Dispensary Corner 5 Aug 13
August 5, 2013
No manscaping needed here.
150 grey-bearded gentlemen
gathered last week at a bar in
Florida, in the hope of being
crowned the “manliest of men”.
They were all Ernest Hemingway
lookalikes, and got together at
the famous author’s favourite bar,
Sloppy Joe’s in Key West.
Hemingway, who as well as
being a noted writer was also
famed for his tough appearance
as well as hunting skills, died in
1961 but there appear to still be
plenty of Hemingway wannabes.
As well as having the right
appearance, contestants in the
annual contest engaged in a
fishing competition as well as arm
wrestling.
“They have to tell the judges
why they see themselves as
Hemingway material - and then
they have three days to prove it,”
said one of the organisers.
This year’s winner was 56-yearold
Stephen Terry, a computer
programmer from Florida.
Victory was particularly sweet
because it was the seventh time
he had entered the competition.
A couple of weeks ago (PD
18 Jul) we featured snail spa
treatments - now in New York it
appears that the latest trend is
facials using bird excrement.
The Shizuka New York skin care
salon is offering the “Geisha
Facial” for US$180, in which the
key ingredient is bird poop.
Spa owner Shizuka Bernstein
was born in Tokyo, and said “I try
to bring Japanese beauty secrets
to the United States”.
Apparently the bird poo is dried
and finely ground, before being
mixed with rice bran and applied
to the face using a small spatula.
However it has to be special
bird poop - only that produced by
nightingales is suitable, because
the species lives on seeds which
produce the natural enzyme
which is the active ingredient.
“We don’t do Central Park
facials,” Bernstein said, “because
those birds eat garbage.”
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