Uh-oh, your inner fogey is starting to creep in!

I teach at a public school in California, and many girls dress like, as one of them put it, 'little ho bags.'

For Halloween, one girl got creative and wore a cardboard box on her shoulders, with a cutout for her head, on which perched a lampshade. Hanging off the box was a red satin bra and several other items. A sign on the back of the box explained it all. She was dressed as a one-nightstand. Cuuuuute.

Hootchie-mama was by far the costume of choice this year. Two other girls wore black dresses that had to have been sprayed on, and came down only to the bottom of their pubic hair at best.

So like the true fogey I have become, I have to wonder, as all fogies before me have, 'Where can it possibly go next?'

Paris Hilton is a role model, hooker-chic is in, and I just laugh, remembering that my high school class was the last class where girls were not allowed to wear pants to school, only skirts, and our skirts had to come to the middle of the knee. It was 1970.

If you have daughters, gird yourself! You're going to sound like every father for the last several decades; 'Young lady, you are NOT leaving the house like that!' and get the same disgusted reply, 'Oh DAD.....(rolling of eyes), you're SO unfair. EVERYONE wears this. It's no big deal...:

Maybe you'd like it in "Jesusland" more than you think. *cough cough*

Girls here try, but haven't quite hit upon that level of slutty-chic. Good ol' Midwestern heffer genetics probably keep most of them from exposing more than cleavage, poochie bellies and a bit of ass crack.

Here's to 2% milk, beer-battered fish and German genes. *clink*

mmmm beer battered fish.

mmmmmm... cleavage and a bit of ass crack... daddy likey...

Man oh man is that a clear picture:

"cleavage, poochie bellies and a bit of ass crack."

That's a great name for a band.

i hate it when the comments are funnier than my stories.

damn it.

One would think you'd be used to it by now, Jim. ;)

I'm still a fan of the new age Japenese skirts.

Can’t we just skip all this interim slutty one-upmanship and cut to the chase? Two band aids and a cocktail umbrella.

Nudity would be less provacative than many of the things I've seen on 12-year-old girls. I so feel for men these days. Hell, I feel for myself. How are you supposed to NOT go to jail if a 15-year-old is made up to look 25? Even I can't tell how old girls are these days, I certainly don't expect men to be able to.

This summer, I was working at a festival and this little hottie kept walking by, flirting with me. She was FABULOUS. To be fair, she was dressed pretty reasonably (as in, she had on a long denim skirt and a rather skimpy top), and still looked very sophisticated. She was blonde, and cute, with a fit build, a come-eat-me-please smile and gorgeous eyes. She was also 16!! I am old enough to be here mom!! I felt dirty for days...

shawn, your comment just made me dirty right now.

Always glad to be of assistance, TMJ.

Six inches doesn't even cover my nipple.

Ewww, I totally shouldn't hit post, but I totally will.

I just read the comments too quickly or I need more sleep. For a minute I thought I saw Beer battered cleavage. I like the idea.