Monday, 6 December 2010

Pillow Talk : The Thing About Hair

I am going through a stage at the moment where every time I wash my hair, large amounts of it fall out. I am not going bald or anything. It's just the way things are. I thought you should know this so that the following exchange makes some sense. 

Scene: I have had a bath. Large amounts of my hair are all over the bath. Mr B comes upstairs to bring me a cup of tea. 

Mr B: What is all this mess?

Me: It is an art installation of my hair loss. 

Mr B: Hair In A Bath Tub. I like it. 

* Mr B leaves the bathroom * 

(a few minutes later, in the bedroom)

Me: I have removed my art installation. 

Mr B: That's a shame. 

Me: I have moved it to the toilet. I am now calling it Hair In A Toilet Bowl ..... Mit Pee.

Mr B(looking thoroughly disgusted): Really?

Me: No. There isn't really any pee, but Hair In A Toilet Bowl sounded boring. 

Mr B: That's good. You could start showing them in the Baltic. It was in the news that they are suffering financial cuts from the government so you could support them with a series of art installations in the home. Think : Hair On The Sofa, Hair In The Curry ...

Me: Why Hair In The Curry?

Mr B: It is about the frailty of humanity.