Comments on: Having nothing important to say…

By: Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:20:06 +0000

great stuff here! keep up the great work

By: CPT J

CPT J — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:20:54 +0000

I believe all parents of teenagers should be issued a neon clown wig of their choice, plus an oversize T-shirt with the digital image of their teen on the front and back, with caption “Proud Parent of: [insert enlarged picture of adolescent hair rebellion here].

Think of all the neat teen parents you could meet… There’s strength in numbers, folks.

As my 17 year-old long ago learned, Dad doesn’t have to actually embarass you in front of your friends. All I have to do is present a credible threat –their vivid imagination does the rest.

By: Punctilious

Punctilious — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:29:11 +0000

The best advice I ever got was “don’t sweat the stuff that isn’t permanent.” Want a tattoo? Here’s a sharpie.

(I might just find myself in neon wig in the parent drop-off lane.)

By: SGT Jeff (IRR)

SGT Jeff (IRR) — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:00:17 +0000

Sir,

Before changing your own look in some fashion, please consult Navy uniform & grooming regs.

I had an E-4 co-worker (known for doing dumb things) get into trouble with his E-6 supervisor because his bleach job went too far and turned his hair light green.

Since this is not a “natural hair color,” the supervisor told him he had until the next day to correct the color to something “natural” or get it all shaved off. It’s probably redundant to mention that the E-4 was rather vain about his hair…growing it to a length that took mildly unusual grooming to make it appear within regulation length.

I think it was brown the next day.

As for your daughter, perhaps saying that you liked the strawberry blonde look (as opposed to critizing the blue) would get her to settle on it?

By: ry

ry — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:40:39 +0000

Well, at least she hasn’t gone for the checkerboard pattern—which just looks pathetic no matter who does it—or the Sinead O’Connor. It really *is* a fashion amoungst the kids now days.
The upside: Even grad students quit when they have to go looking for real jobs in my experience(even the mega tatooed with guinea pig crazt fur-esque hairdos in the physics dept). It doesn’t really seem to be a thing of full on rebellion, just trying to be hip.
Though, I did date a girl who once died her hair the school colors for a CIF track meet once…..

By: MCPO Airdale

MCPO Airdale — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:43:24 +0000

Skipper -
When number one son was a senior in HS, I came back from an extended TAD to discover his hair a bright yellow with spikes. I didn’t say much other than to comment on how “bright” it made him look.

The hair color only lasted about a month. The wife claimed he went back to his normal color and cut because I didn’t freak out. I have no idea if that was the reason or not.