A mate sent me this an i thought i would share it...

Lisa Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in-laws, and while there went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Serveral people noticed her sitting in her car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed with both hands behind the back of her head. One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Lisa's eyes were now open, and asked was she ok, and she replied ''i've been shot in the head and am holding my brains in !'' The man called the paramedics, who broke into the car where Lisa refused to move her hands from her head. When they finally got her to , they found that Lisa had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head... A pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of the head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour until someone noticed and came to her aid...

[This message was edited by Candycanestripe on 06-28-03 at 06:30 PM.]

[This message was edited by Candycanestripe on 06-30-03 at 02:37 PM.]

now what does being blonde have to do with this woman's sad but silly situation? isn't that feeding a stereotype?

Being blonde has nothing to do with it... And i would not like to think i was stereotyping anyone. Theres enough people in this world doing that, me not being one of them...Sorry if i offended u or anyone else :O)

no offense taken, in fact, i make fun of myself within the confines of that stereotype since i am blonde. but the end of your post makes one think that the reason for her behavior is soley based on the fact that she is blonde. it could have happened to anybody, regardless of hair color. the story is amusing. i just wished that the last line had been omitted from the post.

Hey Randella, jus for u i have taken the last bit from my post... I should have left it out in the first place but hey everyone makes mistakes. Peace N Love C
P.s glad u like the story

that was very sweet, thank you...

Censorship!

I guess i will enter the fray, and my request could be viewed as censorship of sorts- the request to remove the stereotypical statement regarding blonde dizziness. Far be it for me to abuse my moderatrix powers and just have edited it myself (which I could have done and that would have been censorship), but I asked nicely and stated my reasoning why and then candycanestripe complied equally politely. I don't see that as censorship, but more like editorial license.

I liken this to the example of African Americans who call themselves n*****s (I dislike that word immensely and never ever use it colloquially) in rap and hiphop songs and even when refering to themselves- this term is frequently used. However, if a non African American uses the term, it screams racism and stereotyping, right? Same thing about blondes...which bothers me, because I as a natural blonde am far from stupid and dizzy (I'll admit to being a bit messy and sloppy tipsy mcdrunkerton occaisonally, but never a dumb blonde).