Nose-piercings and pom-poms don't mix

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Wednesday, April 21, 2004 | Liz Zemba

[Willie Green]

Some Hempfield Area Senior High School cheerleaders and their parents don't want a misunderstanding over nose rings to cost four coaches their jobs.

Approximately half of the 40-member junior varsity and varsity cheerleading squads stepped off the sidelines and onto center court in front of the school board Monday night to rally in support of the coaches, whose positions are up for renewal.

The girls said new coaches are hired every year, forcing them into an annual rebuilding mode that has hampered efforts to snag a national title in cheerleading competition.

"A new coach doesn't know us," junior Angela Santia said. "We need consistency so we can compete."

Director Maria DiPiazza, chairwoman of the school board's athletic committee, said the positions were opened after a report of alleged favoritism involving nose rings.

"If you tell one girl she can't wear a nose ring, you have to tell them all," DiPiazza said. "If a finger got caught in a nose ring, some girl would be left without a nostril."

[Willie Green]

With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
She shall have music wherever she goes.

[Willie Green]

ping

[r9etb]

"If a finger got caught in a nose ring, some girl would be left without a nostril."

Poetry. Pure poetry.....

[BlueLancer]

"With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes ..."

... and a bone in her nose, oh-ho ...
(Ray Stevens, "Ahab the Arab")

[vollmond]

I just checked, and Missy didn't have a nose ring. She did have a tattoo, however.

[Tacis]

So, the coaches change every year but the Seniors are there to compete for how many years?

[Bigg Red]

What's up with those disgusting fads anyway? Do guys really find that stuff attractive?

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

Nose-piercings and pom-poms don't mix

Likewise nose-piercings and 8-month old babies.

[antiRepublicrat]

Do guys really find that stuff attractive?

It depends on the girl and the ring/stud. As with anything, some people can do it with style and most can't.

[Modernman]

What's up with those disgusting fads anyway? Do guys really find that stuff attractive?

Nose rings, generally no. Belly-button rings, generally yes. Other piercings on a case-by-case basis.

[William Terrell]

So, the coaches change every year but the Seniors are there to compete for how many years?

Nowadays, probably several. . .

[Jeff Chandler]

I have never understood the attraction of self-mutilation, whether pierced or tattooed. Whenever I see such ornamentation, the first word that pops into my mind is "infection".

[N. Theknow]

Several years ago at the town fair, I was using the trough urinal (also referred to as an all-in-al) next to a teenager with a nose ring. Whilst studying the knotholes on the wall, I heard a "ping" and observed him reach down and pick the ring out of the trough. He proceeded to wash it off at the faucet and replace it on his way out.

[muawiyah]

Must have made his mother so happy to hear that he was, at long last, very, very close to washing his hands after using the toilet.

[Prov1322]

I guess this is not what Savoy Brown meant with their lyrics:

"...She's got a ring in his nose and a ring on her hand..."

[Bigg Red]

...first word that pops into my mind is "infection".

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Yeah, especially if they are serving you food. Yuck!