Published Friday, October 17, 2008 6:05 AM

'Joe the Plumber': He's everywhere

DALLAS -- One "Joe the Plumber" is already better off, thanks to John McCain and Barack Obama.

Phones rang off the hook Thursday in the Amarillo office of Joe Francis, whose Web site, joetheplumber.com, became an instant Internet curiosity the day after the final presidential debate.

McCain and Obama made numerous references to Ohio resident Joe Wurzelbacher -- now famously "Joe the Plumber" -- while sparring over tax policy. But the name-dropping also reached the Texas Panhandle, where Francis found his business suddenly in the spotlight.

Many want T-shirts with the company logo, which features a droopy-eyed cartoon plumber revealing the ubiquitous "plumber's crack" above his pants.

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