Version 1
BALD:
Use the right "5 hand-with the middle finger bent at the large
knuckle." Circle the top of your head as if rubbing the tip of your
middle finger along the edge of a halo.
BALD: (Version 2)
This movement, handshape, and orientation of this sign are similar, but this time the right hand circles over a palm-side-down "S-handshape."
BALD: (version 3)
This version could be loosely interpreted as "Bald as a
coconut!" But it doesn't necessarily mean "no
hair."
Doug Cluff is an old friend of mine. We were roommates in California (Anaheim area) for a while before he moved back home to Alaska. Later we both attended a conference in Utah and saw each other for the first time in a couple of years. During the time we hadn't seen each other is the time when I lost most of my hair.
When he saw me the first thing he did was get a big "astonished and
mischievous" look on his face and sign, "bald!"
Lest you think he was being rude, let me assure you he was not! Those of us in the Deaf Community are that way with one another. When outsiders see it, they think we are being rude. They think that way because they are applying their standard to us.
Right after exclaiming, "bald" he gave me an enormous bear hug and we proceeded to have a wonderful chat. Deaf people hug a lot more than hearing people do.