I found a grey hair in my goatee this morning. Actually, it’s more white than grey. I imagine it’s only a matter of time before it all starts turning. I’m hoping for a little grey around the temples, to fool people into thinking I look distinguished. I’m blaming my wife for this. The beginnings of pattern baldness I’ll blame on the kid, but the wife gets credit for the grey.
I blame it on the children; they adamantly deny it, claiming that I’d have gone grey anyway. I point out that there’s no way they can prove that. They giggle.
When the children aren’t around, I blame it on the wife. She denies it, claiming that I’d have gone grey anyway. I point out that there’s no way she can prove that. She rolls her eyes and hits me with a book.
I blame my sister for finding a grey hair in my sideburn the week before I turned 21.
It’s her fault, because she’s the stepchild.
[South Park]
Blame Canada!
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I am 32 years old and I have a LOT of grey hair. I have more grey hair than my father! I blame my ex wife. She drove me nuts. I had always hoped for that distinguishing grey around the temples, but noooo, I had to do it bass ackwards and get grey behind the ears and on top.
Calling it distinguished makes me feel better.
I wish I had an ex-wife…
Al-qaida! The Terrorists are attacking our hair!! Is nothing safe?
Genes. Blame it on your ancestry.
I thought you were always supposed to blame everything on your mother.
Why does the beard turn before the head? I used to wear a van dyke, but the damn thing looked like I’d been riding the scooter in an ice storm.
But no grey upstairs.
Giraffe’s urine has to play some role in this.
Momism is so-o-o-o 1950s.
OTOH, if you are 30+ and still living with your mother, it may be an option.
I got my first grey hair about three to six weeks after my wedding (which means that that hair’s 20th anniversary is coming up in a couple of weeks). I called out to Deb, “Hey, look! I’ve got a grey hair!”
She came running into the bathroom, saying “Lemme see it.”
When I pointed it out to her, she grabbed it and yanked, saying “You are not going to blame your grey hair on me.”
(She must have frightened the rest of the hair into remaining dark as I did not get another grey hair for about ten years, until after we’d gotten the kids.)
OK, so it’s the kid that gets the blame for the grey. Gotcha.
I’ve heard an old wives tale about baseball caps causing baldness. I’m rarely without one, but I can still blame my wife for this, right?
Worrying about your first grey hair?
Real troubles come when you are
worrying about your last hair!
Trouble at home?
Blame it on God! He’s mean!!
Clever jokes. Blame it on the 1920s-style “Death Ray”.
Well, look for ancestors with early white or gray hair. My grandfather went white in his thirties, and my 24-year old brother already has quite a number. It’s just like having a heavy or light beard: it’s genetic dice.
When you’re done assigning blame for them, you can send them to me. I’d like more. I generally get taken for a younger person than I am and I cain’t get no respect at work. The few I do have I’ve bloody well EARNED, thank you, and they get special treatment.
Sure! You can see my ID, no problem! I turned 34 this June! I’m freakin’ FLATTERED you take me for a possible 20 year old, you and my boss both! grrrr…
Kids? You’ve got kids!? I got my first white hair at 15… I don’t wanna hear none of your boo-hooin and that’s final.