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This morning I was having a little walk when I passed by two old ladies on a crosswalk. These woman were so old they could barely move...one of them clearly had 2 different sized legs. As I passed by, I couldn't believe my ears when one of them muttered, "long haired hippie freak...probably wears a dress." Something about it...something so evil about those damn grannies...I can't stop smiling.
Haha that is crazy.
Dude, that's a pretty funny reaction from two old women who are...um...old! What the hell else do they have going on but to pick on hippies. Be grateful you weren't considered some Martian alien. Or worse..a dirty old man! JOSH
Aw, don't let those old bats bother yah, Old people are so ignorant to independence.(I dunno if that sounded right, heh)
he he, I would have had a laughing fit. Or asked them if they knew where I could get some ganja...(I don't use it, but it would have been worth the response).
It's strange though because your hair is not that long, among female hairstyles that would still be called short.
Well i'm one of those "long haired hippie type pinko fags" who
started growing their hair long in the 60s.
I have long hair and i'm damn proud of it. If someone doesn't like it they can jump out the window.
That's halarious. I would of turned around, sneeked up behind them and balled at the top of my voice "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY ABOUT ME?!" just to freak them out.
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JoNty
you judged them, they judged you, nobody's hurt. :)
-vincent
How very rude of them to say such a thing!... It is also quite tragic that the ravages of old age makes one become bitter and resentful. They probably stoppped living in the world back in the 60's, and are perpetually in a nostalgic state of mind. Take compfort in the fact that they gave you affirmation that you are a long hair...and by the time you reach your desired length they'll probably be long buried in the ground.
ps - just went to click on the link to your website and it informed me that as im using a mac I need to download something... however I'm not using a mac which is rather strange...: )
Yep, me too. I'm currently using Opera, which I currently have set up to identify itself as IE 6.
I AM using I.E 6 which is wierd... tho my whole comp has gone wierd lately, my isp keeps threatening to throw me off for hacking lol and I havent even been doing anything!! (they have this whole thing from peoples firewalls who im supposed to have been hacking into lol)..I was infected with some major virus' tho which I think where trying to infect other people, they have since been removed...whats with all the virus' lately?!...
The reason why there are SO Many is that there has been a trend for mass mailing worms (viruses that automatically spread themselves via email.)
So all the irresponsible people without current AntiVirus Protection get infected and spread the infection to more and more computers, or set-up automated programs which hack other computers.
This whole situation gets rather annoying for System's Adminstrators like me, cos I have to spend a small fortune upgrading my hardware & software to deal with a 50% increase in email traffic and a massive load on my AntiVirus Software. Not to mention my time eductating all the idiot users I have to support in best security practices.
Same results with IE 5.5. If I switch Opera to identify itself as Opera instead of IE 6, then everything works properly.
I had no problems at all viewing it with my Mozilla browser on my Linux system.
A Linux Longhair
I had no trouble viewing it, but no matter where I clicked, nothing ever happened. The butterfly would chase my mouse pointer though. I never saw any text like some of you did, except for the letters "chii". It looks like each of us got to see something different.
I guess I missed the boat in programming the Hyperboard so we all see the same stuff.... ;-) But actually, I'm embarrassed to say, that was my intent. [wink]
I had put up a redirect to gently guide Mac users still using IE 4 to switch to Safari (or some other Mozilla client). I guess I forgot, when writing my message, that PC people still using IE 4 will also be bounced. I took off the redirect so IE 4 people can see it now, but basically you won't be able to do certain things unless you are using a newer browser version. ;0
Did you see my post? I was getting the redirect with IE version 5.5.
Why is it that old people such as these bats feel that they have any right to pollute the world with their crass opinions and such obviously public words.
Why do they not just keep them to themselves? Or is that that this is 'grey tyranny' - you would not dare respond harshly to such dear old defenceless bats
I tried your site too.....also got the Mac message. I'm running
a Pentium 4 with Windoze 98SE. Could Quick Time be doing it?
BTW, I have lots of old relatives, take them with a huge grain
of salt. With 1100 World War 2 Vets dieing each day it won't
be long before they are gone. Till then keep the salt nearby.
Old people have 2 extremes - most I find are lovely - I was filming a whole troop of grannies today for a documentary and they were all so lovely to me.
I guess there's only 2 reactions I would have if that happened to me. I'd either turn round to them and say, "excuse me? were you talking about me?" just to embarrass them, or just smile sweetly at them in passing, tip my imaginary hat to them and say, "morning ladies. glorious day, isn't it?" Then wink and stroll off.
