In addition to the normal targets of money, jewels, cars and videos, there is a new trend in the city towards stealing items such as Crazy Colour hair-dye, iced buns and biscuits.

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Mr. McNamee wears his hair long, and favors tie-dye and Hawaiian shirts on stage.

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You might assume that an up-and-coming politician with a maverick streak, a descendant of social-outcast communities who used to dye his hair blond, would sympathise with such people.

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You might start to think that staying at home would be the sensible thing to do, only this too is ridden with potential dangers for your unborn child: from ice-cream, to pet shampoo, to hair dye.

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Don't dye his hair and send him to school in jeans and a t-shirt.

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