, it is not for his own pleasure that he makes them submit to the most tortuous and distressing humiliations. Rather it is for the greater glory of everyone that Alfredo must relentlessly pursue this agenda of self- gratification. Confused you are? Why does Alfredo sound like Yoda from time to time? These are all valid questions, none of which I will answer. I prefer to talk about Alfredo. Alfred is a man who crosses his t's twice. Why, you ask? Alfredo would rather not say. I hope this gives everyone a better understanding of Alfredo. STILL MORE ALFREDO Alfredo is a man who has seen many things. Through his *eyes*. Yes, Alfredo did that. Why, you ask, should *I* care about Alfredo?? What, you say, does Alfredo mean to *me*? I choose not to say. I prefer to talk about Alfredo. Alfredo is a man who wears chaps to a tubal ligation, because he *can*. Alfredo is the man who, without even realizing it, changed the dietary habits of a nation. When Alfredo walks, he *walks*! Alfredo once built a hovercraft using only a vacuum cleaner motor and some paper plates. It did not work. Alfredo, as you may have suspected, is cosmopolitan. He is also fluent in all of the romance languages, *including* jive. Alfredo is a lover, yes, a bon vivant, true, but he also is a world-class GO player. He has been known to travel thousands of miles for a high-stakes game of Go-Moku, or quoits. Alfredo has a dark complexion and dark habits. He has been known to drop a large piece of dry ice into a toilet in a public lavatory, groan loudly, then leave laughing. Alfredo is famous for his wit. And his victory garden. Alfredo prefers Monaco to Vatican City, Corfu to crystal meth, and Mohammed to runny omelettes. I think we all of us know an Alfredo.