Last week, Bill posted this on Facebook: “A long Texas Monthly article about me this month says my ears are one size too big for my head. Oh my gosh. What should I do? Surgery? No, I would have to hit the campaign trail with bandages on my ears. Any ideas?”

Bill’s supporters have a great sense of humor. Here are a few of the 116 responses:

Bill, All our cartilaginous structures grow larger with age. The bad news is: people driving behind you can guess your age from the silhouette presented. The good news is: they can also guess the size of similarly constituted structures. I’d suggest you let people come to their own conclusions, as long as they don’t start calling you “Radar”.

Do the Van Gogh thing and cut one off?

Everything is relative, I think it’s more that other politicians heads are too big.

A good political leader SHOULD have big ears, the better to listen to those he represents

Grow a bigger head?

Next time anyone comments on it, raise your eyebrows suggestively and say, “well, you know what they say about men with big ears…” and if they wait for an answer, wink, and say “big hat!”

Reminds me of the song…can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier? Actually big ears are a sign of being wise.

Learn to wiggle them!

Cranial Enlargement Surgery

And cite LBJ. The man used to wrap pols who disagreed with him in those ears–and they were never heard from again.

Get prosthetic extensions: elf ears > big ears.

Can you tie them in a knot?

Distract people: show off your legs more often.

Just say your mama used to pick you up by your ears when you were little!

Keep ‘em.