I decided that since the name of my blog is WHAT WOULD JARED DO I should probably occasionally give advice to people. Or rather my solutions to problems. To begin I thought I would simply begin a series about problem solving tactics that work/worked for me. The first such solution is nudity. I have only used this strategy once but it worked flawlessly.
I stumbled upon using nudity as a problem solving strategy when i was a small child. Growing up i had always hated going to the local barber. He cut hair in the same matter other people used to cut down trees. He didn't so much cut hair as violently attack your scalp by digging a razor into it. I was not a fan of this painful hair-cutting method.
My mother had told me we were going to get my hair cut and that we were going to the barber shop i liked. However, upon arrival my mom noticed that the shop was closed and so continued to drive to the evil painful barber of evil. I immediately stated my displeasure but was still forced into the barber shop.
I sat, nervously, awaiting my time in the dreaded chair. There were 2 maybe 3 people in front of me so i had time to think my way out of this. I tried as much as I could to convince my mom to not force me to get a hair cut at this barbershop. My pleading fell on deaf ears. Now there was only one person between me and the chair. I began to worry. It was then that I noticed the man in the chair was having his eyebrows trimmed. The sight of this sent my worry into full blown panic. What if the evil barber tried to shave my eyebrows off after attacking me with the razor. I HAD TO FIND A WAY OUT. It was then it hit me. In order to escape I would have to do something drastic, something so vile it would cause my mom to flee in shame. I jumped to action. Doing the worst thing i could imagine in my small six year old mind. I sprang out of the chair while my mom was turned around and hurriedly took off all my clothes. My mom now turned around to join the entire room in staring at me. Her look however wasn't the uncomfortable, yet fighting laughter look that the other patrons had. She had a look of sheer terror. She jumped up. Picked up me and my clothes and ran out of the barbershop swearing at me. WE NEVER WENT TO THAT BARBERSHOP AGAIN!
I had won. My twisted little exhibitionist mind had completely destroyed any chance of ever having to go to that barbershop again. I successfully made an entire room of 40-ish year old men watch me, in an uncomfortable fashion, run around naked. I sat in proud silence, in the back of the car. My mom speechless just stared out into space and drove me home.
The lesson here is that nudity is a good problem solving strategy but a dangerous one. It should only be used as a trump card in times of desperation. However when backed in to a corner nudity can be a powerful tool. I suggest using it the next time you are in an argument.
Mean Person: "YOUR MOM!!"
You: "....."
Mean Person: "Why are you naked....I'm leaving, you're weird!"
You: "VICTORY"
It should be stated however that the power of nudity, much like the power of spider-man, requires great responsibility. Do not get nude to solve any problems before thinking of the consequences. Here are a few examples of problems where taking your clothes off is probably not the best course of action:
*BEING PULLED OVER
*WANTING A RAISE
*KIDS WON'T GO TO SLEEP
*GIRL KEEPS REJECTING YOU
*YOU FORGOT YOUR WALLET AND NOW HAVE NOTHING TO PAY THE WAITER.
So use nudity, the ultimate problem solver, safely and when in doubt keep your clothes on.
JARED