Okay horse people, guess what? They don't wear hairnets in Germany. Yeah, I KNOW.
The reason that this gets it's own entry is because a few weeks ago I sat down after riding at the table where the rest of the team was, and took my helmet off. When it was revealed that I was wearing a hairnet, they all went nuts, and everyone simultaneously burst out with "So that's what you're doing with your hair!" "I couldn't figure it out!" "How do you do it?" And I had to demonstrate.
Then again today I was sitting with a girl, and started to put my helmet on, and she was absolutley fascinated by me putting on the hairnet Okay, and I've gotten quite good at doing this on the first try (RU horseshows! No more will you laugh), and it takes me all of about 50 seconds, but she just didn't understand. "Why do you do it?" she asked, "It just looks so overly complicated." And I, totally at a loss as to how to explain something as fundamental as hairnets, just said "I don't know, tradition I guess." And she said, "How silly. Usually we're the ones with stupid riding traditions."
Stupid riding traditions? But it's just, like, a hairnet!
What do they do instead? They don't do anything, they just let te ponytail hang out the back of the helmet. I'm all for embracing anything and everything European, but Not Wearing A Hairnet has officially joined Going Topless in Public on the list of things I absolutley will never ever not-even-if-you-paid-me do.
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2 comments:
i still remember your first show, we were standing in the aisle of woodedge and mom was trying to figure out how to put up your hair. well, your first first show you actually had to miss since i gave you the stomach virus i had, but yeah. =D
wondering how hairnets became that big of a deal,
amy
...those germans are big in dressage. How do they get their hair under those cute hats? DO they all have crewcuts? ...got to send George Morris over to Germany!
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