KING'S KONUNDRUMS is the column from Mandurah Mail journalist Andrew King.
Andrew is many things: journalist, excellent map reader, identical twin, lady killer (debatable), tea addict, inspirational leader, Louis Theroux look-a-like… but what he is most is a conundrum solver.
When life gives Andrew lemons he makes lemon brulee because he doesn't fancy lemonade.
When his girlfriend starts telling him he’s putting on the pounds because of all the lemon brulee he’s been eating he starts wearing loose clothing to compensate.
Through Andrew’s column he solves everyday problems - this is one of them.
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A WHILE back I found I had a white head hair; I didn't panic as one hair doesn't make you the professor from Back to the Future.
I marked down the date I found the hair so I could determine how long it takes someone to go completely white but time passed without any dramas.
I thought it would be worthwhile scientific research.
I know that sometime in the future I may have a head of white locks - even at a young age my granddad’s hair had turned as white as Santa Claus' - but I realised my time had not yet come.
I dismissed it as a one off; I was too young to be going grey or white.
Well that’s what I thought.
I've since discovered I've got another white hair, and not just anywhere - a nose hair.
I have a conundrum.
Nose hairs in general are surefire sign of old age.
A white one is like the holy grail of age.
At 24 its not something I want to be faced with.
The white head hair I could put up with but I can’t pull off no George Clooney look, be it a poor mans version of Clooney, with a nose full of white hairs.
I can always give them a trim or invest in one of those electric nose trimmer things if it gets out control so I guess it's something I will now have to manage.
What I hope is that I don’t become one of those guys who have a forest of hair coming out of their ears.
I don’t know what you do with that – obviously, nothing for some people – but I guess the nose trimmer would just become a multi-use tool.
Hair really does seem to get out of control with age; the hair which recedes seems to be replaced with hair in other places - it’s definitely a future problem.
In the mean time I’ll just have to keep an eye out for any more white hairs; who knows in the future it may be a plus - I wouldn't need a wig if I were ever to dress up as the KFC Colonel.
