Oh my Lord, she shrieked as she looked into the mirror,
had she read the directions wrong, she wanted blond hair
and now she had this vivid orange halo around her scalp.
Fear gripped her heart as she dropped the bottle of peroxide
on the floor. She opened the door to the medicine chest
where her deceased husband kept his hair clippers and with
all the dexterity she had in her aged hands, quickly erased
that ugly color from her head. Quickly on line she googled wigs,
finding a nice blond one.. Thank goodness for Technology.
Saved by a mouse.
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I just joined a new group Genre Shortys and they have to be 100 words or less and use two words, one was orange and one was fear, five were given, so I wrote this in about two minutes, can't you tell, and put it up and then read the Genre this week is Sci Fi, so will find another two minutes and write for this group, Thanks for being kind to me, sorry Kay, if you happen upon this, I will do your group, I think a lot of people will enjoy it. Can be serious or funny, I guess I chose what I thought was humor,
So, you became a carrot top and decided on the bald look with changable hair pieces?
i hope this didnt happen in real life,, if so,,, you still have inter beauty
I loved this drabble.
You got me!!! I wasn't expecting such a cute ending. A very fun read. Thank you.
I have heard if this happening to people before......
cute story, and I too hope it's not a true one.....
thanks Elsie........
This was fun to read. Well done.
Wonderful story.
I love the bad hair day story, though fiction. I'm sure that some of your readers will have had unexpected results with hair color manipulation and can relate.
Whew, for a moment there, I thought the bad hair nightmare was real. My worst one was purple that turned to green after 3 weeks. It was the 80s.
this has me still chuckling - saved by the mouse, lol!
Thanks for the early morning giggle, Elsie! This is the first thing I opened this morning on Gather... So glad it's a fun read!
:-)
Good one, Elsie! I like the way this begins with a woman shreiking and ends with a mouse. Usually those two events are stuck together in a sort of cliche, but you've used them to frame your piece instead.
I can see it happening too. Thanks for sharing.
This is really cute! Technology to the rescue.
... armed with mice!
Very cute. While trying to lighten my hair, I once turned my hair a kind of greenish orange. Very ugly. Russ bought me a box of dark bown hoping that would cover it. All the while I was applying it I worried that my hair would be so dry and brittle with coloring it twice in a few hours that it would fall out.
I liked it, elsie, for it happened to me once, with the vivid orange... I just wore a smile with it until it was long enough to CUT...
Great story. I can just feel the panic when she looked in the mirror, what a great ending.
very entertaining... I wonder if this is how ladies feel when they die their hair only for it to come out with that bluish tint!
This is really good Elsie!! I know the feeling of panic when my hair comes out a different color than I want it to be!!!
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Oh, Elsie, this is so funny!!!! I know people that have had this happen to them. I guess that is why I was always a chicken to dye my hair!!
good job on it :)
Sounds like quite a few of us have had similar expereinces.
LOL Elsie, that was just darn right funny. Any blonde or x-blond has had at least one experience with their hair ending up orange, green, or purple. If it turns out orange, never use brown to cover up. You will really get a bad color.
I love the article my dear.
The mouse has saved many a day.
LOL Cute one grandma!!! Loved it!