Sometimes here in China you can’t help thinking to yourself what on earth are they thinking.  That happened to us during the summer.  It started when Charlie and Ella were over here visiting in August when we were in Hangzhou on a day trip and I suddenly caught sight of someone wearing what looked like a seedling in their hair – a dicotyledon with two small circular leaves.  But as the days went on, we started to see some appearing in Shanghai – this lady was on the metro and it became obvious that the sprouts were made of plastic rather than a real plant.  And then they started to appear for sale everywhere and the market and people’s hair became saturated (and yes, for a short it was not just a female thing).

And now the craze has gone and is now dead and well buried.  It lasted for a much shorter time than the punks’ safety pins and I could say that it was nice whilst it lasted, but I don’t think I would be telling the truth.