When You Know You Shouldn't

[nicebloke1]

You know you shouldn't laugh but you just can't help it.Got into my car yesterday on a carpark and thought I would just have a snack before driving off. Walking to her car was a woman who had got to be in her mid 70s. She had bright pink hair, when I say bright pink it really was bright. It looked like she had a fairground candyfloss stuck on her head. What drives someone that age to look like this. I've seen young girls have their hair done like this but eh, they are young kids. This woman looked nuts. :0))))

[davebro3]

People have limited means of self expression, if she likes her appearance why should anyone else bother.

cf - Vivienne Westwood!

[pastafreak]

Why shouldn't she? At 70, she probably doesn't care what people think of her means of self expression. Good for her.

WARNING...by Jenny Joseph 

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

[maggiebee]

Poem by Jenny Joseph

 

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised when suddenly I am old and start to wear purple.

[nicebloke1]

Apart from the color it looked like a half eaten candyfloss. :0))

[maggiebee]

Oops Pasta you beat me to it lol.  

[johnny.5]

wow  ^ that's my mum lol

[ToraToraTora]

Radio rental. They claim it's about individuality! That is rowlocks of course if you want that have no tough stickers, piercings etc then you will be unusual!

[nicebloke1]

Do you think some fairy lights would have completed the job :0)

[maggiebee]

Really nobody's business - why do you feel the need to comment nicebloke?  Watch your toupee doesn't fly off in the wind.

[pastafreak]

Funny isn't it Maggie that it's the men who are a bit judgemental. Life has to be fun.

I'd planned on purple hair for my old age, but decided that with my luck, I'd be allergic to the dye. 🤣😅😆

[Canary42]

Unsurprising burst of ageism on this thread.  

[nicebloke1]

Pasterfreak 11.13. Life has to be fun? Very true, hence my humorous OP. But try humour on AB and.......

[Canary42]

There's a difference nicebloke between innocent humour and mocking someone as mental. But you knew that didn't you.

[nicebloke1]

Have a day off lovey :0)

[ladybirder]

I'd have laughed as well NB1.  I don't even like the young ones doing it.  Never did it myself.  A few blonde streaks at the front was as far as I went.

[naomi24]

I say good for her!  It's not my style but if she likes it, why not?  It's fun - and it takes courage.

[nicebloke1]

To be honest LB the odd streak, even faint purple don't look to bad. But this was shocking. You know when some days you get the giggles when you see something and you just cant stop laughing :0)) May be she's trying to cut back on the electric bill by not switching the lights on when she gets up in the night for a wee wee. :0)

[nicebloke1]

Its fun, well it made me laugh. But maybe she had the last laugh because she got into a 2 year old BMW , guess what color? BLACK. couldn't work that one out, unless her husband decided on that color.

[carrot99]

Why would she need a husband to have a nice car?  

[naomi24]

What's wrong with a black BMW?