What is hair anyway?

Hair is the body covering of mammals growing through the dermis.

It is made up of a protein called Keratin and amino acids.

Beautiful and plentiful Hair has been, and is a most sought after commodity in the human sector of mammals.

Well by saying "...it is sought after" I mean to say it is wanted on the top not so much further down on some chins (definitely not on the female one). Still keeping with the girlies and going further south, pits, legs, etc... the hair or fur is scraped, creamed or ripped away by the roots.

Hair is a multi billion dollar industry world wide. Job opportunities in hair are many. The hairstylysts being the most obvious. Then there are the chemists that work out the proper haircare products and dyes. Mechanical and technical careers are a mega part of the 'hair-movement' when you consider the many types of cutting and styling tools that are used on hair. Scissors, manual and electrical razors, hair dryers and curling irons, hair straighteners. Even the sewing sector comes into the mix by manufacturing hair-scrunchies, bands, bows etc.

Not even the entertainment and music field has to feel left out as there are many productions focusing around the fuzzy stuff. The musicals 'Hair' and 'Hairspray'. If you remember the movie 'Shampoo' with Warren Beatty you're as old as me. Some of the hair-band groups Montly Crue, Poison, Skid Row just to mention a few from the top of my head....

Head-Hair is one of those things that most are not satisfied with. Either too straight, too curly, too fuzzy, too dark, too gray, too thin, too.................. therefore it is nurtured, fertilized into growth , colored, straightened, permed into curls, trained into forming helmets, scrapped off with sharp implements or removed by the roots by high tech lazer treatments.

The lack of is either treated with plugs, rugs, comb-overs or embraced with a spit and polish. (Mind you, according to one of my Dads favorite sayings "There is no such thing as a bald head, only one with a forehead that reaches the ass-end... translated from Hungarian)

Tell me honestly when was the last time you let your hair down? That's what I thought, so why don't you keep your hair on for crying out loud don't tear your hair out by the roots, it's not as if it's a hair raising affair, even though you might think your hair is standing on end and that your hair is on fire but believe me you don't want to be splitting hairs over it all because it really is only a bad hair day, but I think it's as fine as frog hair however it really runs against the hair grain when you say you want me to run my fingers through your hair weave when in fact I should be using the hair of the dog that bit you instead.

15 Common uses for Hair!!!

• Warmth: first and foremost the 'noggin' needs to be kept warm (can be replaced by toque)

• Trophy: scalp on the belt (attractive to accessorize any casual outfit especially great with deer skin garments)
• Garden fertilizer: aerates dirt when mixed with clay (collect by the garbage bags full from the local barber and hairstylists shops---a green alternative to save the landfill sites)
• Veggie protector: sprinkle hair around vegetable garden twice during growing season to keep rabbits and deer from stealing the crop (collect by the garbage bags full from the local barber and hairstylists shops---a green alternative to save the landfill sites)
• Building Material: Birds like to use it in their nest fabrication. It was also used as an additive to plaster walls, all for strenghts.

• Music: Horsetail-hair perfectly strong for bowstrings for the Violin bow

• Fabric/Upholstery: Horse-Hair-Cloth as an interfacing for suits and coats, stuffing in furniture hair mixed with jute and hemp was a norm yesteryear. Soft animal hair used in the making of felt for hats etc
• Ladder: For directions on how this item can be used you need to contact Rapunzel 'www.Rapunzel-let-your-hair-down'. (If she's in a bad mood and says "not by the hair of my chinny chin chin" try, try and try again.)
• Luck Forecaster: In Poland if you pass 3 pure red-heads in a row you will be rich because you will win the lottery.
• Boy or Girl Forecaster : This one has a 50% accuracy rate--- if the hair on the expectant mother grows faster then it did before it is a sure chance of 50 % of being a boy. ( the nursery will look awesome in a mellow butter yellow or a snazzy light mint green just in case its either a boy or a girl)
• Weather Forecaster: If the cats bushy tail is up and the hair on it instead of standing up on end is flattened to one side that means it's windy.

• Love meter reader:In France a bat in the hair will tell of a disastrous love affair (bat is called chauve-souris in french translated meaning bald mouse--- in all honesty it really is not surprising, a bald mouse hanging from either male or female hair is not that appealing)
• Replacement for Psychiatrist: In Missourri folklore tells that a bat in the hair leads to insanity (no doubt)

• Strength: Hair stands for immense strength (just ask Samson he had none after he received a fashionable hair cut)
• Magic: A mermaids magic is in her hair (next time you see one sitting on a rock at the ocean side ask her, with all that salt water I would really like to know how they keep their hair so healthy and soft looking)

pictures by www.sxc.hu

Here is the list of "Hair-y" hubs the HubMob has created.

• A-Simple-Victorian-Hairstyle
• Coiffures-Francaises-or-French-Hairstyles
• The-Wild--Weird-and-Woeful-Hairstyles-of-80s-Pop-Stars
• Shaggalicious--Baby
• Mullet-Haircuts
• Wild-and-Crazy-Halloween-Hairstyles
• Swell--Groovy-Hairdos-of-the-1950s--60s
• The-Return-of-Starship-LaBelle-Coiffure
• Bo-Bobo-and-His-Nosehairs-of-Fury
• Hairstyle-for-Balding-Men
• 4-Cool-Websites-How-Would-You-Look-With-A-Different-Hair-Style
• All-About-Punk-Hair-Styles
• Dirty-Hairy--make-my-day
• Curly-And-Braided-Long-Hairstyles
• Hair-Hare-Here
• Frugal-Hair
• Redheads-Myths--Legends--and-Famous-Red-Hair
• Queen-of-The-Day-Brides-Have-The-Most-Beautiful-Hair
• Curly-Hair-Pictures-and-Tips
• All-About-Various-Popular-Hair-Styles-Their-history-and-how-to-create-them
• The-Art-of-the-Flatop-Haircut
• Hairstyles-To-Die-ForOr-From
• short-hair-versus-long-hair
• Man--The-Hairless-Ape-I-Think-Not
• Having-a-Bad-Hair-Day-Solutions-for-a-disastrous-coupe
• Make-Mine-Bald
• Hair-Wars
• Harebrained-Names-for-Beauty-Salons
• All-Shampoos-Are-Not-Created-Equal-A-Comparison-of-28-Brands
• Choose-your-new-hair-style-Popular-Hair-Styles
• Hairstyles-of-the-British-Court-Whigs-in-Wigs
• My-Hairstyle--DreadLocks
• Super-Glam-Hairstyle-For-Your-Cat
• Popular-Pubic-Hair-Styles-History-and-How-To-Create-Them
• Find-Your-Perfect-Bob-Haircut-Variations-on-the-Bob
• Ringlet-hairstyles--a-look-back-and-their-continuing-popularity
• The-Many-Uses-Of-Hair