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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2004PING Marina
You think you have problems with long hair... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3829821.stm "Vietnam man hopes for hair record A Vietnamese man who has not had a hair cut in 31 years hopes to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest hair in the world. Tran Van Hay, 67, has hair which is now 6.2 meters (20 feet) long, according to Vietnam's state-controlled press. A local official said Mr Tran stopped having haircuts after one made him ill. "He can't work anymore as a farmer because of the volume of hair so he's just collecting herbs for traditional medicine as charity work," he said. According to the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper, Mr Tran last washed his hair six years ago, and now usually ties it up and covers it with a scarf. The paper said he had not yet approached the Guinness World Records to get his claim authenticated. According to the organisation's web site, the current record holder is Hoo Sateow, a man from northern Thailand. His hair was measured in 1997 at 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in)." Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > You think you have problems with long hair... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3829821.stm > > "Vietnam man hopes for hair record Hehe. Well at least I won't make that mistake. And EW! Not wash it for six years?? -- Marina, who's a bit groggy from the dentist's anesthesia (third and last root canal under way) >And EW! Not wash it for six >years?? That was my reaction. I wonder if he has mice living in it?? Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > >And EW! Not wash it for six > >years?? > > That was my reaction. I wonder if he has mice living in it?? > > Cheers, helen s Among other things... And did you see that picture??? Looked like one humongous matted dredlock! > --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- > to get correct one remove fame & fortune > h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >>And EW! Not wash it for six >>years?? > > That was my reaction. I wonder if he has mice living in it?? I'd be more inclined to think six-legged (rather than four-legged) vermin! >>You think you have problems with long hair... >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Hehe. Well at least I won't make that mistake. And EW! Not wash it for six > years?? Of course, my hair is short, but if I go more than THREE DAYS without washing it, I'd just as soon not be seen in public! Purrs for your tooth to stop hurting, Marina,  SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Marina, who's a bit groggy from the dentist's anesthesia (third and last > root canal under way) >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3829821.stm >> "Vietnam man hopes for hair record > Hehe. Well at least I won't make that mistake. And EW! Not wash it > for six years?? That's why it looks like one big dreadlock! Joyce > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3829821.stm > >> "Vietnam man hopes for hair record > > > Hehe. Well at least I won't make that mistake. And EW! Not wash it > > for six years?? hmmm I wonder if they shouldn't make him wash before measuring for the record - after all he might loose some inches (or feet) once all the crud is gone >That's why it looks like one big dreadlock! Yep SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > hmmm I wonder if they shouldn't make him wash before measuring for the > record - after all he might loose some inches (or feet) once all the > crud is gone Actually, I think he'd *gain* some inches after the crud is gone, and all those tangles are undone. (I sure wouldn't want the job of untangling all that... and it would take one big bottle of conditioner!) Joyce > You think you have problems with long hair... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > A Vietnamese man who has not had a hair cut in 31 years hopes to get into the > Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest hair in the world. That hair is horrible. There's a woman who I used to see occasionally around the town centre who had waist length, matted grey hair. It was disgusting, you could see things moving in it, I swear. I was so tempted, every time I saw her, to take scissors to it. *shudders* Jeanette Ugh! -- Joy Normal is in the eye of the beholder. -- Whoopie Goldberg > You think you have problems with long hair... > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >You think you have problems with long hair... > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > >--Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Wonder if that was the origin of the expression "knothead"? > You think you have problems with long hair... > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > His hair was measured in 1997 at 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in)." The photo looks fake. For a start, the one big dreadlock looks far too thick, people simply don't have that much ahir. Secondly, dreadlocks tend to be in the *plural*, not one big one all the way from the top of the head. Third is that its width changes - If it was real hair, it owuld be thickest at the top and thinnest at he bottom. Fourthly,the colour is wrong. Its brown - if he's Vietnamese it should have been black except for the fact that a 67 year old would have conderably *grey* hair. And last of all, if you look closely you can see the hair around his face and ears is quite smooth and wispy and grey and it appears that the "dreadlock" is sitting above his head like a hat. Dreadlocks start from the *scalp*. And lastly, although its possible for straight-haired people to have dreadlocks, its usually those people who have really curly hair that get dreadlocks; those of us with straighter hair just tend to get gruesome tangles. Vietnamese people are not known for their 'fros. The story may be correct, but I'm quite sure the picture is a fake. Sorry. Yowie "Yowie" <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> had some very interesting things to say about Re: PING Marina: >The photo looks fake. For a start, the one big dreadlock looks far too >thick, people simply don't have that much ahir. Secondly, dreadlocks tend to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >The story may be correct, but I'm quite sure the picture is a fake. >Sorry. I only dispute one of your claims, namely #4, regarding color. Reemmber, this guy hasn't washed his hair [allegedly] in six *years*. That brown is probably dirt and grime, IMO. Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL > "Yowie" <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> had some very interesting > things to say about Re: PING Marina: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Reemmber, this guy hasn't washed his hair [allegedly] in six *years*. > That brown is probably dirt and grime, IMO. Could well be true. I can't imagine washing my hair for *six years*. My goodness, the itch!. (the stench?) V. |
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