Calling all Scots, or possibly normal people too, as I have no idea if this is just a West of Scotland phenomena or an International one. I want you to be on the look-out for something that I’ve just noticed doesn’t happen any more. So to be clear, you’re looking for a non-occurrence of something.
When I was a kid, on a rainy night, if you looked out of the car window, you were almost guaranteed to see a guy walking hurriedly up the road with a poly bag on their heid.
Not for a laugh and not because it was Halloween, because they wanted to keep their hair dry. The poly bag would have the sides rolled up so that they came to about ear level and kept the hair of the wearer completely dry.
Following a quick entirely unscientific poll amongst a couple of fellow colleagues the other day we suddenly come to the realisation that this doesn’t happen any more. All three of us agreeing that it was a common sight in the eighties and possibly into the nineties too, but is entirely non-existent now .
So considering that I’ve not seen anyone wearing a poly bag bunnet for years, there are absolutely no pictures on Google of anyone wearing one, and my reluctance to pose wearing one, my only picture in this post is of a poly bag, as might have been used for a plastic bag hat and modelled into the shape of one.
So if you see somebody wearing a poly bag for a rain hat, or are willing to admit to being a wearer yourself, then please drop me a picture for humiliation educational purposes.
4 people riling Jaggy:
No, I still see this phenomenon occasionally.
In my experience, it tends to be women "of a certain age" who are desperately trying to protect their barnets.
And, no, you won't get me to confess to doing the same. I don't have much hair to worry about :-)
Ro: It was always young guys I saw wearing the bag bunnet, old women would buy a "Rain Mate" which was basically the same thing but was clear, the right shape, and tied under the chin. My Granny had one.
I have used this method of keeping my heid dry and I'm sure I've seen it in this decade.
Now that I've had most of my hair cut off I just let it get wet noo.
BigRab: I spoke to a part time colleague today who apparently used to sport one of these regularly along with all his mates. Although, now I came to mention it, he hadn't seen it for years either. It must be dying out, I think the younger generation that sported this sort of headwear are now too concerned with designer brands to want a Tesco's bag on their napper. Maybe if the poly bag was from Berghaus they would consider it.
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