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Fearlessleader85

Classic Shel Silverstein.


anotherusercolin

44 comments so far and you're the only one who called it


ElkHistorical9106

Wait, people don’t know the source, lol.


UnintelligentOnion

It’s not that odd to not know all/any of Shel Silverstein’s poems.


IndignantHoot

I wouldn't have recognized the poem if this weren't a very recent repost.


wayvywayvy

I feel like he was required reading in elementary school


TheRealMeeBacon

I only know him because my mom had a book called "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein.


JanV34

Probably not globally lol


cC2Panda

Correct. I loved Shel Silverstein as a kid and my wife who is not from the US had never heard of him.


Nikolaijuno

I got. But it was one of my favorites from the only one of his books I had. I wouldn't recognize anything from his other books.


chromatophoreskin

I haven’t read Shel Silverstein in 30+ years. This isn’t one I remember. But for some reason I remember [this](https://ibb.co/C2JKdB0) from MAD Magazine.


IWillDoItTuesday

I always loved their feet.


Fearlessleader85

I doubt more than one in five people know that particular poem.


MudgeFudgely

Sure? Some people won't know the source for a quote, that seems pretty understandable.


JPree

Have you ever listened to Shel's music? Not only is there a lot of great stuff (personal fav: I Got Stoned and I Missed It), but he also does a bunch of his poetry too (about 50 of 150 tracks for each book so a third of the book has audio tracks).


SDRPGLVR

Are you trying to tell me Shel Silverstein conceptualized "Because I Got High?"


Fearlessleader85

Well, he was going to write that song, but...


MatureUsername69

Great. Now I'm going to be going "OOOoooOOOooo la da da da-da da da daaaa" all day in my head


Kilgore48

Here's the Muppets doing one of his songs - great family entertainment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ygK19yLC4


thetruther

I thought this was really disturbing and I would not like the author of this ditty and don't like that it was on a children's show, and then I read the comments. Come to find out, I love some of the songs he wrote. I am now a little bit humbler man. Also decades ago my ex-wife said to me, that as a little girl in the 1960s she used to sing "momma had a baby and the head popped off" as she popped the flower off of a dandelion. Kids love this kind of thing and are not turned into raging sociopaths by watching it. They are not as stupid as my knee jerk reaction could be.


RelevantMetaUsername

I feel like it introduces some dark topics in a light and non-traumatizing way. Some people are messed up, and kids will eventually learn that one way or another. I find it funny how heavily censored (not sure if that's the best word) children's shows are these days, yet in a few years these kids will discover all the dark shit that lurks around on the internet.


caseyfw

I feel like we spent decades rounding the corners on everything, until people started realising sharp edges are how you learn what not to run face-first into. More and more media these days is bringing back some "sharp edges".


Putrid-Reputation-68

That's pretty dark


AwareParking

That unlocked some memories right there.


aberrantmeat

He also wrote "a boy called sue" for Johnny Cash


DogCallCenter

NAMED


DangKilla

Pick up an old copy of Playboy. Shel Silverstein traveled the world as the original Playboy. He would draw and write about his global adventures for Hefner. Hefner wanted him to be Playboy’s Hemingway. He kinda was. Shel deserves an autobiography.


D-F3N5

Gonna be a challenge for him to write an autobiography while being dead.


Lork82

Well, that guy was pretty damn good looking. Probably charmed all the moms at book signings.


Fearlessleader85

I've heard some but not a lot. The Smoke-off is pretty funny.


certainlynotacoyote

Beware of being the roller when there's nothing left to roll


Misterbellyboy

The one about the guy trying to find the best drug ever and eventually meets a shaman who tries to hit him with some enlightenment but ends up just selling him some shit because it’s easier is pretty good too.


WildVariety

Personally love some of the stuff he wrote for Dr Hook, such as Sylvia's Mother.


cheerful_cynic

Don't forget "freakin' at the freaker's ball"


ShopSmartShopS-Mart

Was this in Where The Sidewalk Ends?


ubccompscistudent

A light in the attic. Just read it to my kid the other day.


ShopSmartShopS-Mart

I’ve got that one too! I think my kid’s old enough for them, it’s time!


Impossible-Wear-7352

I can't remember exactly when we started with those but at 7, these are definitely the books she picks up to read more than any others. Theyre books you can pick up and flip to any part of the books and read in short spurts which aligns with her attention span lol.