That would be fun.
wolfeyes
During my first journey in the US in Sept 2002 I visited the Empire State Building in New York. While waiting in line for the elevator a couple in their 40s with a teenage son - who were standing behind me - began making rude comments on my hair in Romanian. It happens that my native language is Romanian as well, so that I could "enjoy" being called - among other things - the Romanian equivalent of f*gg*t and so on...
I didn't say anything to them, even as we rode in the same elevator car.
After touring the observation deck I met the Romanian family in the souvenir shop. Before leaving for the elevators I told them - in English - "There is somebody who wants to tell you something", then I showed them the middle finger and I said to them something that would get the moderator of this webboard to censor my posting if I would reproduce that...
A Linux Longhair
If it were me, I would have simply remarked, in Romanian, that I recognized them from the elevator. Let them conclude what they want on their own.
I was with a Russian friend once on the bus in Chinatown. Two old Russian tourist ladies were making all kinds of rude comments to each other about us in Russian. He said not a word to them, until we got off the bus. As we left, he said in flawless native Russian the equivalent of, "You ladies have a nice day now!" I'm sure at that moment their day was wholly ruined. I didn't learn about any of this until we'd gotten off the bus, of course....
But I have an even better tale than that one....
I worked for awhile in a room with a guy from Nicaragua and a guy from Spain. They rattled on all day in Spanish to each other. The company hired a new secretary and they put her in our room. Her first day she said she was from Minneapolis. The other two guys never talked to her, but I did some. After about a week, at a time when she and I were alone in the room, she mentioned that she had married a man from Mexico City, and that she worked in an office down there for about ten years. I asked her and she said she became very fluent in Spanish during that time. Later that afternoon, she had left and the other two guys had returned. I mentioned to them that she lived in Mexico so long and spoke Spanish, and did they know that? They were horrified. They said much of their conversation the past week had been about how ugly she was.
The only tale similar to that that I have is this. About 15 years ago, my wife (I was married at the time) and I were shopping for shoes. Shoes for her. She's like Mrs. Marcos that way. So we were in a women's shoe store in Dallas, and there was a pair of men also shopping for shoes. They were speaking to each other in Russian.
It came time to go to the checkout, and we were right behind the men. As they left the counter, my wife said Good-bye -- have a nice day, or something to that effect, to them in perfect Russian. They instantly responded in kind. Then a second or two later came the double-take. It was priceless.
Oops, I forgot to specify that my remarks (after the initial English introduction) were in Romanian. If I would translate them here Victor would censor them for obvious reasons...
Anyway I left them in a state of shock, unable to say or do anything.
A Linux Longhair
Hahahahaha!, bet they didn't expect that :)
Next time you are in that area taking a walk...
wear a kilt!
Wonder what those ladies would think then? he..he...
Plus if anyone DOES comment, you always have the option of lifting the rear of the kilt in their direction :)
wolfeyes
...and then yelling at them: "You foolish k'nigg'ts! I fart in your general direction!" (adapted from "Monthy Pyton and the Holy Grail" :-)
A Linux Longhair
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Quote the subtiltles on the DVD:
King Arthur (Graham Chapman):
If you will not show us the Grail we shall take your castle
by force.
The French Guard (John Cleese):
You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs!
Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person!
I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur King!
You and all your silly English "kniggits".
...bwrrrrrwww (while banging his helmet with hishands)
...brrrrwwww bw bww bang bang bhwawawha brrrrr...
Sir Galahad (Michael Palin):
What a strange person.
King Arthur:
Look here, my good man...
The French Guard:
I don't want to talk to you no more you empty-headed
animal food-trough wiper!
I fart in your general direction.
Your mother was a hamster and you father smelt of elderberries!
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A Linux Longhair
I've had similar experiences, it's amazing at the way some minds work. It is often easy to blast back with a negative comeback, but an insult will only justify their initial thoughts. I find it much more effective to maintain composure, give a subtle acknowledgement that you heard the remark, and perhaps even go out of your way to compliment them. If they have any shred of a conscience, this will make them feel much worse. If they have no conscience, you can't argue with a sick mind, so don't even try. It's like wrestling in the mud with a pig. By the time you're all muddy and dirty, you realize that the pig likes it.
If they had said that to me, I'd simply laugh and say, Yes I am and I'm damn proud of it!" I'm 51 years old and I came of age during the heyday of the hippies, with whom I fell madly in love (and still love to this day). "Long-haired hippie freak" is a badge of honor for me.
-- Skeeter
Haw Haw, that is great.
My grandma was the complete opposite, she hated when I use to get crew cut haircuts. Before she passed away in March, she loved my longer hair.
