Beware public transport..

OUCH!

Country Girl, Your pain was her gain. Had you not had long hair, and in a ponytail, she might have broken a bone. Lucky for her you have long hair.

Hi Cornczech,

Welcome to the long hair party! er, the long hair gang... er, the long hair group.

I share Jacqui's disgust. Regarding the nasties at the club, I don't think it has anything to do with Milwaukee vs Chicago. A certain 5-letter word beginning with "b" comes to mind. Their hearts are filled with envy.

I've heard of horror stories involving buses (and bus benches) and movie theaters. As Chris says, never take the safety of your hair for granted. Sad but true.

Cornczech - that's APPALLING. I am not sure, but I am pretty sure that I would have turned the g$%#d*&( thing around and tried to burn one of them back! I just don't get the inner evil that exists in people.

jacqui

nfys wrote: I read in a magazine a girls story about when a stranger cut off her long hair when he was sat behind her on a bus, so I'm ALWAYS wary now.

Scary Scary Scary

I agree about the screws! OUCH

Uzi, that's really terrible. Was the bus packed? I always sit on the side-ward seat behind the driver on the way to work, but I'm lucky that's only on Saturdays.

I read in a magazine a girls story about when a stranger cut off her long hair when he was sat behind her on a bus, so I'm ALWAYS wary now.

My hair doesn't get stuck in things too often. However, in an elevator in my building, there is a sign screwed to the wall, and sometimes I absentmindedly lean back on it (I'm on the top floor so it's a long ride), and a few strands will get stuck to a screw. Also, when I used to carry a backpack, my hair would sometimes get stuck under the shoulder straps, but now I carry a messenger bag and that's not as much of a problem.

P.S. Elissa - thanks for the compliment.

I don't think my hair is pretty as such, but it is unusual or so I've been told.

I can't believe someone had the nerve to touch your hair like that, how infuriating! Although it is something of a compliment...it was so pretty that she obviously couldn't help herself!

I haven't taken the bus in a long time, but when I did, now that I think of it people were always pulling my hair by accident--either by grabbing the rail on the back of my seat (flyaways would always get under the hand somehow) or by sitting next to me in horizontal seating, hairs would just somehow get wedged behind a shoulder or arm. My hair does tend to go off on it's own, but most of the time when this would happen the person would apologize and I'd smile or say "that's ok" or some such thing. Usually it was my hair's fault. But I never had someone touch it intentionally! In NYC that could get someone a punch in the face, or worse! Most people in the city are smart enough to keep to themselves. I would imagine it's the same in London?

Hugs back, Dave .

I wonder if my hair will ever make it to my knees?

Long Hair Forever!!!

(just felt like saying that really loudly)

I once had a girl in a cinema put up her feet on my hair, I was letting it fall down the back of my seat. Not very pleasant. But she was as embarrassed as I was.

And I once sat on a bus with a very big haired woman in front of me, and since the seats were so close together, I actually felt that her hair was invading my space. I would not have been able to read a magazine or a book without getting her hair tangled up in it. So it goes the other way round as well, I guess. I mean, how much fun is it to get a big hat in your face when you´re watching a stage? Maybe we need to think about where we put our hair, sometimes. Not that that´s an excuse for anyone to touch us or make comments about us!