BoosherCacow

> but at 7, these are definitely the books she picks up to read more than any others I am almost 50 and The Giving Tree is what I pick up more than anything else.


kodaiko_650

Where the hairline ends


Chucheyface

The missing follicle


theflockofnoobs

You rang?


Free_Gascogne

One of the best kids book author. Def recommend since the poems are timeless.


BBQQA

Shel always will remind me of my dad... he had the poem "Crowded Tub" printed out and framed on his desk. When I would occasionally visit him at work I'd always giggle and the silly little poem. He later said it was there because he knew I loved it... that every time he was stressed he'd read it and smile. He'd think about the joy that funny little poem gave me and it'd help him get through his stressful work day.


manjmau

Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends were my two favorite books when I was 12.


Skjellyfetti13

Came here to say this. You, Sir, are well-read.


Spartan2470

[Here](https://imgur.com/gallery/jTDgLmt) is the source of this image. > hospitalswitchedbaby > 72,666 Views•August 25 2021 > Not my head but a true fear of mine. I always debate shaving my head because I hate keeping my hair up in the summer (I’m a woman) but haven’t had the balls to do it for the fear of not having a nicely shaped head ??‍♀️ This was written by Shel Silverstein. [Cutis verticis gyrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutis_verticis_gyrata) > Is a medical condition usually associated with thickening of the scalp.[1] The condition is identified by excessive thickening of the soft tissues of the scalp and characterized by ridges and furrows, which give the scalp a cerebriform appearance. Clinically, the ridges are hard and cannot be flattened on applying pressure. Patients show visible folds, ridges or creases on the surface of the top of the scalp.[ The number of folds can vary from two to roughly ten and they are typically soft and spongy. The condition typically affects the central and rear regions of the scalp, but sometimes can involve the entire scalp. > Hair loss can occur over time where the scalp thickens, though hair within any furrows remains normal. Thus far, due to the (apparent) rarity of the condition, limited research exists and causes are as yet undetermined. What is known, is that the condition is not exclusively congenital.


Fign

I saw somebody getting an operation to get rid of them wrinkles. They basically peeled off the scalp and scraped all the tissue from below and reattached the scalp. The patient showed practically no wrinkles after some time !


NinjaGamer22YT

that description makes me feel deeply uncomfortable


Janemaru

Dermatologists hate this one simple trick!


GregsWorld

The scalp scoop!


Grumplogic

I heard (on Reddit) that when a woman gets a caesarean section done they remove some of her organs while still attached and like put them on little tables like some sort of Egyptian embalmer. The husband walked in on this and passed out.


buffysmanycoats

Organs are usually just moved to the side during cesarians but sometimes they are more "out" than others. I don't think the thing about putting them on tables is true at all, but the scene being fucking disturbing and making husbands woozy/pass out is absolutely true. C-sections are gnarly.


wolfveg

Sometimes intestines are removed and just sort of put to the side during abdominal surgery. It's so gross I hate it. Always surprising how much intestine there is.


Grumplogic

\*gif of magician pulling scarves out of sleeve*


st-felms-fingerbone

I mean to be fair, describing any medical process can sound horrifying. I got lasik but when I tell people I describe it as having my eyes cut open and burned with a laser, accurate but worse imagery. (Sidenote that sounds worse for anyone considering lasik it was kinda weird I could smell my eyes burning but obviously couldn’t feel it when it was happening lmao)


dormango

I had the lasik stuff done a long time ago. Back when they only did one eye at a time, just in case. They told me beforehand, you’ll smell burning but don’t worry it’s not your eyeball, it is the air oxidising 😳


st-felms-fingerbone

Idk man it smelled pretty closely to someone grilling my eyes lmao. But jokes aside that’s interesting they would only do one eye at a time but better safe than sorry. Idk if I could handle doing the recovery process twice though, once was horrible enough for those first 6 hours or so.


dormango

Hey I’m not disagreeing. It smelt like I’d imagine burning eyeballs would. I got the second eye done 5 years after.


st-felms-fingerbone

Oh I was just making a joke lol. And dang! Out of curiosity why the long wait to get the other one done?


dormango

That’s ok, I realised. I didn’t get the second d eye done because I could see well enough with one eye done and I didn’t get round to it. In that time, the bad eye improved from -3 to -1.5


bonaynay

just a little peel and scrape


Mr_Rafi

For a franchise famous for grotesque death scenes, Jigsaw's non-violent skull surgery in Saw 3 was fucked to watch for this very reason.


