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By MARY WARD

Sometimes, something turns up on the Internet that is just so, so, so great, you have no words to describe it.

You literally have no words.

In my circumstance, this is a shame. Because I am currently trying to create a string of words with which to introduce an Internet gem that fits this bill. Boy, does it fit this bill. And yet, I appear to have lost all of my words.

Eccentric. Awesome. Inspiring?

I’m going to stop trying. Just watch this:

Told you it was good.

Unfortunately, further details about the father-daughter duo’s escapades are nowhere to be found. If they can manage to find such an awesome way to tie a ponytail, can you imagine the zest and innovation they might bring to other domestic chores? Do they do the dishes with a pressure cleaner? These are the questions that are going to keep me up tonight.

Beyond just having some cute daddy-daughter time, these guys are revolutionaries.

7 seconds. That was how long that dad took to tie his daughter’s hair. Could you imagine how much more stuff women of the world could have gotten done if they’d known how to put their hair up in a ponytail in just 7 seconds?

I reckon Marie Curie could have found 3 more elements if she’d not had to grapple with a hair tie for at least two wasteful minutes each morning. Pierre could have just fired up the vacuum, and she would have been out of the bathroom and into the lab in no time.

I’m so impressed; I’m going to try it tomorrow. I’ll just need to remember to detach the flat suction head from the vacuum first. The process is perhaps slightly less dazzling if you end up with a Mohawk at the end…

Meanwhile, in other awesome dad moments….

dad of the year e 7 seconds. Thats all it takes to create the perfect ponytail.

Mary is an intern at Mamamia, and a Media and Communications/Law student from Sydney. She can do the splits, wiggle her ears and tell you who won Eurovision in 1973. You can follow her on Twitter here.

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9 Comments so far

  1. Lisa

    This is priceless!

    There is a salon in Sydneys east that runs Milkshakes and Ponytail events where Dads and their Daughters can come along for a milkshake and the Dads are shown how to do a ponytail and ballet bun.

    Such a great idea!

    Its called Vincent & Dupree and its on Bronte Road in Waverly in Sydneys east.

    They also do afternoons for the ladies showing how to do your own ‘do’ for a night out. Such a great afternoon!

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  2. Julie

    Wow I don’t know how many times I had to replay that and rub my eyes – Smart Dad!

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  3. fifi-lulu

    Eeeewww, I use my vacuum cleaner to suck up cockroaches and spiders from time to time. Plus, the dust bunnies, cobwebs and the crumbs (inside my couch), not to mention, you know, dirt from my floors!

    There is no way in hell I would suck up my daughter’s CLEAN hair inside a DIRTY tube. Gross. Ah, fathers – you still gotta love them.

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  4. kimberlie

    My dad and brothers sometimes had to do my hair. They could never get the elastic band tight enough so they overcompensated with LOTS hair clips. Unfortunately, one time this fell on school photo day and all you can see are hair clips.

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  5. Eternal Caterpillar

    There’s a response video too:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7B_bYuLKV8

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    • Just Saying

      Oh that video response is super cute.

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  6. Lucy Ormonde

    I clearly remember one morning when I was about six. Mum had gone to work early so Dad was in charge of doing my hair. I was screaming. I’m pretty sure he was close to screaming too. We really could have used this video…

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  7. stacey

    this cracks me up only cause a guy i work with used to do this when his daughter was young!! actually must send him this link :)

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