Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Everyone Knows It, But No One Should

I was using a blow-dryer the other day, when a few of someone's hairs that had been caught in the dryer began to smoke. Strange. By the time I was finished, the unpleasant odor of burnt hair had permeated the room and invaded my nostrils. It's quite a foul smell. Then I came to realize that it was, in fact, the first time I had ever really smelled burnt hair. I have a question to all you people who will immediately pipe up when someone says anything about burnt hair. Why the hell do you know what burnt hair smells like? Am I the only person in the world who has managed to avoid catching my head on fire for nigh on twenty years? I find that quite hard to believe. Darwin has officially been proven wrong, if you had any doubt left in your mind. The fittest are clearly not surviving if there are still people out there who are lighting their hair on fire. People, these idiots are everywhere. Watch your back. And your hair.

2 Comments:

Blogger Kristi said...

I first smelled burnt hair when I was in elementary school. I had a pop-tart in the toaster, and leaned over to see how things were coming along, and my hair went into the toaster. Yeah. "That's all I have to say about that."

11:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mmm. Burnt hair. I learned about the curious odor on a camping trip one time. I believe it was Hoxie who got the most joy out of putting a stick in the fire and then burning his leg hairs.

And the highlight of the night around the campfire is when he used spray deoderant under his arm and told me to light it. That's how I know, its hard to forget that. -mpistor-

7:57 PM  

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