The long and the short of it

CBS News | N. Koreans Told To ‘Do’ Like Kim | February 1, 2005 16:30:01

Among the campaign’s hairdos and don’ts: Hair must be kept no longer than two inches. The only exception is for older men, who are given an extra four-fifths of an inch to hide baldness.

The dictum claims that long hair hampers brain activity by taking oxygen away from nerves in the head.

North Korea’s campaign does not mention any rules for women and gives no explanation as to why their long hair would not result in reduced brain activity.

In November, a broadcast from the Stalinist regime chastised men with long hair as “fools who abandon our own lifestyle and mimic other people’s model.”

via K. Burel



  1. The only exception is for older men, who are given an extra four-fifths of an inch to hide baldness.

    …and what adds to the hilarity is the conversion to American measures. It makes them sounds so overly meticulous….

  2. Tenaya says:

    They didn’t extend the restriction to women because they don’t care if women’s brain activity is reduced.

  3. meetsy says:

    Because Kim likes women to have less brain activity…..in fact, the less the better. He looks like the type of guy who only knows women with NO brain activity, like the blow up kind. Why again is this guy in charge?


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