Okay gals, before you leave your house I want you to reach back and feel your hair. Are you wearing a banana clip or a scrunchie? No? Okay, go on and do your thing. If you are, I want you to take it out and put in the drawer with your leg warmers and tee-shirt tie. Sorry for the dramatics, but I saw the most disturbing thing yesterday. I saw, now one, but TWO girls wearing banana clips! First let me say, it was two different instances. It wasn't like two girls walking together going to a "Hey, remember the 80's?" party. The worst part is this was on campus, and they had to have been freshmen or sophomores! They shouldn't even be old enough to know what a banana clip is. Does this mean they still sell them in stores?! That should be a crime!
This whole banana clip episode got me thinking about a very disturbing episode of Sex and the City. No, I'm not talking about the one where Samantha thinks she's a lesbian (all that one was bizarre), I'm talking about the one wear Berger and Carrie get into the debate about the scrunchie. Yes, the writers were absolutely accurate in saying that they are out of style and should only be used when ay home, washing your face. But, the disturbing part was when they ran into a woman in a bar wearing one. Carrie says the woman can't be from New York, hinting that no self-respecting New York woman would be caught dead in public wearing a SCRUNCHIE! (imaging her screaming the word scrunchie in a high pitched voice) They ask the woman what part of New York she's from and the woman turns and says (in the worst fake Southern accent I've ever heard) "Why! I'm from Macon, Georgia!" She then turns to her husband and says "Can you believe it? They thought I was a New Yorker!" She says this very excitedly as if someone had just mistook her for Victoria Beckham.
Okay folks, this is the problem:
1. No self-respecting, Southern woman would be caught dead wearing a SCRUNCHIE! Southern women pride themselves on their looks. Contrary to what pop culture might tell you, we DO wear shoes down here and if you're a woman they more than likely have a spiky heel. Hello! This is the part of the country where Neiman Marcus started for goodness sake!
2. No true Southerner would ever be excited about being mistaken for a New Yorker. We down here in the South are extremely proud of our Southern roots. Why do you think we get dressed up in Antebellum costumes and give tours of 200-year-old homes? Why do you think we have decorative license plates on the fronts of our cars with our state flag emblazoned on them? (you see this a lot in South Carolina)
So, one of two things happened with this particular episode of SATC. Either the writers didn't do their research or the Georgia woman's character was a traitor to her Southern heritage. I'm thinking it's the former. Please know that I love SATC and that I do not judge anyone who wears a banana clip or scrunchie if they are in the privacy of their own home. But the minute you leave the house sporting either one, you're fair game.
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