DALLAS - Local man Herbert Fuzz knows it's wrong, but can't help thinking about Godzilla movies when visiting his friend John Lee.
Lee, a Korean-American, has been friends with Fuzz for over 10 years and isn't bothered about his friend's vaguely racist behavior. "Herb's a good guy," said Lee, "I'm pretty sure it's a subconscious thing. He loves Godzilla movies, and he knows I'm Korean, not Japanese."
Fuzz has felt terrible about this ever since his new girlfriend pointed it out last weekend. "When [Fuzz' girlfriend] Cindy told me I'd only talk about Godzilla versus Mechagodzilla whenever John [Lee] came over to our table at Hooters, I told her she was full of it," explained Fuzz. "A whole group of us was out, and I was sure I was talking Godzilla with everyone. I told her she was wrong, but the more I thought about it, she was totally right. I'm not trying to be racist or anything, I don't know why I'm doing it."
Fuzz' girlfriend Cindy, meanwhile, is convinced that the slips prove that her new boyfriend is a "latent racist." "I think it's only a matter of time," said Cindy, "before [Fuzz] blows up like that Michael Richards guy from Seinfeld. He's gonna go nuts on some 7-11 clerk or liquor store employee or something, and I don't wanna be with someone like that."
Cindy is widely expected to break up with Fuzz "probably tonight" or "tomorrow."