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January 19, 2005

The Usual

A friend of mine from work- let's call him "David Johnson"- learned a valuble lesson one day while getting a hair cut. He went to the barbershop he had gone to since he was young and asked the barber he always used for "the usual".
As the haircut progressed Dave thought he noticed some "unusual" activity going on near the rear of his head but never having had any trouble in the past he let him continue. The barber finished, handed Dave a mirror and said "Well.....?"
This is the point in the story where Dave notices that there is a lightening bolt shaved in his hair. Not a little "tasteful" lightening bolt, no this one was shaved to the skin from ear to ear. The barber quickly realized from Dave's lack of enthusiasm that this was not the man that usually requested that a giant lightening bolt be shaved into his head and generously offered the haircut for free. Dave accepted then promptly went home and shaved his head.
Did I mention that Dave worked as a loan officer? His bank decided that it would be best if he did paperwork on the mezanine for a few weeks until his hair grew out.

January 13, 2005

a pregnant pause

When Michelle was pregnant and teaching 3rd grade she had a "special" student in her class. Right before a 3 week break she told her class that she was pregnant and would be a bit bigger when they saw her again. When she came back one of the parents was waiting for her by the door. She wondered if her son (the special student) could come by before class to see her. It turns out that all during the break he had nightmares that Michelle was swelling to the size of the classroom and that there would be no room for him in class when he went back to school. He wanted to take a look and make sure she wasn't frighteningly large.
He continued to be obssessed with Michelle's pregnancy from that point on. He was always trying to touch her pregnant belly and every afternoon as he left the classroom he would sweetly say "I hope your baby doesn't die!" After a reprimand by another teacher he switched to "Have fun with your baby!"