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I was getting on the train today in Osaka and noticed a man walking down the platform with his hand hovering over his head. I wondered for a second and then realized he was protecting his toupee from flying off when he walked by the air con blowers. I hate the air conditioners in the trains. My hair is really thin. When I have a good hair day, the last thing I want is the air con flopping my strands from one side to the other making me look like every other Japanese boy on the train. I have to constantly handle my hair and find the right place to stand or else the inevitable will happen. Felt sorry for the guy. Although, he IS wearing a toupee. He knew the risks when he bought it.
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6 Comments posted on "Subway Toupee Getaway"
Betty Woo on May 26th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
You think *he* had problems? From Japundit.com (where I also hang out): http://japundit.com/archives/2007/05/16/6012/ And, yeah. I linked your dry humour video on youtube I, of course, didn’t realize what the photo showed because, well… I have ‘17-year-old Japanese boy-hair’ (except the colour’s different) and I can’t figure out what ‘balding’ actually is since all the wimmins in the mater/pater families have *a lot* of luscious Japanese boy-hair. At least, it seems like that in some old family photos… .
Freakshow on May 27th, 2007 at 7:42 am
Back when I was 25ish, I was riding on a crowded train in Nagoya. I was sitting down and behind me were two kids. One of the kids started blowing on my head lifting the hair that was coving my bald spot. Wasn’t real happy at the time, but laughed my ass off when I thougt about it from their perspective. My favorite Japanese use of English? Ba- Codo (Bar Code): used to describe when a man combs a long patch of hair to cover a bald spot. Like Bill Murray in the movie Kingpin.
Mike on May 27th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
I’m so happy that I’m not the only sad case in this world. Why do we even NEED hair these days. I say we do a conference video call and shave our heads. Wait. No. I would look really stupider.
Betty Woo on May 28th, 2007 at 4:29 am
Mikey… haven’t you realized that as you get older, your hair migrates down off your head and into your ears and nose and down your back? Did you not get the evolutionary memo on this? It is the male equivalent of female boob-drop. We, of course, can get boob-lifts. You’re stuck with plugs and Rogaine… .
Betty Woo on May 31st, 2007 at 10:42 am
I thought of all you geographically-challenged-non-hirsute-y guys when I read this: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070531TDY02007.htm. For archiving sake: “Social Insurance Agency official who had been arrested for stealing a purse from a locker at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, stole a total of 1.6 million yen in 28 instances of theft in the ministry and the Environment Ministry, as he needed money for hair growth treatment, police said Wednesday.”
Mike on June 4th, 2007 at 7:52 am
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Hope you don’t mind the public seeing it… .
Peace.
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