On Sunday The Independent UK reported North Korea launched a movement against hairstyles seen as "untidy" or "foreign." The Battle of the Free Flowing Follicle was said to be ordered by leader Kim Jong-Il.
Similar to a TGI Friday's grooming section in the corporation's employee manual, the country's men must keep their hair short and the women must pull their hair back.
As stated in The Independent, the Seoul-based Good Friends newsletter said that the new hair rules were passed down from Jong-Il himself and will be enforced by a state body called Central Youth Union Committee.
Jong-Il apparently was offended when a female sales clerk's mane smelled not of the fragrant herbs of Bi Dan shampoo, but of the filthy stench of freedom: "Is she really our own Korean woman? Why is she giving up our own traditional beauty and choosing to model bad foreign habits of the capitalist?" they quoted Kim as saying.
Also, Jong -Il will be jumping on the "no tight pants" bandwagon, following the province of Aceh, Indonesia, which passed law banning Muslim women from wearing tight pants. The North Korean leader commanded "that women should not wear skirts above the knee, tight trousers, flared trousers or any garment that reveals the body's contours."
Do you know what is great about living in America? I can open my laptop, Google any subject, log on to any website and say, um, upload a picture of Kim Jong-Il and proceed to give him any foreign or untidy hairstyle I want. I can also post it on a blog.
Sniff. Sniff. Ahhhh! Do I smell the sweet and fruity scent Garnier Nutrisse hair gel? Or is it the luscious odor of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution?
Beyonce Jong-Il
Posh Jong-Il
Gwyneth Jong -Il
And finally, my favorite:
Rihanna Jong-Il
