The mystery of sideburns

The typed version of this story is not going to do it justice, but I'm going to try.

In the bag of goodies that Jerod received for being the mini mascot there was a set of fake sideburns. For those of you that are less Twins obsessed than the Holts, here's the necessary background information. Joe Mauer, hometown hero from St. Paul who now plays for the Twins is notorious for his sideburns. Last year one of the game day promotions was 'first 10,000 fans to the ball park get a set of Mauer sideburns.' They apparently had some leftover, so Jerod ended up with a set.

Today Jerod walked up to me, fake sideburns in hand, and asked, "Does Joe Mauer wear the same sideburns for every game?". For some reason this struck me as hilarious. I explained that men can grow them and that Joe's are made of his very own hair that he had grown.

Jerod replied, looking at the sideburns in his hands, with another question.

"So these are Joe's real hair?," he asked with a look of genuine concern.

I explained that they were fake, just a costume sort of thing. It was definitely a moment of a kid saying (without explicitly stating it), 'grownups must be idiots, what is with fake sideburns??!!'.

I hear you, Jerod!