The white hood is absent in adolescent stage of the fascist known as the "skinhead". As the skinhead matures, it becomes too unstable to engage in daily grooming rituals and the hairs of the numbskull begin to lengthen into the "flattop" stage. The flattop tries to disguise other features of its appearance, usually behind mirror shades, a big, fat beer belly, or a uniform with a badge, but generally leaves the top of the numbskull open for the sun to bleach to a brilliant white. While incubating in the flattop stage can take a long time, the conversion to the "white hood" stage can be fairly quick, sometimes occurring over a single "night ride". With the white hood, the fascist has reached adulthood and begins to look for a mate by emitting its call of 'ditto-rush-ditto' over AM radio.