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Where were you when...?
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 12 Dec 2008 10:49:02p, sf told us...
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>> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:55:00 -0500, (Lass
>> Chance_2) wrote:
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>>> When my son was little, I made a decision that when the time came he
>>> ASKED me, straight up, whether there is a real Santa, I'd tell him the
>>> truth.
>>>
>>> Well...that day came when he was 7 or so and he asked.
>>> I steeled myself and replied, "well, honey...."
>>>
>>> After a moment of silence, he burst into tears. I felt just awful.
>>> "Im so sorry", I said. "But I knew you'd ask someday....and I didnt
>>> want to lie to you."
>>>
>>> "Well, you shoulda KNOWN I WANTED you to LIE!", he cried. "Just Forget
>>> we HAD this talk!"
>>>
>> I had a conversation tonight with a retired teacher tonight that was
>> the opposite sort of story. It was the year before she retired.
>> She's a natural blonde so, you know at 60+ she had snow white hair.
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> My mother was a natural blonde, and when her hair changed, instead of snow
> white, or a shade of gray, it looked like platinum blonde. Very pretty.
I had brown hair when young, now I refer to myself as an "Ash Blonde."
Which, I reckon, is better than "Skin Tone."
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