Sillyheads

First to describe the title. My dear friend Peter uses this term quite a bit. I find it endearing for more than one reason. First, I love Peter, and he himself makes me smile. Second, because it seems like a term a 4 year old would use. Third, because it's seemingly harmless, and a lot nicer sounding than the word I'm usually thinking. Last, because its uses can be all encompassing, and you can call anyone for just about any reason a sillyhead, thus making the term incredibly useful.

Today, I'm going to use the term to describe some of the people in attendance of one of my favorite pass times... country dancing.

Now, my following description does not by any means describe all guys that I know, nor does it describe all guys that go country dancing. It does however describe a select handful of guys that seem to find themselves in Salt Lake City, at Studio 600, on Thursday nights. (Oh, and just a side note, the boots in that picture are hot, and I wish they were mine,) So, as I mentioned, country dancing is one of my favorite pass times, and I go probably about 3 or 4 times a month. I've been doing that for a while, so I've gotten to get into a pretty good swing of things. One thing that never ceases to throw me off are these great group of young men that I will categorize as SILLYHEADS.

These sillyheads don't always have a reputation of being the greatest dancers, which is fine. Not everyone can be expected to be a great dancer. But the thing that throws them into this category is the incredible things they choose to say... a few examples, not all examples by any means, only the great quotes I can remember at the moment. And of coarse, I've had help from friends, because I can't get to all the sillyheads on my own...

"Hey, did you know that you have really curly hair?"

"You have a really strong...body."

"You have really nice teeth."
"Thank you."
"Yeah, my whole family is in the plastic surgery business."

"Did you play soccer in high school?"
"No."
"Oh, it's just that you have really thick legs."

"Wow, it looks like you've been dancing a lot tonight.."

And this one may be my favorites so far. This was said to my dear friend Abby this past Thursday..keep in mind, this is while music is blaring, while they are dancing...

"Do you prefer Smith's or Albertson's?"
"Um...Smith's I guess."
"Really, why?"
"Uh, because it's closer to my house."
"Really? That's the only reason?"
"Um.. yeah, I guess."
"Well Albertson's has a really great produce section. Their salads are really cripsy."

Sillyheads.
I understand it's not always easy to come up with conversation, but that's one of the beauties of dancing. You don't have to talk! Anyway, bless their hearts. Sillyheads.