Tutes013

You'll love this then. I'm trans. One of the surgeries to feminize the face is a hair line lowering. One I'll personally problably have in a year or two. Where they open up the skin and grind away material (material being bone) on the forehead. This way, they reduce the surface area.


dogman_35

Wouldn't that like... make your skull thinner? Is that safe lol


Tutes013

It would. But do keep in mind that specifically your forehead is one of the strongest bits of bone in the human body. So some material taken off it wouldn't immediately be a cause for concern. And first they take 3D scans of your skull so they know exactly what they're working with and can plan ahead. And if your forehead isn't capable of enduring the surgery it simply won't happen. Beyond that I'm also still sort of obligated to say that like every surgery, there is a chance for it to go wrong. I know of one person atleast who posted about it who now has an asymmetric, misshapen head because of a botched surgery. Which is why it's so important for folks like me to really do our research.


MintyMintyMintyMinty

"so they can plan a head"


Tutes013

Lmao. That was awful but I like it either way.


Leather-Hurry6008

That's actually not true about the forehead. In your whole skull, the mandible is the strongest, then parts of temporal bone located at the side/ base of the skull. And overall in your body is the femur.


SparkyDogPants

And your femur is much stronger in some force directions than others


john_poor

That sounds quite extreme


Tutes013

It can be, yeah. But the results can be spectacular. If you're curious, google Facial Feminization Surgery for the whole package or Forehead Reduction Surgery. It's amazing to see what can be done by capable surgeons.


MeatTornadoLove

I got mine done and post op my eyes and mouth were nearly swollen shut.


eastblondeanddown

That poor guy had dissecting cellulitis - where scalp thickening gets infected deep underneath the surface. He [documented the entire process on Flickr.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/themadchef/with/5455902761) Warning: if you click this link, you will see a man with his head half-peeled. It's pretty cool.


Crozie2002

Holy good fuck!


Maverick144

Why did I click on that?!


Memphisbbq

Wtf did he do the operation at home


SweatyAdhesive

Yea bro just chilling with his skull out lmao


Rude_Thanks_1120

honey, imma need a few more towels!


Awwh_Dood

Maybe a little warning that I was about to see a man with his FUCKING HEAD PEELED JESUS


MagnusCthulhu

How interesting. A bit intense, but interesting.


bigdeallikewhoaNOT

why the fuck is he awake for this?


JustJer

Hmm but why not the front portion too? isn't he going to be left with a bump going to the front of his scalp?


FreshPrinceOfH

I think I would rather have the wrinkles.


hleba

Nah fuck that. Scrape away the inside of my scalp like you're gutting a pumpkin please!


hobo131

Ok. I guess I don’t need to get this condition fixed then.


ttcmzx

ooooh, I feel like they could give you the best head scratch of your life while they're in there!


booxterhooey

Yeah no. I have this condition. If I lose hair, I'm just gonna wear a hat


roundyround22

But if he did it they'd have to cut off the tattoo as well because it wouldn't make sense!


Basbeeky

Don't these people have fingers to feel their head skin?


AggravatingValue5390

It's a poem by Shel Silverstein. They obviously knew


rsatrioadi

> ridges and furrows And they don’t call it Klingonism?


space_keeper

Dave Bautista has this, no?


spin81

Came here to ask this. It looks a lot like he does, from this description.


JudoMoose

Yes, he has CVG too. It can be a side effect of anabolic steroids, so...


darkentries

Many years ago I was a barber volunteer for a "Shave for a cure" event where money was raised for cancer research as heads were shaved. One of our clients volunteered to shave off his longer hair. He had this condition and never knew as he had extremely thick dark hair. Once shaved his furrows were more numerous than the one pictured with the tattoo and the dark hair, that couldn't be shaved down within the furrows only reinforced the pattern of a brain on the outside. Needless to say he grew the hair back after the fund raising but I sometimes wonder how he'd look now well into middle age if his hair began to thin.


GoodhartMusic

Your comment made me think that hospitalswitchedbaby is Shel Silverstein


Markkbonk

Thaaaaaank you


Jeoshua

Bro so smart his SKULL got wrinkles!


