Is That a Bagel on Your Forehead?

Hello folks, let’s chat…~smile~ This is not a test. This is an actual alert concerning an SRC outbreak. You need to be aware of this so you can guard against it happening to someone you love. SRC, if you’ll remember, stands for Straight Running Crazy, a syndrome describing people who are no longer detouring from more lucid positions. Today’s exhibit: The Bagel Heads of Japan. Please understand. I’m not making fun of the looks God gave anybody but yes, I’m about to make big fun of the way some folks are messing with ‘em.

I’ll try and give you a visual. Some people in Japan are having doctors inject saline solution into their foreheads, resulting in a big swollen knot. Their next move is to press on the center of it, leaving a dimple behind that makes the whole thing look like a bagel. A big bagel. On. Your. Forehead. Our natural tendency here is to ask why but I’m not sure we can find an answer that will satisfy us. And frankly, I’m not sure we can afford to waste time trying.

Thankfully, this isn’t a full out trend in Japan and I realize some of you will say this could never happen here. I hope you’re right, but may I remind you that we have tons of people wearing pants below their posteriors. So, yes, it could happen with our own youth. Granted, I don’t see it happening without a fight. I’m reminded of the time my friends’ daughter came home with an ear ring in her nostril. Her daddy asked her to remove it. When she refused the Daddy and his grown daughter went to the floor in a free for all with daddy determined to take the nose ring out and daughter being determined to retain it. It wasn’t pretty but he felt it was necessary.

All that to say, should someone you love come home with a bagel on his or her forehead please don’t slap some butter on it and look the other way. Some things are worth resisting. Surely, we can all agree that Bagel Foreheads top the menu.

Hugs,
Shellie