George Shirley wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Fri 12 Dec 2008 10:49:02p, sf told us...
>>
>>> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:55:00 -0500, (Lass
>>> Chance_2) wrote:
>>>
>>>> When my son was little, I made a decision that when the time came he
>>>> ASKED me, straight up, whether there is a real Santa, I'd tell him the
>>>> truth.
>>>>
>>>> Well...that day came when he was 7 or so and he asked. I steeled
>>>> myself and replied, "well, honey...."
>>>>
>>>> After a moment of silence, he burst into tears. I felt just awful.
>>>> "Im so sorry", I said. "But I knew you'd ask someday....and I didnt
>>>> want to lie to you."
>>>>
>>>> "Well, you shoulda KNOWN I WANTED you to LIE!", he cried. "Just Forget
>>>> we HAD this talk!"
>>>>
>>> I had a conversation tonight with a retired teacher tonight that was
>>> the opposite sort of story. It was the year before she retired.
>>> She's a natural blonde so, you know at 60+ she had snow white hair.
>>
>>
>> My mother was a natural blonde, and when her hair changed, instead of
>> snow white, or a shade of gray, it looked like platinum blonde. Very
>> pretty.
>
> I had brown hair when young, now I refer to myself as an "Ash Blonde."
> Which, I reckon, is better than "Skin Tone."
Feh. My natural color is that brown so dark that most people call it
black, only now it's shot through with with white and, un re-touched it
looks as cold as February. So for now I have mood hair.
Word to the wise: No matter how old you may be, if you have fuchsia
streaks in your hair you're gonna get carded when you go to buy beer.