Comments on: Whoops…The Worst Haircovering Malfunctions

By: Miranda

Miranda — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:12:33 +0000

I enjoyed reading these! I typically wear a white flowing veil but occassionally will wear the Mennonite style cap. I’m studying to be a midwife and my 4-year-old sister, Hannah, associates anyone who covers as a midwife. (I’ve tried to explain, but she just doesn’t undestand. )

We were out yard-saling and there was a group of Amish ladies near us. Hannah cries, “Look, Miranda, there’s midwives!” It was a bit embarrassing…I don’t know if they heard or not. She just did it again yesterday…..

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:19:43 +0000

I am glad I am not the only one who has issues with this.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:12:13 +0000

I have never heard of all these different types of hair coverings.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:08:50 +0000

I just retweeted this.

By: Lydia G

Lydia G — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:48:24 +0000

Haha, these are very funny!
I don’t cover for religious reasons, I just do it as a fun hair accessory!

Thanks for the fun post.

By: Judith

Judith — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:14:16 +0000

I wasn’t all that religious when I started covering; I’d had a dreadful and far-too-short haircut and at the time, my hats and bandanas were just a disguise, not a lifestyle choice. I ordered a new hat, though, and when it came, I was excited to wear it out for the first time. I put my hair under a stocking, just like a bank robber would do, and then the hat, and went outside. Well, I live in the Windy City, and sure enough, a gust of wind caught my hat and sent it flinging down the street as I was crossing. I was laughing so hard that I almost couldn’t run to catch up with my hat! It was just like the funny moment in every movie about a storm or hurricane, where the lady’s hat or wig comes off and there she is with the toe-end of a nylon holding her short hair in place, looking like the dog’s breakfast!

By: Dorothy "Hyphen"

Dorothy "Hyphen" — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:53:15 +0000

Reading these makes me wish I had a funny head-covering story.

By: Tziona S.

Tziona S. — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:48:47 +0000

Comment #27 is hysterical! Thanks for sharing a non-religious story. Just goes to show it can happen to anyone!

By: Bracha K

Bracha K — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:48:05 +0000

yeah, gotta watch out with little kids/babies pulling off snoods…esp with guests around!!

By: miri

miri — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:44:04 +0000

lost my hat on a roller coaster once…..luckily i wasn’t married yet, but still sad to lose the hat!

By: Esti Koplowitz

Esti Koplowitz — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:23:07 +0000

I also have a story… it was right after I got married and my landlord came to the apartment to check th leaky toilet. I opened the door and he looks at me alittle funny and asks if he could come in, when I responded yes he asked me if I was sure and again said yes. Well I led him into the bathroom and saw in the mirror that my hair was uncovered…. that must’ve been why he was giving me a funny look. So embarrassing!

By: Tziona S.

Tziona S. — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:45:56 +0000

I was at a charity dinner attended by about 1000 people. At the table were my father-in-law and brothers-in-law. During the speeches, a man tried to squeeze by two tables. The button of his jacket got caught on my headband fall. Suddenly I felt it pulling right off my head, as he kept walking, unaware of the prize he had caught. I put my hand on my head and held my wig as tightly as I could. I couldn’t say a word to him because I was laughing so hard, I couldn’t breathe; tears were coming out of my eyes! He finally noticed when he couldn’t walk any further because of the tug-of-war between me and his jacket button. When he unhooked his jacket, I ran to the bathroom to put my fall on again.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:28:43 +0000

I enjoyed reading these stories! I especially liked the one with the beret. I am retired Air Force and remember this one mechanic who came in one day to do administrative paperwork. He had just come from the flightline and I don’t think he realized what was going on. We could tell he obviously combed his hair over his bald head and when he took his cover off, the long chunk of hair covering his head was standing straight up and leaning to the opposite side just flapping away! We tried very hard to keep a straight face and lost it as soon as he walked out the door!

By: rachel f

rachel f — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:17:57 +0000

haha! these stories are awesome!

By: Miriam G

Miriam G — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:12:31 +0000

i remember when I first got married and was playing charades at a friends house… was demonsrating jumping for some reason and my snood FLEW off my head!
I was mortified… didn’t realize you could tighten them!!!