Mullets and a bad conversation

So i like the rest of you find mullets rather amusing. I'm curious to know if those that sport such haircuts know that many of us laugh and point and recant stories to our friends about what we have seen. For the 1st time in my life after witnessing a terrible mullet the other evening, i actually felt bad for the person.

It was this young kid probably 15 or so at a pizza joint. He was with his friend and they were pretending to play the video games and laugh at one another. Mullet boy however looked extremely awkward, tall and skinny, dodgey eyes, acne and yes i can't believe he had this as well but a teen stash. All of that is bad enough but factor in a mullet. It was short yet sort of curly on top but more in an 80's feathered type of way. Of course it was long in the back, but almost halfway down his back and then he started to touch it and play with it, putting it into a ponytail then letting it drop repeatedly. For once i did not laugh, but instead felt sad in a way. I envision a very tough future for him :(

So to the bad conversation part. I stopped by PP's house for thanksgiving desert and some wine on Sunday evening. Her family is there and i've known her for 26 or so years and get to see her family from time to time. She's often talked about them being racist and prejudiced but i had never heard them speak that way until that evening. So we're talking about my trip to Japan and how i loved it there when her Aunt pipes in that she has no desire to go there ever as "i don't like those people." She refuses to appologize for feeling that way as well pointing out that she's only drinking water and not wine like everyone else....though i'm sure she had some earlier. " i don't care i don't like them" "i don't even have any Japanese friends" she laughs and goes on to say she does not like Chinese people or Japanese people or any of those Asians. I'm speechless and PP checks the tags on her Aunt's clothes to find out she's wearing a shirt that was made in China. PP asks why she is supporting people that she despises so greatly to which Aunty replies that they are taking over the world. I suggest she try to befriend some Asian people and learn about their culture....though that would probably be a really mean thing to put the Asian people through.

Later on we're recanting this story to our friend Heather who responds to PP with "yeah, i remember talking to your grandfather and he told me he didn't like black people" she couldn't recall how it came up. We were all flabbergasted I cannot understand how people can be so ignorant.