Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

This morning, I saw a woman walking down the street. That, in itself, is not unusual; however, as she walked away, she presented an unusual view. Her hair had been tinted or streaked in sections, but the way she combed it, it looked blonde on one side and light brown on the other. I wanted to go after her and tell her how strange this looked, but realized this might cause a problem.

Me: “Mam, uh, hi, are you aware your hair on the back of your head is brown on the left and blonde on the right?”

Her: “Leave me alone, you @#!$%&, or I’ll call the cops!”

What clinched staying out of it, was the memory of seeing another woman this morning at our coffee stand. Her hair was in cornrows, but her black hair was interwoven with red hair or something that looked like red hair. Another woman came up behind her and complimented her on her look. She then said she thought the woman’s hair might also look good in blue and black. The woman responded by saying the previous color had been blue and black.

Back in the 60’s, the Beatles started it all with their mop heads, beards and moustaches. Before that, styles might have been a bit strange at times, but were nothing like we have today. Today, one can go shopping and see almost any style, from sideburns, to deliberately bald, to long, to short, to blue, to badly streaked, to Santa Claus beards, to red and blue cornrows.

Yes, I think it was a wise decision not to go after that woman on the street. If I had caught up with her, she might have snatched my head bald. Hmmmm, I wonder how that would look.