Hair-razing!

[charisjulia]

Sheryll wrote:
> Even the best physical shape won't compensate if someone has a head
that just looks wrong bald, IMO. Andy has a perfectly shaped head, 
which is
probably why bald suits him so well. <

Which puzzled Tabouli:

>Ah, yes. That other well-worn justification for razing one's 
locks... the
>perfectly shaped head! Transfixed as I am by the glory of hair (or 
anguished
>as I am by its deliberate absence), I have never managed to 
establish what this
>paragon of skull shapes actually *is*. Can one of you baldness 
admirers
>enlighten me?

Well, try looking at it the other way round: think how * awful* 
somebody with the wrong shape of scalp can look when bald. Think of 
Ronaldo. Ronaldo satisfies Cindy's criteria no prob: world class 
footballer, `nuff said. But * man* does he ever need to do something 
about that head. See, it's the balance between the front and the 
back: a bald head and monkey jaws simply don't mix.


I will however give him one thing: he's * definitely* better off 
without the triangle look. 
 

But on to the subject of hair itself rather than the lack of it. Oh, 
yes, I do think Tabouli is unquestionably right. Hair is glorious 
stuff. I am absolutely, definitely, 100 percent behind hair. Hair is 
lovely. Grow hair! 


See, the marvellous thing about hair is quite simply its variety. 
There is * such* a wide range of different hair types! Coiffures 
innumerable! 

<takes in deep breath>: 

Long, short, thick, thin, straight, curly, wavy, with a fringe, 
without a fringe, bushy, sleek, shiny, rough, layered, black, blond, 
brown, red, auburn, loose, in pony-tails (low? high?), plaits, pig-
tail, bunches, buns, half'n'half, dread-locks, spiked, gelled, 
puffed, rumpled, wind-blown, permed, waved, dyed, with highlights, 
with different coloured streaks, with wispy little locks poking out 
of tubbling--down buns in that way that's so much in fashion now, the 
pudding bowl cut, you name it.  . .  And then of course you can 
mix'n'match: blond long straight hair, thick red curly hair, short 
blue spiked hair. . .. It's amazing really. 


I've got a friend who has one of the reddest heads of hair ever 
possessed by man. In fact he looks exactly how I'd imagine Ron aged 
c.20. It's unbelievable. It's also incredibly practical: enter an 
amphitheatre throbbing with 300 people? Searching for your friends in 
all the multitudes of students before you? No problem! Just look for 
the guy with the red head. A veritable beacon. And it looks *great*.


Then there's another friend of mine who has curls. *Real* curls that 
is, not just hair--mousse--created ones. Corkscrew curls. The kind 
that won't even straighten out when it's wet. And oooooooooooooh, 
they are just soooooooo beautiful. They're thick and shiny and raven- 
black and simply *compel* you to run your hand through them! 


Charis Julia, who thinks it is * so* unfair that most of the guys in 
her life have better hair than she does. It's like eyelashes. Have 
you ever noticed that men have longer and curlier eyelashes than 
women? It's true.  . .