My barber
is a rotund man with a belly like Santa Claus. I believe he plays the part once a year for his lodge. A decent man, and a born politician- you have to be, to keep your customers happy, when you have a half hour to talk to them at a time.
he knows me fairly well by now, and when there’s nobody else in the house he usually comes across with a diatribe about the Way Things Are. He’s an old union boy, son of a classic liberal, who is disgustipated by the things he sees. He’s not too pleased about tomorrow, and he’s closing shop then instead of today.
his comments about Obama are unprintable.
Me, for my part, I’m happy to go to work today, because all the government workers are taking a day off.
Which means all the worst fucktards will be off the main highways. My drive to work will be a dream. Not MLK’s dream, mind you, but a dream.
Barber also tells me that the short haircuts are no longer succeeding in hiding the grey.
Have to go high&tight this summer and see what that does. Might end up shaving my head. I would have done already but my cranium is shaped somewhat like a topographical map of the Himalayas,all bumps and ridges and klingon-looking crap.
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Or you could flaunt the gray. After all, you’ve earned it. Why not enjoy it?
M
Newsflash, my friend… men turn gray and look distinguished. Not so much females, unfortunately.
Wear it with pride.
“his comments about Obama are unprintable.”
Bullshit.
Scared?
No. Imagine what I won’t print.
Who cares about gray? My beard turned gray in my thirties, about the time the majority of my hair started falling out. I refuse to be ashamed of gray hairs or baldness; if people don’t like it they can KMA.
That’s the problem. I don’t care. The wife does. She likes the gray. I’d rather lose it all.
Another news flash: scientific study has shown that the more bumps a person has on his head (the natural ones), the more intelligent that person is. You’re proof positive of that study.
I’d been buzzing my head for the past 4 years now and it feels so much better. It’s low maintenance, esp. when you don’t have to deal with hairstyles; it’s cool in the summer; in the winter, when you wear a hat, there’s no hair to get matted down and the stubble holds your hat in place like velcro; it saves you money because you won’t need to use a whole lot of shampoo and no need to waste electricity blow-drying; there’s nowhere for lice to hide; there’s no hair to fall out into your food.
I gave up getting haircuts a dozen years ago, when my baldness left me with a fringe around the sides and little more. Rather than pay a barber to spend 20 minutes cutting that little bit of fringe, I simply purchased a set of clippers and began cutting it myself. It doesn’t take any skill to give yourself a bootcamp basic haircut, and only takes five minutes. I’ve shaved it down to bare skin a couple of times as an experiment, but went back to just the clippers in preference.
Of course, you may just like the ritual of visiting a barber; I miss it occasionally, but I’ve saved a lot of money from not paying them.
I lost most of the hair on top of my head when I was in my mid-20’s, and now it’s going seriously gray. I’d shave the rest off but the wife would kill me.
I should have written “the rest is going seriously gray”. Arghh.
I’m going high and tight in the morning, but that’s nothing new for me.
Oh Jean, I’m nearly half a hunsky and no gray, just blonde.
Dick, I had no idea you were my age. I figured you were at least five years younger. God knows you’re thirty years healthier.
If you shave the head in the winter, you’ll be married to a cap. Your head’ll be cold like you can’t imagine. I shaved mine two years ago on the 1st of February, and that was the most noticeable thing: I felt every wisp of air. I keep it to peach fuzz level now, and even that much keeps me from being cold.
Right before that, I discovered a great barber, and I missed going there to b.s. That’s 95% of the reason to go to a barber shop.
Dick I’ve seen the photo.
Verahhhhhhh nize ;-)
Aw, c’mon, Og. Go for the Guliani Comb-Over and quart of cranial shellac with which to paste it down.
No, it’s not good lookin’, but come 10:00 hrs tomorrow, we’ll all need a good laugh.
Me, I’m blessed with good hair genes, albiet increasingly white/silver/grey ones. Half a hunsky here too, no getting around it.
But if I ever shed like my cat, I’ll opt for the buzzcut. Sure beats a buzzkill.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Oh, hell, it don’t bother me. I could give a shit. I would let it grow like grizzly adams if I could- but the wife likes a specific haircut and likes the grey. Just a pain in the ass for me.
I DO like my barber, though. I also like going there and getting a shave now and then.
a real shave with a straight edged razor??? I didn’t think you could find that anymore. That an the hot towels…heaven on earth!!
Og, my friend, a little grey makes a man look really attractive. :o I don’t know why. But I can see why the OgWife likes it.
“No. Imagine what I won’t print.” – Og
I’m trying. Must be GOOD.
I gave up and started buzzing mine about two years ago; and I like it better than trying to do something ‘fashionable’ with what was left.