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Hard to believe a thread based on such a disingenuous and ridiculously childish premise is still plodding along.

But then, the OP is relentless in assuring it stays alive, regardless of how pointless and irrational his responses.

And yes, I'm aware that I'm contributing to the madness by adding my own fuel to the fire, but some things must be said. LOL

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^ If he's seen your mullet shots Typo, he will presumably dismiss your response on the basis that you're a sell-out, and a TRAITOR.

Hey, those were only fractionally mullet, at best! LOL

But you are correct - I long ago relinquished my grasp on the remaining symbol of my faded youth.

My reason was much like someone else mentioned, I was concerned with the image I projected.

One rainy night I drove another guy to someone's house for him to run in for a moment.

As I sat in the car, parked in front of the home of someone I didn't know, waiting, I caught a glimpse of myself in the rear-view mirror.

Long hair in a ponytail, 3 or 4 days growth of stubble on my face, leather jacket.

I realized I literally looked like a suspect.

Had one of the homeowners driven by and gotten a look at me waiting outside in my car, they would most likely have called the police immediately.

No matter that I wasn't doing anything wrong.

Sitting in that car at night in the rain, I simply looked like I was up to something.

And at the age of 33, the last thing I needed was to reflect an image of probable cause.

The next day on my lunch break I went and got my hair cut.

The girl even asked me quite a few times if I was sure I wanted to cut all that hair off, LOL.

The funniest was my boss, a fairly old guy.

Because my hair was usually in a ponytail at work for safety reasons (I was a press operator in a print shop), he didn't immediately realize that I had cut my hair.

Suddenly, he said, "Hey, wait a minute! Turn around."

I laughed and turned around, and he admitted he couldn't believe I had gotten a haircut.

That was around '92 or '93.

By around '99 or '00, I began shaving my head completely - I couldn't see the point in paying $10 for the extreme short haircut I had been getting every couple weeks, so I figured I might as well shave it all off.

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Waiting for the man?

No, it was honestly a completely innocuous and perfectly legal errand.

Well I have to say you look a lot better for it. Old StyleO looked like a volume dealer out of Miami Vice. Now you look like Flea on steroids.

Flea on steroids :hysterical:

And that's BETTER? LOL

And yet, it's a surprisingly accurate description.

Well-played, sir.

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Wow.

"Signs"

And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"

So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why

He said "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do"

So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that. Huh! Me workin' for you!"

Whoa-oh-oh

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight

So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you

the

right?"

"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"

"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

Now, hey you, mister, can't you read?

You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat

You can't even watch, no you can't eat

You ain't supposed to be here

The sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside

Ugh!

And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray"

But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a

penny to pay

So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign

I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."

Wooo!

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Sign

Sign, sign

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"Signs"

And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"

So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why

He said "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do"

So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that. Huh! Me workin' for you!"

Whoa-oh-oh

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight

So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you

the

right?"

"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"

"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

Now, hey you, mister, can't you read?

You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat

You can't even watch, no you can't eat

You ain't supposed to be here

The sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside

Ugh!

And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray"

But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a

penny to pay

So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign

I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."

Wooo!

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Sign

Sign, sign

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As in Old News...

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