Last week, we asked our patrons to name the furry development on Cubs pitcher
Matt Clement’s chin. The responses were hair-raising. Here are some of the best:
– The growth on Matt Clement’s chin should be called The Fred Ziffel. After the farmer who owned Arnold The Pig on the “Green Acres” TV show.
— Dan Tarka, Woodridge
– How about the Clementine or the Clemento?
— Jack Wilson, Chicago
– Chia chin.
— Kathleen Machek , Chicago
– I think that this type of hair growth should be called a “scrubby” — that’s what it looks like!
— Joelyn Kott, Lombard
– This so reminds me of the bizarre-looking little beard-ette on the boy king that it can only be a TUT! The combination of pharaoh and goatee gives me phar-ee, but that’s a much less satisfying word.
— Sara Sturtz, Long Grove
– I was looking at your picture of Matt Clement’s chin hair, and decided what it should be named. The Brillo. His chin hair looks like a Brillo pad!!!
— Rebecca Wheaton, Chicago
– An Amish Tickler.
— Jeffrey Essmann, Chicago
– Since he looks a little like Abe Lincoln with it, my daughter and I call him Abe.
— James Czyznikiewicz, Oak Forest
– Chin Rat.
— J. Balmer, Bloomington
– I call it the King Tut — from King Tut from the old “Batman” TV series.
— Mary Piper, La Grange Park
– We have heard of earmuffs, well that chin cover could be called a chin muff.
— Violet Jurich, Chicago
– I call it a drool catcher.
— Joan Landi, Hampshire
– It’s obvious.
It’s a sweat-catcher.
— Pearl Hirshfield, Evanston
– I think Matt Clement’s facial hair should be called the Lincoln Log.
— Jake Weiner, 12, Buffalo Grove
– Chin + whiskers-whis = CHINKERS
— Kathleen FitzGerald, Lake Forest
– What to call Matt Clement’s chin hair? Very simple, call it UGLY!!!
— Judy Rutkowski, Glenview
