SallyMander
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:10 PM
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File this one under 'Things That Irrationally Annoy SallyMander'
(Right next to people who order food using the phrase "give me".)
My hair is really long -- down to my waist. I have now had at least 4 friends/acquaintances/strangers(!) ask me if i am going to donate it to Locks of Love. Don't get me wrong, that's a really nice charity, and if i ever cut it off i would probably donate. But... right now i like it attached to my head. Does this make me a terrible and selfish person? (Rhetorical, don't answer that.) Do we all have a responsibility to society to grow long hair, cut it off, and make wigs out of it?
If so, get going people, i'm way ahead of you!!! :D
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:11 PM
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1. wow. that would be annoying too. |
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liberals can get just as judgmental about petty issues.
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SallyMander
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:20 PM
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that they don't know i've heard it before... it could be the case that i was thinking of cutting it, and hadn't heard of the charity, and then they'd be doing a good thing. Or something. :)
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:13 PM
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2. Tell them most of the hair LoL gets winds up getting auctioned. |
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Adult hair generally isn't suitable for children's wigs, so most of it gets sold to pay their (rather high) overhead.
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SallyMander
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:16 PM
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Aha, now i have a (logic-based) response! :)
Out of curiosity, do you know why it is that adult hair isn't suitable? Is it because it's coarser than kids' hair?
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:17 PM
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Also, a lot of it would be damaged, color treated, etc.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:14 PM
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3. Well, are you going to donate it to LoL when you cut it? |
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:P
Sorry people can be asshats. I wish my hair would grow that long. I would keep it on my head, too.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:15 PM
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:spray:
You are too much! :hug:
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:15 PM
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4. People have said the same things to me. |
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And as much as I'd love to do something nice for someone else... I still ain't cutting my hair. That's just how it is, and how it's gonna be.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:20 PM
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in picture threads -- you have great hair! :)
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:50 PM
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24. Thanks. :P I do what I can. |
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Actually, I was getting some pretty bad split ends, just had to trim off four or five inches... side effect of working in an open-air warehouse in Florida heat I suppose. But since I'm neither working in a warehouse nor in Florida heat anymore, hopefully that won't happen again.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:15 PM
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6. Hey, how do you respond when people say that to you? |
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That rant wasn't so long.:P
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SallyMander
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:18 PM
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12. Usually i just mumble |
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"maybe someday, i don't plan to cut it yet" or something to that effect. Now i have added info from LeftyMom (above) ~ sweet!
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:13 PM
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30. if you say anything more than you dont plan on cutting your hair |
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it will become a longer conversation. which you might not want.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:15 PM
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You are not a selfish or terrible person!
Oh. My. God.
Keep your hair, and tell your friends to go to hell, or something!
None of us have a responsibility to grow our hair long just so we can cut it off and donate it!
:hug: for you!
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:21 PM
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:woohoo:
You are a riot Peggy! :D
Thanks for the hug -- here's one back atcha :hug:
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:16 PM
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8. Tell them you're donating some salmon to "Lox of Love" |
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...and ask them how it feels to be a brain donor.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:17 PM
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:20 PM
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13. It's _your_ hair. Would they want you to donate your brain or heart before you're done with 'em? |
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Edited on Mon Dec-03-07 01:27 PM by Heidi
My hair was far past the middle of my back three years ago, and when I went to get it cut, the coiffeuse asked me if I wanted to donate it, and I did, and so did my two goddaughters who got their hair cut and colored during the same "Girls' Day Out." But for heaven's sake, that's a personal decision and no one has the right to pressure you to do something you're not ready to do. You've no more responsibility to donate your hair than you do your eggs or your DNA. :grr:
And, by the way, self concern isn't always a bad thing; it's part of what makes us individuals and ensures our survival as individuals, no matter what the preening, judgmental, always-correct do-gooders might think.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:25 PM
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20. I would like to add this mini-rant |
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as an appendix to my OP rant... Love it!!! :yourock:
Sounds like a fun day with the goddaughters though! :)
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:12 PM
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29. My Granddaughter had hair almost to her waist |
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Until it fell out due to chemo. I just purchased a wig for her. Losing her hair was devastating for her even at the age of four. Bless you and all those who donate hair to Locks of Love. O8)
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:21 PM
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16. You could always ask them when they last went in to give blood. |
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(Can you tell I get the questions about donating my hair a lot too?)
