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One day, when I was about 13-14 I went to the hairdressers. I had a specific cut in mind and in order to make sure that I got what I wanted I took a visual aid with me. I patiently waited my turn after the ladies who worked there had asked my the question "what can I do for you?". Me "a hair cut". So after sitting there for an eternity reading out of date football mags, I got the prompt to take my place in the chair. I duly sat down and got straight-jacketed by the coverall and then timidly stuck my hand out of the sides holding a crumpled piece of paper. On the paper was a promo poster for Leathal Weapon and a picture of Riggs (Mel Gibson) holding a gun, sporting a mullet.
"Can you cut my hair to be like his please?"
Awkward silence.
"Yeah right it's like good to show us what you want".
So let's analyse what I was doing. I was asking for an imitation of the worst hair style imaginable and I was expecting that Debbie, the 17 year old YTS trainee was going to be able to deliver it for me. All for the kingly price of £4.
She started to hack at my hair with the blunt implement that passed as scissors and a deep and meaningful conversation ensued.
Her: "So d'ya know Gary?"
"No. What year is he in?"
"Sixth form"
"I'm doing my GCSE's I don't know any sixth-formers."
"Do you know Jamie?"
"No. Who's Jamie?"
"He's Gary's mate, in the year above him".
"Mmmmmmngh"
"Do you know Pete?"
"No, I DON'T KNOW ANY sixthformers!".
"He's not a sixth-former, he's in prison".
"Ah for f**..."
Then when I least expected it, the clippers where nipping at my ears, shredding the back of my neck and chewing my hair up. Hold on, clippers? You can’t create Rigg's mullet (which I though was a flowing mane at the time) with clippers. What! A shiite short back and sides was the result of my efforts.
So I embarrassed myself, my family, friends, men and my country and I never got what I wanted anyway.
Please tell me you've done something this bad? Please. I can't live with the shame.
One day, when I was about 13-14 I went to the hairdressers. I had a specific cut in mind and in order to make sure that I got what I wanted I took a visual aid with me. I patiently waited my turn after the ladies who worked there had asked my the question "what can I do for you?". Me "a hair cut". So after sitting there for an eternity reading out of date football mags, I got the prompt to take my place in the chair. I duly sat down and got straight-jacketed by the coverall and then timidly stuck my hand out of the sides holding a crumpled piece of paper. On the paper was a promo poster for Leathal Weapon and a picture of Riggs (Mel Gibson) holding a gun, sporting a mullet.
"Can you cut my hair to be like his please?"
Awkward silence.
"Yeah right it's like good to show us what you want".
So let's analyse what I was doing. I was asking for an imitation of the worst hair style imaginable and I was expecting that Debbie, the 17 year old YTS trainee was going to be able to deliver it for me. All for the kingly price of £4.
She started to hack at my hair with the blunt implement that passed as scissors and a deep and meaningful conversation ensued.
Her: "So d'ya know Gary?"
"No. What year is he in?"
"Sixth form"
"I'm doing my GCSE's I don't know any sixth-formers."
"Do you know Jamie?"
"No. Who's Jamie?"
"He's Gary's mate, in the year above him".
"Mmmmmmngh"
"Do you know Pete?"
"No, I DON'T KNOW ANY sixthformers!".
"He's not a sixth-former, he's in prison".
"Ah for f**..."
Then when I least expected it, the clippers where nipping at my ears, shredding the back of my neck and chewing my hair up. Hold on, clippers? You can’t create Rigg's mullet (which I though was a flowing mane at the time) with clippers. What! A shiite short back and sides was the result of my efforts.
So I embarrassed myself, my family, friends, men and my country and I never got what I wanted anyway.
Please tell me you've done something this bad? Please. I can't live with the shame.
Or Chernobyl.
Only mine owns you.
> A "VW" sign shaved into the back? That'll be mine. I think
> the fact that the teachers were laughing at it so much is the only
> reason I got away with it.
I feel somewhat better now. I had my hair in a pony tail once. I really rocked when I was young...
> I feel somewhat better now. I had my hair in a pony tail once. I
> really rocked when I was young...
Heh, up until January of this year, my ponytailed hair was down to my waist and undercut. I'm a buzzcut now, and the equation: -
Time Spent In Morning sorting hair our - amount saved in conditioner and shampoo + convenience =
A far happier chappy.
But that wasn't the end of it, oh nooooo, I didn't take care of it and eventually ended up looking like Crystaltips and which point my aunt dragged me to a posh salon in Leeds. The poor woman didn't know where to start but by the time she finished it was approximately 2 inches long :(
> Gee thanks for making me think about this and making me remember the
> horror of having waist length very dark hair, tightly permed, that
> ended up looking like I was wearing a wig belonging to King Charles.
What would life be without those "Dear lord, what was I thinking!??!?!?!" moments. Another of mine. Buying the "Wilson Phillips" album. [URL]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002UW5/102-2733692-9909740?v=glance[/URL] Ignore the 5 star reviews. They are all lying, and trying to corrupt you into thinking this album "might be good"