My long, golden hair *sniffles* is going to be cut tomorrow.

A few weeks ago, while I was in her school helping with prep tests for Special Ed. kids, I stopped by my wife's classroom. Hilarity ensued, as usual. However, one kid, in particular told me "Bon Jovi called from the '80's, and wants his hair back"

So, I took a class poll. All but 2 of the kids thought I should cut my hair. Knowing they had a particularly difficult science test coming up, I challenged them "If you can score 80% as a class, I'll cut my hair and come show you."

Now, it should be said that my wife gets alot of the "tough" kids, being a spectacular teacher, and I never for the life of me thought they could pull it off. However, once the gauntlet gets dropped...

...sometimes it gets picked up.

The kids made it thier mission to get everyone on board for the test. Asked to miss recesses to go over material, things like that. And I'll be darned. Wife got finished grading the tests yesterday.

Class average was 80.3%.

Getting shorn to a high-and-tight tomorrow. I know I have all of your deepest sympathy

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"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

80.3 with a goal of 80 sounds a little suspicious. What kind of test was it? Any "essay" questions?

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hey even macgyver got a hair cut.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
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Check the raw numbers. I think your wife cooked the statistics.

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0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 ...

We need Before and After Photos

Cousin It grows up.

Are you going to donate to a cancer society?

Captain Kidd is right. I've sold my hair three different times. Being a guy its more valuble because we don't screw it up as bad as the wimmens often do. (Though for the last 8 years I've kept it short.)

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Fascinating. I hadn't thought of that. I'll look it up

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"I have this theory that the Apollo missions were faked when NASA found out that general relativity was wrong because the Earth was expanding due to the Sun's iron core being influenced by magnetic waves from the electric universe after being perturbed by Planet X and thereby causing global warming. Where should I start a thread about this?" ~ ToSeek

"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

Yeah, I was going to say precisely this. Before and afters would definitely be nice. Great Jorb to the kids.

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Right, I was going to tell you to have the barber cut your hair in a way that maximizes its use, post-Serenitude, for wigs, and such, so you could sell the hair to a wig-maker, but the Cancer Society idea is even better. They'll do the same thing with it, for a great cause.

Anyway, sorry you lost a "sure" bet, but good for those kids to average a 'B'.

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Wish I'd thought of that before I went short again. I had mine shoulder length and a month or so ago, I went and had it cut to 1". When they swept it up, it looked like Cousin It was laid out flat.

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The last time I felt a warm fuzzy feeling, I was informed by my doctor that it was just gas.

Did you specify how much you would cut off? If not, lob off a 1/2 inch

what is this "Cousin" you're talking about? The dictionary doesn't help me.

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That's because they're spelling it wrong.

Or rather, they're spelling "Itt" wrong.

Here are some pictures.

EDIT: I guess the dictionary wouldn't help you, anyway. But the correct spelling helps with a Google search.

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"Cousin IT" from the Addams Family.

Here's Lego[tm] Cousin IT.

[Edit: Oh, two 't's?]

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

I've donated my long locks to Locks of Love twice. It is an organization that takes the hair and makes wigs for children who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments or other diseases.

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Got their contact info? My hair grows at such a sickeningly fast rate I told the girl that sheared me that I'd miss the short hair before I missed the long, and I was dead serious. By Fall, I'll be long again.

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The last time I felt a warm fuzzy feeling, I was informed by my doctor that it was just gas.

Haircut is temporarily on hold, until I can find a barber affiliated with Locks of Love. In my tiny slice of backwood redneck heaven, neither of the two Floyds are. So, it looks like the haircut will be a weekend trip. I found a place in Marrietta that can accomodate me. So hopefully the snow isn't as bad this weekend as the forecasts say, and I can get that done Saturday

For the length being pre-established, LOL, no. But it was pretty well implied. I had thought of getting my usual "ends-cut-off", but I can't stiff it to kids LOL.

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"I have this theory that the Apollo missions were faked when NASA found out that general relativity was wrong because the Earth was expanding due to the Sun's iron core being influenced by magnetic waves from the electric universe after being perturbed by Planet X and thereby causing global warming. Where should I start a thread about this?" ~ ToSeek

"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

http://www.locksoflove.org/#item1

My wife has donated after each of our children were born. They require 10 inches - and many barbers and beauticians take care of sending the donation in for you.

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http://www.locksoflove.org/pdf/HairDonationForm.pdf

Serenitude - you can always use the donation form and send it in yourself. Hair needs to be clean, dry, placed in a plastic bag, then padded envelope - it also needs to be in a pony tail or braid and can't be picked up off the floor.

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Need a creative signature. Space for rent.

Oh yeah. Definitely co-conspirators.

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Just to make sure (so i wouldn't have to ask a Mod to move this to the CT section ), I tallied the results myself this evening.

80.3%

But, there was a catch. She threw out the result of a student who was absent for most of the material covered, and who subsequently scored an F

Edit: As I've said before, her kids do research on this forum. If there's any strange replies, it's probably from them Let'em have their fun, if they post

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"I have this theory that the Apollo missions were faked when NASA found out that general relativity was wrong because the Earth was expanding due to the Sun's iron core being influenced by magnetic waves from the electric universe after being perturbed by Planet X and thereby causing global warming. Where should I start a thread about this?" ~ ToSeek

"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

They would also need to close it....


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