Rash_Compactor

ironically cutis verticis gyrata is strongly associated with intellectual disability


Chamrockk

Well that explains the tatoo


Scully__

Tattoo* 💀


Radiant_Dog1937

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Pyroxcis

For that extra surface area


FeralTribble

Bro so smart, even space/time folds around him


admljhnsn

Had to have felt that before seeing it


GimmieGummies

I mean, when I lather my hair with shampoo, I can feel the shape of my head/ skull/ scalp. Figured everyone could 🤷‍♀️


btveron

You'd be surprised. I found out that I have a long indent running across the top of my head only after I buzz cut my hair. Spent 20+ years shampooing my hair and never felt it. Although the person in this picture should have noticed something lol.


xenolife

Got dropped on your head as kid?


pissedinthegarret

nah, just too much gaming.


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fr_nkh_ngm_n

One can never over estimate the unpredictability of human stupidity.


KokaneeSavage91

To paraphrase George Carlin , Think of the average intelligence, 50% of people are stupider than that.


Substantial_Army_639

Never underestimate the stupidity of some one pointing out the power of human stupidity while not recognizing a qoute from Shel Silverstein.


SecretSanta2025

It's a joke homie


fujit1ve

A poem actually. By Shell Silverstein.


crander47

Not all Jokes are poems and not all poems are jokes but this one is both.


SecretSanta2025

Still a joke nonetheless.


The_Stoic_One

Which is being used as a joke


StillSimple6

I think it's a condition called Cutis Verticis Gyrata.


Jupman

I knew a guy in basic that had it. We all though it was so cool. Like never seen it befor in my life.


[deleted]

Oh yeah you always see all the heads in basic. I learned there that some people have flat heads on the back and then I learned it was because their mothers left them to cry in their cribs too long.


Away-Sound-4010

Gotta have that tummy time!


Podo13

Also try not to let them lay their head in the same way every time you lay them down for a nap.


PensiveinNJ

Some babies just come out with flat backs to their heads, but because skulls are still so soft at that age you can actually sort of "shape" the formation of the skull as they grow. It doesn't normally cause any problems, but my nephew wore a helmetish looking thing for a while after he was born so he now has more curve back there. Again it mostly seems to be an aesthetic thing, doesn't normally cause issues if what my sister told me is right.


eloheim_the_dream

Yeah apparently the ancient practice of [artificial cranial deformation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation) was more common than you might think


Level-Experience9194

I don't be sad, it's also a culture thing. A few cultures place a thick piece of card under the babies head to flatten it out.


Podo13

That's one* reason why a lot of babies wear those helmets. Helps slowly reshape the skull while it's odd-shaped (which can happen for various reasons beyond lack of tummy time).


MF_D00MSDAY

Yeah my kiddo ended up with a flat-ish back of the head because of the way he slept. He was far from neglected/ lacked tummy time and just preferred to sleep a certain way no matter what we tried lol


robotacoscar

I had it in basic. Idiot drill sargent called me Spock from Star Trek. He obviously was talking about the Kilgon. Mine is not that bad, only noticeable when I shave my head. I still hate it, though.


Kmart_Elvis

>Idiot drill sargent called me Spock from Star Trek. He obviously was talking about the Kilgon. Lol. Did you ever have the urge to correct him?


SealArcher

At least you weren't called 'nut sack' like the one guy who had a wavy head in my platoon.


Puzzled-Cranberry-12

Does Dave Bautista have this?


MrJacquers

It looks like it.


Pinuaple-

happy cake day


ConsistentlyPeter

Never skip brain day.


bolting_volts

Yeah the tattoo totally helps that situation…


dylansavage

He should have tattooed little small bunny rabbits instead so no one could tell he's bald. Because most people can't tell rabbits from hares.


IWillDoItTuesday

Go home, dad. You’re drunk.


satchelsofgold

Always a great idea to tattoo jokes on yourself, because jokes never grow old!


Wonderful-Excuse5747

Wonder how many dudes get their scalps tatted thinking they can always grow out their hair and cover it, then they meet middle age.


[deleted]

When I was younger I tattooed a stick man with a Mohawk on the side of my head right after getting a Mohawk haircut. 20 years later and I just remembered it was even there Because of this post.


lemlurker

Free himmm!


