# I need a son like a hole in my head... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-son-like-a-hole-in-my-head/237171 "2004-03-29T21:53:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-son-like-a-hole-in-my-head/237171/21 "2004-03-30T21:47:43Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Well, once the ears are pierced, next comes stretching. I’ve gone from 2 regular piercings (one in each ear) to 2 8GA\* holes in about 4 months. It’s kind of addicting, to see how far you can stretch it, but my Real Job™ won’t let me keep them in, and the holes can tend to close up. Plus, 8ga is about all i want, it’ll start to be really noticeable when they’re out if I go any bigger. > \*8ga is about equivalent in diameter to the cord on your keyboard. Aw, gee. I thought maybe you were going for .308, for your username. Anyhow, this stretching thing reminded me of the long eared folks on Easter Island. ---
**Author:** ![HoldOnThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@HoldOnThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldOnThere)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-son-like-a-hole-in-my-head/237171/22 "2004-03-30T22:17:10Z")
Wouldn’t it be cool it someone made a little whistle earning that whistles in the wind? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-son-like-a-hole-in-my-head/237171/23 "2004-03-30T22:58:04Z")
I’m looking for a little affirmation that I’m a cool dad, and all I get is DoperGrief. Try this on for size: we’re about to leave to take him to his first large venue rock concert, The Pink Floyd Experience in downtown Norfolk. ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-son-like-a-hole-in-my-head/237171/24 "2004-03-31T04:16:39Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > I’m looking for a little affirmation that I’m a cool dad, and all I get is DoperGrief. VunderDad!! It is not the mutilation, but the sharing, that VunderKind will remember down the line. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-son-like-a-hole-in-my-head/237171/25 "2004-03-31T06:01:11Z")
> [@HoldOnThere](#): > > Wouldn’t it be cool it someone made a little whistle earring that whistles in the wind? Well, don’t know about _earrings_, but they do have those for tongues. Just sayin’, is all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-son-like-a-hole-in-my-head/237171/26 "2004-03-31T17:45:43Z")
> [@HoldOnThere](#): > > Wouldn’t it be cool it someone made a little whistle earning that whistles in the wind? I thought nude female skydivers whistled in freefall… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-son-like-a-hole-in-my-head/237171.md?page=1)