article_snippet.sent: Pretty much every foreign holiday I have taken in 15 years has involved one shaming incident where I have to mime the action of headlice in a foreign chemist’s shop — in Italy they are called pidocchi, in Germany, kopflause.
article_snippet.sent: I once missed a New Year’s Eve party in France because the local pharmacist told me to douse my head in olive oil overnight and then wash a New Year’s Eve party off with Coca-Cola.
article_snippet.sent: The worst experience was a holiday in Ireland with my best friend who has a head of expensively highlighted hair.