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- From: elliott-bruce@CS.YALE.EDU (Bruce Elliott)
- Subject: Bedhead (was: Re: Newbie Alert!)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.052808.2532@cs.yale.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 05:28:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.121519.1354@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> sac@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:
- >
- >obpeeve: Or how about this one? The ever popular waking up after sleeping
- >and your hair's all messed up. I hate when that happens.
- >
-
- I realize this was just poking fun at the newbie, but I really have to
- respond.
-
- Imagine the three following facts in juxtaposition.
-
- 1. I have fairly long bangs, about 5-6 inches long, and my hair is quite
- straight.
-
- 2. I use hair gel -- some days I use more than others, but I always use
- some to keep aforementioned bangs from obstructing my vision.
-
- 3. I sleep with one pillow under my head and a second one on top of my
- head.
-
- As you can imagine, any sweat produced by my scalp is prevented from
- evaporating by the pillows, it softens the gel, and my hair gets
- plastered into new and interesting shapes by the pillows and held there
- by the gel.
-
- As a result, when I get up in the morning, I have long spikes of hair
- sticking out several inches in random directions, vaguely reminiscent
- of Edward Scissorhands' coif. This means that any social interaction
- with other people, including roommates and the like, must be postponed
- until after my shower since it is very hard to converse with someone
- when they keep pointing at your head and laughing. No amount of combing
- or brushing will quell the phenomenon, a shower is the only cure.
-
- Maybe I should shave my head or something.
-
- Alex Elliott
- The Lemming.
- elliott@minerva.cs.yale.edu
-