“If you was bleach and I was hair, I wouldn't die (dye) fo' ya!”
Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor
"That's All She Wrote"
“When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.”
— O. Henry
"The Fool-Killer"
The Voice of the City (1908)
Context: I hated Kerner, and one day I met him and we became friends. He was young and gloriously melancholy because his spirits were so high and life had so much in store for him. Yes, he was almost riotously sad. That was his youth. When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.
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