“The Kippa Tan Line”

Last Shabbos I ran into a problem that plagues me every year. “The Kippa Tan Line”.

Last Shabbos was one of the first nice warm days of the spring and after shul I spent some time being sociable and talking with the neighbors. The usual inane crap and gossip.

The problem started a little later that afternoon when my wife commented on how I got a lot of color. That’s when I panicked. Unlike some people, I can’t a tan or get color without putting in the proper planning. You see, I’m a member of a very dicriminated against group in society by being, shall we say, folically challenged. And don’t wear a kippa at work. If I don’t take the proper precautions, I end up with a nice base color all over my face, neck and any part of the head not covered by the kippa and when I take the kippa off, I’m left looking like a complete nincompoop with a white, untanned dome. And I go through this at the beginning of every spring.

*sigh*

Since it was Shabbos, I held onto the hope that by Monday morning the line differentiating ‘tan’ from ‘non-tan’ would not be so discernable. All I can say is that it was and thank g-d for makeup.

Any of you ‘inventors’ out there have any ideas?