Patrick Says

I was at the neighborhood Target yesterday with Steak. We were shopping for some food items, a mesh strainer and some other stuff, not so much for inexpensive electronic cigarettes though. Anyway, down the main aisle struts this girl/woman. I’m not sure how old she was, but she was wearing six-inch heeled shoes, thigh-high stockings, short, green skirt, a white button-down blouse and a headband holding back a thick mane of jet black hair.

I won’t lie. I did a double-take.

If you know me, you know how much I love big hair. Not that 80′s, teased-to-the-roof stuff. No. I’m talking about a full head of hair styled Fran Drescher-from-’The Nanny’ style. Like Brigitte Bardot in her heyday. See picture at right. That’s a woman, my friend. If there’s one thing I loathe, it’s short-haired woman’s hairstyles. Sorry. I can’t get behind that.

Anyway, back to the story.

We pay for our stuff and head to the car. Steak is singing some song that has one word repeated over-and-over. I don’t remember the word. Girlie comes out the door and walks toward her car. I sighed loudly to just me and Steak.

Steak: ‘What, daddy?”

Me: ‘Either that’s a hooker or the world’s hottest schoolgirl…’

Steak [singing]: ‘Hooker! Hooker! Hooker!’

I was really glad he had forgotten the song by the time we got home. Here’s a picture that pretty closely resembles her. Except the hair color and the shirt coverage.

H/T to Culture Brats.

So, my six-year-old comes to me with a problem. We’re all at dinner, having some chicken or something. The TV is on in the living room, probably some commercial telling you to buy gold bullion or something. It’s just a typical dinner scenario is what I’m saying.

The Oldest: ‘Dad, I have a problem. I don’t know what to do with this.”

Me: ‘What you got, dude? I can help you out.’

The Oldest: ‘Well, [female classmate's name removed] says she wants to be more than friends. I don’t know what that means. What do I tell her?’

Me: [trying very hard to stifle my laughter] YOU TELL HER YOU’RE SIX YEARS OLD AND FRIENDS IS JUST FINE!’

Holy crap. It’s going to be a loooooooong school year.

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