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SallyMander
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:23 PM
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19. LOL - how long is yours? |
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I'm glad i posted this random rant -- you are 2 for 2 in great replies! :D
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:26 PM
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22. A bit past the bottom of my ribcage. |
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Edited on Mon Dec-03-07 01:36 PM by LeftyMom
I can't seem to get it any longer than that before the ends start to get scraggly.
My best female friend has hair long enough to sit on (and it's crazy thick too) so she gets the question even more than I do. At least she did out here, now that she moved to West Virginia she gets people assuming she's some kind of fundamentalpatient any time she wears a skirt or dress.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:21 PM
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I hate that crap to. I was walking downtown and went by a wig shop. The shopper owner actually ran me down and offered to buy my hair.
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SallyMander
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:26 PM
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Now that's just creepy... you should have replied with something equally creepy -- "i don't want to cut my hair now, but i have a spare kidney"... :crazy:
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:30 PM
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Yes it was creepy. A little Korean lady running down the sidewalk yelling....laaddeee! LADY!!! I was too shocked to say anything but No thanks.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:59 PM
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26. Did you at least negotiate? |
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Honestly, if someone did that to me, I'd be seriously curious about what a head of hair goes for these days.
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:01 PM
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to do anything other than say No thanks.
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Mon Dec-03-07 01:58 PM
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My genetic code dictates a tendency toward thinning hair. Hell, maybe there's someone out there who WANTS to look like Gallagher?
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SallyMander
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:18 PM
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:12 PM
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28. Lemme get this straight-- good hair is in such... |
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demand now that obnoxious people rudely expect you to donate it?
And others might chase you down the street to buy it?
The things I learn in the Lounge...
(most of which I'd be better off not knowing)
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:21 PM
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34. And if you're in the wrong place |
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:17 PM
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So, you're guilty of a hair crime now?
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SallyMander
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:21 PM
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35. A crime against hairmanity! |
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:20 PM
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33. Pffft. When I cut my 3 feet of hair, I kept it in a Food Saver bag. |
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Still have it. It took a long while to grow that shit.
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Seriously, I didn't even think about Wigs for Kids or Locks of Love when I cut it. Slipped my mind.
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:23 PM
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On a tangent, why is it that hair and fingernails become gross the moment they are no longer attached to us? :shrug:
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Mon Dec-03-07 02:26 PM
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37. I donated it to locks of love, |
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but it never grew back! (A little bit but not long.) So enjoy it, aloha.
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Mon Dec-03-07 03:19 PM
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My mom used to have super curly hair (like me) -- then after she had kids, it got straight! :shrug:
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Mon Dec-03-07 03:00 PM
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38. Why would you? Waist length hair is really hot on a woman, imo. |
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Mon Dec-03-07 03:20 PM
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I think it would annoy me if it got past butt-length... but it's fun for now! :)
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:26 PM
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People should really learn to mind their own damn business and stop trying to be other's people's misguided conscience. Good grief!
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:57 PM
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44. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt |
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as i wrote to lioness above... maybe they just don't think i've ever heard it before? But still it is getting OLD!
:hi:
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:52 PM
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42. very small small talk |
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Edited on Mon Dec-03-07 05:52 PM by stuntcat
What happens when people can't be quiet OR interesting :p
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Mon Dec-03-07 05:56 PM
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I love it... "if you can't be quiet, at least be interesting!"
Perhaps we could start calling it "tiny talk"? :rofl:
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:00 PM
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45. Wow, I have never had anyone tell me that |
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I also have hair I can sit on, and nobody has ever said that to me. Maybe the people who know me know better ;-)
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Mon Dec-03-07 06:01 PM
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46. Hmm, now i am worried |
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Maybe what they're really saying is "long hair doesn't look good on you -- you really need a haircut!" :rofl:
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