I went to the barber today and as fortune would have it had a very chatty, not very attentive, new young lady whacking at my head. To my utter amazement just as the words ‘Isn’t it a bit short’ were about to come out of my mouth, the clippers went down the center of my head and I knew all was lost. I would advise you, dear reader, to make sure your hair attendant pays actual attention to what she or he is doing rather than regaling you with stories of how she had a very low electric bill for several months…
It hasn’t been that short since I left the Army in 1981.
UPDATE: In response to James Crossley’s comment (see below) I began to wonder, why is it that with the recent haircut folk would begin to be in fear of me. And then it hit me like a bolt from the blue… perhaps it’s because there’s some sort of distant family relation between myself and the infamous Philip Davies… Look, compare, decide… Is Philip one of my British relatives from somewhere back in ancient days? My ancestors were, after all, Brits… If so, the fear is explained! And maybe, just maybe, the haircut wasn’t such a bad thing after all… Now, a mustache?
Hey, Jim! You look like an old punk-rock musician appearing in a “Thirty-Years Later” special from VH1. Haha…
Manu
By: Emanuel Pfoh on August 22, 2008
at 12:40 pm
old punk rock…. oh i want to die now.
By: Jim on August 22, 2008
at 12:41 pm
It is a nice haircut by the way.
By: Celucien Joseph on August 22, 2008
at 12:44 pm
hey, now… i like that style!! (see website) it looks good on ya. very hip, yet reformed.
By: robert r. cargill on August 22, 2008
at 1:02 pm
hip yet reformed? now there’s an oxymoron if ever there was one!
By: Jim on August 22, 2008
at 1:11 pm
Great Friday laugh!
Thanks
JZ
By: Juan on August 22, 2008
at 2:05 pm
Makes you look 27 years younger. Isn’t that a good thing? See the length of my hair in my icon – no point in having too much grey to show off my age!
By: Peter Kirk on August 22, 2008
at 2:17 pm
The aerodynamic look. For when dynamic just isn’t enough.
By: Tony Buglass on August 22, 2008
at 2:42 pm
Now they will fear you…
By: James C on August 22, 2008
at 4:31 pm
Grow a short moustache, Jim, and you’ll be a living homage to Davies!
By: Emanuel Pfoh on August 22, 2008
at 4:54 pm
[...] And the gold medal for statistics goes to … Tag: Miscellaneous — doug @ 10:57 pm You can do anything with statistics. At the moment lots of countries seem to be counting medals, especially gold ones. I wondered what would happen if, say, you introduced population figures into the mix. In this exercise I’m using the medal table as presented by the BBC at the timing of this post. For population figures I’m using Wikipedia. (Ah, the myriad little ways we have on annoying Mr Haircut.) [...]
By: MetaCatholic » And the gold medal for statistics goes to … on August 22, 2008
at 5:57 pm
C’mon Jim. Everybody can see you want to relive your youth as a soldier. The great haircuts, the stylin’ BDU, that giddy spendthrift anticipation of what to do with all that paycheck, the nonstop party days of “If it ain’t immoral, illegal, or fattening, it’s punishable under the UCMJ”.
Also, the smile might be a little much for a Reformed Baptist. You gotta stop reading all that humor of Zwingli. You’re giving out the wrong impression.
By: Chuck Grantham on August 22, 2008
at 6:06 pm
smirk, not smile
By: Jim on August 22, 2008
at 6:31 pm
Smirk: “An affected, often offensively self-satisfied smile”
I stand corrected. That is a lot of people’s idea of Reformed Protestants. Have to work on my smirk so I can identify myself to the rest of the club.
BTW, I like this theme, however much longer it lasts.
By: Chuck Grantham on August 22, 2008
at 6:57 pm
OMG! You’re talking about growing facial hair!!!
By: Esteban Vázquez on August 22, 2008
at 7:07 pm
What’s the big deal, Esteban? Most guys can’t help but grow facial hair. I’ve been on vacation all week and my facial hair grows without any effort on my part at all.
Besides, when you get older–like Jim, for example– you start thinking, “Man, am I sick of shaving”.
By: Chuck Grantham on August 22, 2008
at 7:29 pm
Oh, Chuck, I well understand what you mean! However, facial hair seemed to be, well, against Jim’s religion. Here are a few choice quotes:
“James Spinti- $200 (both facial hair and advanced age… it’s the two strikes thing)”
“BTSR is a good school. Esteban should go there. It might help him mend his facial hair wearing Orthodox ways.”
“[I couldn't be] Orthodox, Jewish or Rastafarian- because I don’t like facial hair, a yarmulke, or the evil weed used by my fellow children of the 60’s respectively.”
“Naturally [Duane Smith] thinks this a bad thing- but he has facial hair. So what can you expect. Since, as we all know, people with facial hair tend to bend the elbow much more than us regular people.”
See what I mean?!
By: Esteban Vázquez on August 22, 2008
at 8:47 pm
all true. people with facial hair have something to hide. think of, for instance, santa. that dude is hiding something for sure. the more facial hair- the less i trust ‘em.
By: Jim on August 22, 2008
at 8:59 pm
Hmm. I guess this means Jim is a proponent of beardless youth Jesus iconography. Or clean-shaven short kinky-haired Jesus.
And where does Jim stand on Abraham Lincoln? Was it that little girl’s beard suggestion that did the Great Emancipator in?
“the more facial hair- the less I trust ‘em.”
Hmm hmm. So more trust for Hitler than Lincoln? More trust for GW Bush than Castro? I think you might want to work some more on this rule, Jim. It’s got some scary applications.
By: Chuck Grantham on August 22, 2008
at 9:08 pm
i’ve never stood on lincoln. jesus had a beard???? i’ve never seen his picture so i don’t know. hitler was a jerk but so is castro. bush had a beard at one point i’m sure. it’s in his name!
By: Jim on August 22, 2008
at 9:25 pm
The guy with the ’stache is far more handsome. You might think about growing one?
By: Bob Schillaci on August 22, 2008
at 10:04 pm
Jim: If you move real fast at Lincoln’s grave maybe you still can stand on Lincoln. One presumes Jesus had a beard; like Father, like Son.
By: Chuck Grantham on August 23, 2008
at 12:17 am
I think you look cute Jim. You’d look good with long hair though. And you’d never pay a hairdresser again.
By: steph on August 23, 2008
at 8:24 am
I’m having a lot of fun imagining Jim with long hair doing the big number from the musical “Hair”.
It’s a slow day waiting for Fay to drown us. What can I say?
By: Chuck Grantham on August 23, 2008
at 11:59 am