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HI all, Im new to this site but had to ask something.
I work as a supply teacher in the north of England and ive done this for 3 years. for the last 18 months I ve grown my hair out from a skinhead. Its now about 4 inches past my shoulders.
The thing is all the kids at the schools from 11 through to 16 keep calling me Jesus! It doesnt bother me as I tell them that jesus is my brother!!
Has anyone else come accross this sort of thing?
When people say "you look like..." they almost invariably mean "you bear a superficial resemblance to...". Recently I was wearing my new sunglasses and was told "you look like Ozzy" (Osborne). The fact is I look *nothing* like Ozzy (or any other rock star) aside from having long straight hair and, at the time, wearing sunglasses. (As an experiment I'd like to put my hair into a bun on top of my head and see if anyone thinks I look like Katharine Hepburn).
I always thought the resemblance was startling anyway. :-)
I have received some very comical "you look like" comments, and they have been based on the most superficial of comparisons. Walking down the street with a friend who is 25 years my elder, we were asked if we were twins. Stunned by the absurdity of the question, I asked in return, what made them think that. Their answer was, because we both had on hats and long coats!!
I have received some very comical "you look like" comments, and they have been based on the most superficial of comparisons. Walking down the street with a friend who is 25 years my elder, we were asked if we were twins. Stunned by the absurdity of the question, I asked in return, what made them think that. Their answer was, because we both had on hats and long coats!!
I've never tried anything that far out, but I've been told I look like as different people as Ben Affleck and Marilyn Manson.
I personally think I look nothing like either.
Yeah Steve,
My name is Eddie 40 years old, and I live in the suburbs of Los Angeles and I have butt length hair and a 4" inch long goatee. My friends I work with and many strangers I meet call me Jesus or say I look like Jesus. I think the beard is the main reason, since I sometimes grow a full beard too. I am not bothered by being called Jesus. I think its cool too and I'm also catholic. This started happening about three years ago. Before that most everybody thought I was rocker musician. Which I happened to be, because back then I played in a band part time.
Right now people also think I'm a rocker/biker/hippie, which is cool cuz I like these styles and I dress like that anyways. But mostly I'm Jesus.
When I'm out and about, people approach me and say "you know you look like Jesus?" and I say "yeah, I'm told that a lot".
My look gets noticed a lot, but usually in a positive way. I rarely ever get negative reactions, probably because of living in Southern California. Even the upscale somewhat conservative area I live in which is about 40-45 minutes from Los Angeles has never been a problem for my rather extreme alternative look.
In fact when the move "The Passion" came out, a couple of guys I work with actually wanted to capitalize and exploit my look, they said they would have me stand outside the movie theatre, dressed in a robe, sandals and staph and charge people leaving the theatre a dollar to have me bless them. Can you believe that?
When the movie came out I started getting compared to Jesus even more so. I haven't even seen the movie yet, but I want to.
But its all good. I would also like to know if other longhaired dudes have been told they look like Jesus.
Later dudes.
LongHairedRockerDude...aka Eddie.
When my hair was long last time, I was asked to play Jesus in a play. I refused, cause I don't like being on stage at all.
I think people just think Long Hair = Jesus.
Except when you get gray. Then they are hard pressed to find a comparison.
Then they come up with other celebrities. I get "Willie Nelson" the most, although I've also gotten "Jerry Garcia", and in December if the beard is long and the eye of the beholder is quite near the ground, "Santa Claus".
Bill
Whereabouts ? Harrogate, North Yorkshire here.
Not far from you really im in Hull, East Yorkshire voted the worst city in England, the fattest city in England and the least educated city in England - man! have we got things going for us!
This does happen to me from time to time, and I do bear a striking resemblence to some of the paintings of Jesus coming out of Europe, especially northern Europe (Jesus was Celtic, wan't he?).
Anyway, I also get other things from time to time. Recently, I was out working in my yard, and a mother and father and 3-4 yearold were walking by. The child said: Look mommy, there's a man that has hair like a woman.
I have a fairly thick, dark goatee, solid, muscular build, and mid back blondish hair.
I recount this to say that both kinds of comments are the result of young people who simply don't encounter men with long hair very often if at all. For older kids, the only "encounter" might have been a Jesus picture. So, male + longhair = Jesus, right?
For the younger child, male + longhair = new phenomenon.
These parents did what most do--they rushed on by in silence, trying to hush the kid. I will often talk to the child about my hair if the occassion seems friendly, but these guys were not slowing down.
Robert
This sounds like Kohlberg's cognitive model of development in psychology.
There's a Gender Identity stage where the child only has a superficial understanding of their own gender, but do not understand boys - men, and girls - women.
Then there's gender stability, where they understand boy - man and girl - woman but they still think that long hair on a boy, makes them a girl. That happens about age 4-5 I think. I had an exam question in that yesterday lol.
Gender constancy is when they understand that their gender is unchangable.
Yeah, it's a hoot.
The most hilarious parental response I ever got was when I was with a friend. He is also a longhair and we had quite the hippie look that day. We were in a tourist area, trinket shops and such, and here came Mom and Dad, obviously conservative cattle ranchers by their clothing, with little junior, in a bright tie-dyed T-shirt, in tow. The kid looked up at me and smiled; I said, "Groovy T-shirt dude!" and the kid beamed.
Dad was horrified. Junior was bonding with the HIPPIES! Dad almost yanked his little arm out of the socket pulling him away.
If you were to visit the high school where I teach, approach a random student and ask to see Jesus, they'd tell you to go to room 232.
The kids here swear I look like Jesus, especially when I have a full beard.
Don't think I'm old enough or have long enough hair to get 'Jesus' but I have got 'Joey' (friends) and 'Mel Gibson'... though I don't think I look like either, but it's a nice compliment.
wolfeyes
complete strangers frequently (few times a day) will call me jesus in the street
many friends use that nickname a lot ... i don't really care :)
-vincent
Is that the All-American Jesus or the Middle East Jesus?
