So getting back to hair issues...
This particular hair thing is impossible. It is the weird, more fashionable cousin of the bobby pin but it is absolutely worthless. There's no technique that works for me in trying to get this to stick on my girls' heads for any extended period of time. And according to my wife and daughters, "Duct tape has no place in styling hair." Whatever. I still occasionally give "the old college try" and manage to somehow stick them on their heads for a short while. It should be noted that when I think of college, the last thing that pops into my mind is "trying" however.
Although lacking in the sheer innumerable quantities like the bobby pins, these guys still pose some similar problems: falling off of heads, getting caught in the vacuum cleaner, startling noise made when sucked up into said vacuum cleaner etc. However, unlike it's skinny anorexic relative, this one will make a grown man cry if stepped on with bare feet. (My reference to "grown man cry" doesn't necessarily apply to me. It's just a vague analogy. Seriously, I am very tough as well as macho. No need to verify that with my wife though.)
There are a few differences between the two, however. For whatever reason, I find these continually in the washing machine. I have no idea why exactly but it's crazy. It's almost like the girls allow me to put them in their hair, as if a token gesture to make me feel good about myself, and then when I'm not looking they remove them and put them in their pocket. Inevitably, with this scenario they'd easily end up in the wash. Hmmmm...
In just the right light, these things look like giant bugs. Sort of like winged cockroaches or one of those weird African beetles that people had to eat on Fear Factor. These hair clips can make a person do a double take. Sometimes, if it's a dimly lit room, they might even make a grown man shriek like an adolescent girl thinking it's a large insect. (Again, "shriek like a little girl" does not appertain to this man's man. It's just another totally hypothetical situation. I don't even know how I came up with it. Honestly.)
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