Friday, November 30, 2012

Hijab as a Fashion Item

Yesterday I sent my Island Boy to the grocery store to get some stuff so we could have sandwiches for lunch.  He and OG (not for "old gangster" but for "only goy" since he is the only non-Jew to hang out here) set out.  An hour later they came home with sandwich stuff and a girl.  Island Boy can't help it.  Sometimes he'll bring various girls home on the same day.  His problem is that, for some reason, when he asks a girl for something, they almost always agree.  I think this means he never has to eat his sandwiches alone.

This young woman walks in the door and I instantly think that she is a Muslim, since she is wearing a head scarf in the Muslim style.  On second look, I realize this is a mistake.  If her mother wouldn't let her out of the house without a hijab, she certainly would have made her change into less revealing clothes.  But this is great!  If this is a fashion that catches on, orthodox Muslims and Jews will be able to cover their hair without having to take flak from the larger community.  Now we just need big beards to come into fashion and we've got it made.

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