oldsheep now has to have 2 different hair colours applied as the front is so white and the back so dark grey..joy to the world (not). I daren't do it myself any longer and it only lasts 5-6 weeks anyhow.
You made me laugh with the toy lion mane! I have short curly hair and when I was a kid my mum thought it was "lovely" to have curls - after years of bullying by the other kids I was finally taken to a very camp hairdresser who went "ooooh, a lion" when we saw me

We had a school outing to the local zoo, where a giraffe mistook my hair for food and leant over and tried to make a snack out of my "lovely" locks
As you can imagine, mad oldsheep's hair is even more dry now that the hormones aren't what they were, but at least I can keep it short - one thing I do remember is to have it cut and coloured!