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[davemac]

There is something about people who wear a "syrup" other people never mention it, and pretend it is not there, yet if you are bald or fat or old (you get the picture) other people think it funny to mention it, or include it in a joke. So life must be miserable if you are a fat, bald, pensioner.,

[cashman]

Originally Posted by davemac

There is something about people who wear a "syrup" other people never mention it, and pretend it is not there, yet if you are bald or fat or old (you get the picture) other people think it funny to mention it, or include it in a joke. So life must be miserable if you are a fat, bald, pensioner.,

Well once noticed a mate wi a syrup dave n it was the first thing i mentioned.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by davemac

There is something about people who wear a "syrup" other people never mention it, and pretend it is not there, yet if you are bald or fat or old (you get the picture) other people think it funny to mention it, or include it in a joke. So life must be miserable if you are a fat, bald, pensioner.,

well I'm fat and a pensioner, but have a no1 cut as I still have a decent head of hair

[MargaretR]

Womens wigs don't get the scorn that mens toupees do.
Tina Turner, Cher and Burley Chassis openly use them frequently, if not daily.

I have four fashion wigs in various lengths, styles and shades of blonde.
I named them after celebrities -
Marilyn, Joan Rivers, Brigitte, and Kim(Novak).

When I was in my early 60s I regularly 'gallivanted' on five day/four night coach trips,
It amused me to 'dress for dinner' using a different wig every day.
Some old biddies thought I was spending every afternoon in the hairdressers.
One witty coach driver remarked 'Do you have a Sinéad O'Connor?'

[cashman]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

Womens wigs don't get the scorn that mens toupees do.
Tina Turner, Cher and Burley Chassis openly use them frequently, if not daily.

I have four fashion wigs in various lengths, styles and shades of blonde.
I named them after celebrities -
Marilyn, Joan Rivers, Brigitte, and Kim(Novak).

When I was in my early 60s I regularly 'gallivanted' on five day/four night coach trips,
It amused me to 'dress for dinner' using a different wig every day.
Some old biddies thought I was spending every afternoon in the hairdressers.
One witty coach driver remarked 'Do you have a Sinéad O'Connor?'

I agree but fer some reason womens syrups seem much harder to detect?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

I agree but fer some reason womens syrups seem much harder to detect?

Well not if your bald one day and a ravishing blond the next

[Margaret Pilkington]

Nooooooo! Cashy, you aren't looking hard enough.
I think that many women can spot another woman wearing a wig, but we don't mention it because it might be that the lady has had chemo, and lost her hair and is waiting for her own to come back - or it just maybe she wants a temporary change of style or colour.

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Nooooooo! Cashy, you aren't looking hard enough.
I think that many women can spot another woman wearing a wig, but we don't mention it because it might be that the lady has had chemo, and lost her hair and is waiting for her own to come back - or it just maybe she wants a temporary change of style or colour.

NHS wigs are notoriously unrealistic but the fashion wig industry has made great inroads into realism.

If you put the wig on in the right way it takes VERY close scrutiny to tell its not real.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

NHS wigs are notoriously unrealistic but the fashion wig industry has made great inroads into realism.

If you put the wig on in the right way it takes VERY close scrutiny to tell its not real.

A friend of mine was diagnosed with very agressive leukaemia in her early forties. She was fitted for an NHS wig which was horrible....she hated it and thought it could be spotted a mile off. She went to see a hiardresser friend, who thinned it and trimmed it....it did look better once this had been done.
It didn't get much wear. My friend preferred her colourful scarves and when she got confidence.....a bare head.
When her hair did grow back it was curly and she hadn't one grey hair.
She has now been in remission for 20 years....and is considered cured.(though she always crosses her fingers when she says that)

[cashman]

I wasn't referring to N.H.S. syrups, was meaning the fancy uns.

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

'4 blonde wigs,!!! that bit disappeared when I highlighted it!!

I named them after celebrities -
Marilyn, Joan Rivers, Brigitte, and Kim(Novak).

When I was in my early 60s I regularly 'gallivanted' on five day/four night coach trips,
It amused me to 'dress for dinner' using a different wig every day.
Some old biddies thought I was spending every afternoon in the hairdressers.
One witty coach driver remarked 'Do you have a Sinéad O'Connor?'

So, MargaretR, on the quiet you're a little raver!

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I have four fashion wigs in various lengths, styles and shades of blonde.
I named them after celebrities -
D

In fact, while the weather is like this would you mind lending me one?

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

In fact, while the weather is like this would you mind lending me one?

"Get ahead - get a hat"

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

"Get ahead - get a hat"

I did but it doesn't keep my ears warm-your Marilyn wig would!
Although I fancy the Kim Novak one.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by cashman

Well once noticed a mate wi a syrup dave n it was the first thing i mentioned.

I suppose if he was a mate, he might have expected some ribbing, but if you met someone for the first time with a syrup, apart from not being able to take your eyes off it, you wouldnt mention it. Its the elephant in the room