The Hair of the Dog that Bit Him (UPDATED)
Hub got a bad haircut yesterday morning -- a really bad haircut. He came home and I barely recognized him. At first glance, I mistook him for one of the guys outside working on the roof.
How bad was it? It was so bad that in the afternoon, he got out his clippers and did a Britney Spears. For all of my readers outside America -- believe it or not, Britney`s scalp is one of the few issues this country takes seriously these days.
I never realized it before, but Hub`s head is perfectly round from the front (and a little flat in the back, from being placed on his back on tatami mats when he was a baby). Some guys look really sexy with shorn scalps -- in fact, the SF Chron has an article about this very trend today.
But Hub looks a lot like a fuzzy ping-pong ball with a goatee and glasses.
At first the kids hated it, and ran away from him screaming. Now they`re warming up to it a bit, and laughing at it, and calling him "Hage-papa."*
(*Japanese for bald papa)
This morning I awoke with a start because at first I didn`t recognize the ping-pong ball-headed dude on the pillow next to me.
I am not sure about what I think of this startling new development in our household. I`m trying to come up with a perfect nickname.
But in the meantime, yes, of course I am calling him,"Britney."
UPDATED to add that when a man is insecure about his appearance, it does not comfort him at all to tell him, "You look cute."
(But he does! And it`s really soft, like a baby`s head. Telling him that doesn`t comfort him, either.)
How bad was it? It was so bad that in the afternoon, he got out his clippers and did a Britney Spears. For all of my readers outside America -- believe it or not, Britney`s scalp is one of the few issues this country takes seriously these days.
I never realized it before, but Hub`s head is perfectly round from the front (and a little flat in the back, from being placed on his back on tatami mats when he was a baby). Some guys look really sexy with shorn scalps -- in fact, the SF Chron has an article about this very trend today.
But Hub looks a lot like a fuzzy ping-pong ball with a goatee and glasses.
At first the kids hated it, and ran away from him screaming. Now they`re warming up to it a bit, and laughing at it, and calling him "Hage-papa."*
(*Japanese for bald papa)
This morning I awoke with a start because at first I didn`t recognize the ping-pong ball-headed dude on the pillow next to me.
I am not sure about what I think of this startling new development in our household. I`m trying to come up with a perfect nickname.
But in the meantime, yes, of course I am calling him,"Britney."
UPDATED to add that when a man is insecure about his appearance, it does not comfort him at all to tell him, "You look cute."
(But he does! And it`s really soft, like a baby`s head. Telling him that doesn`t comfort him, either.)
posted by L. at 1:29 PM
4 Comments:
Oh, poor Hub.
But still, very funny!!
My husband keeps thinking about shaving his head. I keep telling him no. We are used to shaved heads around here, though - my brother and brother-in-law are both Army. It is common for my brother to run his hand over his head and say, "It's a quarter-inch. That's TOO long."
So he looks like the Jack in the Box guy then?
Ray's head is either shaven or his hair is all over the place. No inbetween.
The hair will grow but I suppose hub doesn't want to hear that.
Tell him to go to Chong's on Grant (near Vallejo) in North Beach. Great haircut for $8. I have difficult hair, and have never been tempted to buzz it after a haircut there. Also, you can use it as an excuse to go to Golden Boy afterwards.
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