Ow!
I admit it, I admit it... I'm a homeschool mom.
However, I was absolutely shocked to find out that other people have made jokes about the "homeschool mom's uniform." You've seen it- denim jumper, sensible shoes, comfy frumpy earth mother look.
I don't fit that mold. Errr... moulde? In fact, one of the first things our pastor asked me when we started attending was if Andrew and I were into motorcycles. I said no, and he apologized, but added, "I was just wondering, what with the boots and the black jeans all the time..." Well... I got the black jeans because graphite doesn't show up on them when I'm "arting" and the boots were just soooooo cool- big old chunky boots that came up well over the ankle, add 3 inches to my height, and cost me a whopping $5 on clearance. Couldn't beat that with a stick.
But it makes me think twice. Should I slip into a denim jumper now and then? If I did, would the store detectives stop following me around? Could I join the throng of the "normals" so that store clerks wouldn't direct me to the "Biker's Weekly" magazine rack anymore, but to the education section at BaM?
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Pyromaniac (see link to side- need to figure out how to link names in body of text here.... my LJ blog is easier) mentioned that he thought American humor might not translate well to people of other countries, which reminded me of something that happened a good while back.
My sister's ex-boyfriend was from Estonia. He was over visiting one night, and we were all joking around about stuff, and he proceeded to tell us a joke. The poor guy was almost wetting his pants he was laughing so hard about this joke- something about the "loudest sound in Syberia is cars rusting"- and we were all sitting there trying to figure out why it was a joke.
The only thing is, even though we couldn't find the humor in his joke, despite his insistance that it was dead funny, we all thought the fact we couldn't get it was funny in its own way.
So some humor doesn't translate, either because of cultural differences, or because the person receiving the humor offering doesn't have a decent sense of humor themselves.
I'm all for humor provided it is kind and clean, and I've never seen Pyro cross the line. If someone else doesn't get it, that's their problem. There are also too many people are just looking for a reason to take offense. They can take the most innocent thing in the world and blow it out of proportion. So, I hope he keeps up with the humor- I like it.
However, I was absolutely shocked to find out that other people have made jokes about the "homeschool mom's uniform." You've seen it- denim jumper, sensible shoes, comfy frumpy earth mother look.
I don't fit that mold. Errr... moulde? In fact, one of the first things our pastor asked me when we started attending was if Andrew and I were into motorcycles. I said no, and he apologized, but added, "I was just wondering, what with the boots and the black jeans all the time..." Well... I got the black jeans because graphite doesn't show up on them when I'm "arting" and the boots were just soooooo cool- big old chunky boots that came up well over the ankle, add 3 inches to my height, and cost me a whopping $5 on clearance. Couldn't beat that with a stick.
But it makes me think twice. Should I slip into a denim jumper now and then? If I did, would the store detectives stop following me around? Could I join the throng of the "normals" so that store clerks wouldn't direct me to the "Biker's Weekly" magazine rack anymore, but to the education section at BaM?
***
Pyromaniac (see link to side- need to figure out how to link names in body of text here.... my LJ blog is easier) mentioned that he thought American humor might not translate well to people of other countries, which reminded me of something that happened a good while back.
My sister's ex-boyfriend was from Estonia. He was over visiting one night, and we were all joking around about stuff, and he proceeded to tell us a joke. The poor guy was almost wetting his pants he was laughing so hard about this joke- something about the "loudest sound in Syberia is cars rusting"- and we were all sitting there trying to figure out why it was a joke.
The only thing is, even though we couldn't find the humor in his joke, despite his insistance that it was dead funny, we all thought the fact we couldn't get it was funny in its own way.
So some humor doesn't translate, either because of cultural differences, or because the person receiving the humor offering doesn't have a decent sense of humor themselves.
I'm all for humor provided it is kind and clean, and I've never seen Pyro cross the line. If someone else doesn't get it, that's their problem. There are also too many people are just looking for a reason to take offense. They can take the most innocent thing in the world and blow it out of proportion. So, I hope he keeps up with the humor- I like it.
posted by vandræðiskáld at 10:42 AM
2 Comments:
"These boots are made for walking..."
Hey...try them with the jumper. You might look really kewl...OR you could look like squid ink.
Placing bets on where you'll blog next.
I'd be willing to bet it would be the squid ink.
gah. Yick, gross!
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