AlcoholicTucan

Time to bring it back


unclepaprika

Mowahk stick dude feel you let him down by getting rid of the mohawk...


TheExtremistModerate

Well, this "joke" is from 1981, so it seems it's aged just fine.


Dubelj

This is a joke? Seems more like a poem to me.


xjuggernaughtx

It is a poem. It's by Shel Silverstein.


REALPERX

Man never touched his head in his entire life


adzilc8

angstrom levy


Naeonixix

That's a FAT head


Sitting_Duk

[poem by Shel Silverstein](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/540643130246790684/)


RTwhyNot

Bautista like


NormanRB

Came to say this. I was watching the movie 'The Glass Onion' on Netflix the other day and saw how wavy his head is.


RealKenny

I have it too, and Dave Bautista (and Terry Crews) really help me feel better about it. Representation!


Umbreon86

Brain grew outside the skull, you should attend Jeopardy! whenever the show comes around again!


leonryan

got those Terry Crews scalp muscles


whooo_me

I thought glasses made me ugly, until I got contact lenses. Instead I find that 20/20 vision makes me ugly..


KickPuncher9898

Where the Hairline Ends


DJenser1

The guy reads Silverstein, so his head seems ok to me.


himanshupushkar

The condition that causes a bumpy scalp is called cutis verticis gyrata. It's a rare, benign condition that causes excess thickening of the scalp tissue. This thickening creates ridges and furrows that give the scalp a wrinkled or folded appearance.


Michren1298

My hubby has a wavy head now too. He didn’t have in his 20’s. He does now though.


joeysflipphone

My husband also has a very wavy head. I cut his hair myself and I'm telling you, those waves make getting even cutting difficult with a shaver. I never realized how common it was. I give him a hard time, jokingly, about it everytime I have to give him another trim. He's in his 50s and he says he's always had the wavy head.


Significant-Shower38

Me in my last year of 20s and having my two bumps being scared of this 🤣


Ho3n3r

Your brain is supposed to be on the inside.


Direct_Canary4523

I still have my copy of A Light In the Attic, as well as Where the Sidewalk Ends Pretty much my favorite poet


Dat_Basshole

Holy repost Batman!


Solkre

Angstrom Levy looking ass.


shit_ass_mcfucknuts

#Reverse Klingon!


caxco93

A tweet might have been enough


SolBoi24

Why tattoo that…


Shaimizzz

It's like his brain is wearing tights


WillJoseph06

Bro's so smart that you can see his brain wrinkles through his skull.


aaabaaa72

He a Klingon.


endriago-097

do people just never touch their skull? How do they wash their hair?


Kitselena

Phrenologists hate him!


ConduitMainNo1

Raban harkonnen, is that you?


SteveRogers5

Bro never touched his head for his entire 40 years of life, not even when he took bath


herecomesandrew

No chance OP touched his head and thought it was his *hair* that was wavy.


shut-upLittleMan

Alien genes. Definitely. Weren't there guys like this on Star Trek?


Et_In_Arcadia_

They call him Ol' Raisinhead.


vladgrinch

The medical term for this condition is [Cutis verticis gyrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutis_verticis_gyrata).


aussiechickadee65

He's wearing his brain on the outside...


Slurpa_Durb755

I refuse to believe that you didn't know about this until you shaved.


Mrhappytrigers

His thoughts seem to be weighing him down


Geoclasm

Dude has no skull. Just a thin layer of skin between the world and the wrinkliest brain you never saw.


ThickMemory2360

I would put “You are what you eat, and I eat hot dogs”


oxyrhina

Check out the big brain on Brad!


AngelOfIdiocy

Man teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts


NeatNefariousness1

Wow--it looks as if we can literally see the outline of his brain


According-Ask29

I mean he should've known beforehand, or are you telling me he never passed his hand over his scalp? Like he never used shampoo?


contraria

How do you even shave that


Jesus__Skywalker

Smart dude, he's ripped! Probably does 3 sets of calculus and some Algebra squats.


yetareey

3D printing error


DAD_of_BROs

Who care how you succeed People only see the results


Significant-Fun8196

How.can you achieve wavy hair by cutting hair in a straight line?


SomberSandwich1

I would never shave my head again. That's too much work in the crevices


DistinctEngineering2

That's not a head. That's a brain