Sunday, November 11, 2012

Hurricane Hair

A web search shows hurricane hair to be a fad hair style for young men. But older people can be afflicted as well. Here's an alternative definition.

hur-ri-cane hair

noun     1. A condition in which hair sticks out in all directions, typically following ill-advised backyard reconnaissance during a violent windstorm. Can be exacerbated by oily conditions due to unavailability of hot showers during power outages. Recent breakthroughs in medical research show a higher incidence of hurricane hair among geniuses, rendering Princeton particularly vulnerable.

Here, a typical backyard scene in Princeton, NJ, following Hurricane Sandy, in which a homeowner not yet recovered from hurricane hair inspects a partially blown down tree, wondering what farm the exotic fowl might have blown in from. Could this be the new normal?

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