As well as for "Understatement of the Year"...
[...] "She has a flair for the dramatic," her mother told the newspaper for Tuesday's editions. "I have never tried to stop my children from doing whatever they want. As long as they are happy, aren't hurting anyone, and it's keeping them out of the poor house." [...]
You tell 'em, Mom!As for the rest of the story, it's really more about her daughter rather than her.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at July 25, 2006 11:53 AMAt least the daughter, as far as we know, has not chosen to procreate.
Posted by: Jordana at July 25, 2006 01:10 PMAt the all-nude juice bar called Hott 22, Kay nurtured her Gothic persona, wearing dark costumes, heavy eyeliner, piercings and tattoos.
How do you wear dark costumes in an all-nude juice bar?
And why didn't I think to try the hands-off approach to parenting?? It sounds so much easier than actual parenting.
Oh yeah. Because then you run a bigger risk that your kids will wind up nurturing Gothic personas in nudie juice bars and keeping severed hands and human skulls in their living rooms.
Yikes. And I thought I had problems with my kid. Wow.
Posted by: Grouchy Old Yorkie Lady at July 25, 2006 01:14 PMWell, there are costumes, and then there are costumes.
Or so I've been told.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 25, 2006 01:23 PMJuice Bar?
So this place is some kind of New Age Goth Hippie Organic Juice Nudie bar? Hemp thongs and macrame brassieres? "Yes, Bruno, I'd like to buy Moondance over there a Wheatgrass and Lime."
What will they think of next?
Posted by: skinnydan at July 26, 2006 08:14 AMProbably a New Age Goth Hippie Organic Juice Nudie Bar Church.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 26, 2006 09:23 AMPraise the Lord and pass the Singles?
Posted by: skinnydan at July 26, 2006 09:53 AMExactly--the collection plate will be full of lengthwise folded dollar bills.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 26, 2006 10:29 AMWell, I've got some ideas about who the collectors ought to be, in which case plates will be unnecessary. I'd recommend stocking up (pun intended) on some lace and elastic, maybe an inch wide or so.
Posted by: skinnydan at July 26, 2006 11:58 AMAnd for the folks who thought The DaVinci Code was shocking, just wait until you find out Mary Magdalene was a pole dancer!
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at July 26, 2006 02:49 PM