My wife and I just read your story, and laughed and laughed and laughed. I, of course, also have a big head and we have a whole family story-time of dad’s big head stories. Of confused and apologetic store clerks every time I need to buy a new bike helmet or my kids as small children zooming things around my head, but then complaining about the intense gravity.
>It turns out my head is twenty-five and a half inches in diameter.
The tale is so vivid, that for a second I actually believed: "no, this is not an error. He didn't mean circumference. It's actually 60 centimeters in *diameter*. Good grief."
When your son starts preschool, please, please, please take a video of the other kid's' reaction when they meet you. I reckon it will be better than "Kindergarten Cop".
My wife and I just read your story, and laughed and laughed and laughed. I, of course, also have a big head and we have a whole family story-time of dad’s big head stories. Of confused and apologetic store clerks every time I need to buy a new bike helmet or my kids as small children zooming things around my head, but then complaining about the intense gravity.
Thanks for sharing. It really made our day. 🙂
>It turns out my head is twenty-five and a half inches in diameter.
The tale is so vivid, that for a second I actually believed: "no, this is not an error. He didn't mean circumference. It's actually 60 centimeters in *diameter*. Good grief."
Goddamnit. This is what I get for not sleeping the last three days.
When your son starts preschool, please, please, please take a video of the other kid's' reaction when they meet you. I reckon it will be better than "Kindergarten Cop".
I will take videos but only for the family!
I *suppose* that's fair.
I thought I had a big head, but apparently mine is tiny!
For a bit there, mine was over two feet in diameter until I corrected the typo.
That would be Tweety-esque!
El Ha Grande! Irish & Slavic! I think the Irish have a legend about an oracular Head (without the body tho).
Whenever I see an Olmec head I think: there goes one of my ancestors. Somehow remembered on another continent.
Just read this. You might find interesting?
https://open.substack.com/pub/post/p/from-the-temple-to-the-garden?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3hk7x
I but their leadership on it fairly consistently. Fingers crossed!
This line
“he wants to buy me a hat because he can’t stand to have money.”
is sheer comic brilliance! (a little sad, too.)