Two unrelated things

[hummingwolf]

This evening I listened to something on TV where one of the speakers was a man from somewhere in Africa (I forget where, alas). This was followed by a program where the main interviewee had a Texan accent, after which I tuned into the BBC World News. I now have no idea how to pronounce any word at all and may be reduced to trying to communicate via hand gestures and eyebrow twitches for the rest of the weekend.

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You know how some shampoos use as their selling point the fact that they make your hair stronger? Did you ever see the ones where a long-haired woman could tie her hair to some large, heavy, immovable object and pull the thing apart as she walked away? Those advertisements really should warn you about the disadvantages of having non-brittle hair. How about when your long hair goes down the drain, wraps itself around random screws (or whatever jagged bits are in your plumbing) and cannot be easily removed because that hair simply refuses to break? Having to untie slimy knots of hair when you're trying to perform routine bathroom maintenance is really not my idea of fun, let me tell you.

Comments

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

Scissors. That's how I untangle the vacuum cleaner.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yes, some type of sharp blade seems to be best for dealing with the knot, except I don't know who has one that's small enough to fit into the removable part of the drain.

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

Excuse me; suction cleaner.

[lingmao.livejournal.com]

I cut my long, strong hair short last year because I'd become the destroyer of vacuums. I was having to replace the vacuum cleaner every three years or so, due to burned out motors. And yeah, the drain thing. Ick. At least when my hair is only a couple of inches long, it sweeps up nicely or washes away down the drain.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm going to need to get my long, stronger-than-it-needs-to-be hair cut soon, mostly because I'm tired of it trying to strangle me in my sleep. I don't think it's destroying our vacuum cleaners, though--nobody vacuums enough around here anyway!