Joe,

Don’t be alarmed. I come by that icon picture honestly. That’s a picture of my paternal great-grandfather, who worked for the Boston sewer department. I have a bowler, not his, that is more properly called a Coke hat because it was made by Lock & Co., who claim some kind of originating distinction when it comes to that kind of derby.

As for pro-biotics, I am, in fact, a king. The one positive attribute of Irish-Americans is that we have good digestion. Those that didn’t died in the famine. I can eat tin cans and rusty nails. I once ate a whole pig. So, yes, I have the “pro” biotics, if by that you mean the ability to eat tainted seafood, translucent mayonnaise that has been left out in the sun, and expired Slim Jims.