I wanna say, "I bet his parents are *so* proud..." but, hell, they might well be!
And he wonders why the investment banking firm didn't give him an offer...

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*that they had to search for 2 days and a 10 mile radius to find said neighbor is conveniently ommitted.
Will would have an aneurism if that showed up on our doorstep....
I'd just get the glock.
My dear departed Dad used to have an expression that he used to point any of my associates that he thought beyond his behavioral pale; he would say, "If God sent me a son like that, I'd take him to the river and hold him under."
Now get out!!!!!
Perhaps we are missing a golden opportunity here...
As we are regarded in certain parts of the world as the "Great Satan", wonder what the effect would be of a division or two of these fellows being deployed?
With of course, the obligatory Death Metal music blaring ala Ride of the Valkyries......
Dinna think a 'Fritz' is gonna fit on those noggins though.
Now I know how they feel over at the Palin's home right now. Happy times over at Wasila right now.
From the looks of him, I don't think your daughters would interest him.
The Livestock of Argghhh!, on the other hand...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TugslL45aXk
That said folks like him are why I intend to install an electro magnet in my front door frame when the little Spite starts dating.....
...which wont be until she is drawing Social Security.....
I don't know Eric. When one hires there are minimum standards. Sure they could overlook wonderchild's charm and beauty in a low customer contact job but the police records could be quite troublesome.
But the reality is that we all wear the "uniform" of whatever sub-culture we associate with, and we wind up looking just like everyone else in that sub-culture.
Preppies dress and look like preppies, head-bangers dress and look like head-bangers, rednecks dress and look like rednecks, gangstas dress and look like gangstas, Goths dress and look like Goths, etc etc, ad nauseum.
He looks just like every other tattoo and piercing freak out there.
[Sniff,sniff]
I think Frank just went all professional on us.
So,l where does Polo-wearing fat bearded gun-nut fit?
Yep. The good ol' Uniformed Code of Social Rebellion.
Regulations and standards are no where as harshly enforced than in those various groups that are rebelling against regulations and standards.
Wonder what fine establishment hired him to work for them?