Dear gransnet

Go on, envious!.... (not that I'll be able to answer it).

We talking hair dye now? I have a question!

DS went through a Goth phase and dyed his hair black while we were out. (he was blond) That night I went to collect him from a friend's party and parked at the end of their drive as usual. I couldn't see him coming but there was a funny white round thing bobbing along in the dark. It was quite scary.....It turned out to be his face!!

The process used on Minibags's hair didn't involve bleach either. In fact the hairdresser said it was better to avoid that. Minibags's hair is dark so if was bleached first, they'd have to redo the roots every two or three weeks. Apart from it costing a fortune, it wouldn't be as nice. It's quite a dark purple and she will go to school with purple hair for the last few weeks of term.

I'm really impressed with the hairdresser, actually. She really knows her stuff and I trust her not to advise anything silly.

No bleach Ana - there are lots of modern hair dyes now that are 'semi-permanent' and wash out after several washes/weeks.

Wouldn't bleach have to be part of the colouring process, though? It could take a looong time to grow out!

Good for minibags. My youngest son once asked me if he could dye his hair blue - I think he was just testing out my response. The deal we agreed was that he could do so as soon as the long summer school holiday began and it must be back to his normal colour for the school start again in September. I quite liked his blue hair, but was equally glad to see his own colour re-emerge at the end of the summer.

Quite!

You have to be careful with that one, jane. Once, a couple of months after my husband had died, I was walking up the hill after taking the grandchildren to school and a man who was walking with me said what a lovely day it was. I burst into tears. Poor man did not know what he'd said.
I do not quite do that now, but he's careful what he says in Spring.

Of course not jen.
I was allowing time for other people to present an opposing argument, for example that wishing people a great day might have a counter-effect and make them feel worse!

Did it really take you half an hour to type that, janea?

Oh go on, Bags.
Tell us what you said.
Or perhaps more interestingly, what mrBags said

One of mine had blue hair for a while, whole head. My hippy cousin then aged 50 said in his slow, hippy dopey voice (despite not having smoked any for over 20 years, he never lost that ability to sound totally stoned ) neee'r mind, it don't ma'''er" -
I wish I could say she grew out of it but she didn't'…...

Good for her thatbags!
I followed a young girl with rainbow striped long hair in Bath this morning, very striking!

dioped?! dipped

Minibags has purple hair. All of it, not just dioped like last time.

Right. There is increasing evidence that maintaining a positive outlook is beneficial to health.

Furthermore, the powers of suggestibility are such that if you exhort someone to have a great day, it is more likely than not, that they will.

Therefore, suggesting on GN that everyone have a great day will, in some cases, have a beneficial effect and spreads a little kindness.

So there [sticky out tongue emoticon]

Half hour please! Double spaced and submitted in triplicate of course!

Why not?

Do you want the 10-minute argument or the full half-hour Galen?

Why?

Have a great day, everyone

Oh no we're not, jane

I have to be careful as to what I say or I will be accused of 'winding' people up, so I try to be tactful (really).