Wednesday, July 02, 2008

On his baldness

Little brothers, regardless how much taller they are, are still little in the eyes of everyone. Ok fine- me. Which was why it was rather disconcerting to find that one fine morning he's interested in the mug that he sees in the mirror and has a fetish for hair care. It is, was and always will be the hair care part of it that leaves the hapless bystanders tearing their hair in exasperation.

You see, unlike most guys who love to splock on whatever goop they can get onto their hair in the name of "styling" my brother went the other way. Exhibiting his undoubtably hirsute scalp which looked like a black rainforest, he said-
"Chechi, I'm going bald."

It was with this small statement began a saga of mythical proportions- and an endless stream of potions and elixirs that supposedly increase hair growth. It wouldn't have beeen so bad if he had kept his paranoia to himself. But noooo. We family members had to listen to all the myriad proof of his baldness- which, if it were true, was as easy to notice as a microbe. He'd point out his side parting as the beginnings of a baldspot. If the Chinese had had the oppurtunity to confer with my sibling, chinese torture would have been more effective.

And the anticlimax of the whole business is that last week he went and shaved his head- Clean, shining, BALD.
????
Boys,Guys, Men- the mind bogles at their convoluted logic. And they call women the eternal enigma. I say - "HAH!".

7 comments:

Anush said...

and she is BACK!!!!!

with a superbly hilarious post at that!!!!!

hey dnt blame ur bro, its the fad these days!

hey, men are allowed to be fashinable too!!!

nice post!

finally u quench my thirst!

missed u!

iAM said...

ah yes, the insanity of men.. and they have the .... teh gumption to call us confused??? hee hee, your bro s gonna look even more baccha with teh new bald look... awww.. :)

iAM said...

awesome title too... was this after your milton class??

AtomicGitten said...

Why thank you crazybugga, your enhusiasm warms my heart :D
Humph! Some fad! It would hae been perfectly alright if he hadn't been soobssessed with his hair before hegot rid of it.
And fashionable men are alright.I have nothing against them.

Thanks :D

AtomicGitten said...

Exactky Fen'huang,Exactly! The nerve of them!:D Hmm... you have raised a good point with the whole bacha-ness. Perhaps I have reclaimed my baby brother :P

And in all truthfullness, I really wasn't thinking of Milton when I titled this post.

Jan said...

Hey who the hell is this Fen'huang character? She is a new friend at the uni, right? Right? You like her better than me, don't you? don't you? DON'T YOU?!

*sulks*

AtomicGitten said...

Jan, darling, meet Golgit.