Ponytails

Even though not everyone on Earth can benefit from this simple object, it is still a very important and under appreciated part of a lot of people’s lives. This elastic band of toughness is not just a tool for you to use when it is convenient for you, it is also your friend. However, despite its high importance, it is something that a lot of people forget about until they don’t have one when they need it the most. What is this highly coveted and overlooked object you ask? Well, it is something that you will find among the wrist of many young girls as they strut around school. It is also the thing that transforms ones hair from being messily flung every which way around their face to being in a tight and perky pony tail on the top of their head.

Hair ties are nearly critical for any athlete with long hair that doesn’t which to get their hair pulled,  flung in their eyes, of stuck to the sweat on the back of  their neck. You can ask nearly any girl and they will tell you that it is more than a little uncomfortable to run with your hair down, and  the irritation is unbearable for many. Hair ties easily take the annoyance of having long hair and exercising out of the equation. You can move around any which way and your hair will stay out of your face. All one needs to perform this magic trick is to take 30 seconds to pull their  hair up, given that they are indeed in possession of the  before mentioned elastic  band, because if they are not, they will have to undergo the desperate task of many girls in the locker room before them. Those without a pony tail have to look around the room and pinpoint those closest to them who have a pony tail around their wrist. If they know them well enough, or are desperate enough, they will ask to borrow the ponytail, and if the girl whom they ask is nice enough, they will hand over their coveted possession, knowing very well that they will most likely never see it again. If one is not lucky enough to find a ponytail, well then they are about to realize just how under appreciated ponytails truly are. The unlucky ones have to exercise without the protection of a ponytail, and that is clearly a daunting and heart-wrenching task.

Ponytails are not just for the athletic and active among us, they also provide a way to quickly alter the outfit and look that one is going for that day. It allows girls to change up their look from day to day and differ in their style choices. Hair ties are essential in the making of a bun, fishtail, all of the many different types of braids, and lastly, and most obviously, the ponytail. So next time you put your hair up in a ponytail, or watch someone put their hair up if yours is not long enough, take a moment to appreciate the simplicity of the band and the substantial benefit that ponytails have had on society.