After over paying for a haircut today, I decided I've reached a milestone.
I have crossed the line which divides good haircuts from bad haircuts.
That line is defined by the number of hairs on one's head.
I have no idea how many hairs I have, though the Bible says they are numbered.
I do know my follicles number far less than they did not too long ago.
It seems reasonable to me that the cost of a haircut should go down as the number of hairs to be cut diminishes.
Not only is this not the case, but they actually raised their prices.
It is a blatant injustice to the hairing impaired.
According to my research the average human being has approximately 5 million follicles with 1 million on the head of which 100,000 cover the scalp.
Close observation indicates that as we age the numbers stay the same, the follicles relocate from the scalp to other locations on, in and around the head.
Not everyone finds it necessary to have their haircut.
I envy people who just let their hair grow and grow.
When their hair thins, they just move the long strands over to where others used to be.
The majority of people, however, get haircuts regularly.
The American commercial real estate market would crumble, if all the salons and barbershops in strip malls suddenly shut down.
It is a major industry.
I went looking for the amount of money consumers spend on hair cuts, styles and products.
The report with that information cost $3000.
So, let's just agree that it is a large amount.
I also researched the history of haircuts.
There is very little material available on the origin of haircuts.
I suspect this is due to lack of interest, but that has never deterred me before.
So I'll go on.
The earliest documented hair removal was by a Neanderthal man named Harry.
He used two shells as tweezers to remove his hair.
We believe he did this because it kept falling into his eyes while he was hunting.
The Egyptians cut their hair because they didn't have air conditioning and they were hot.
The Romans actually had public barbershops where the men got together to sing with straw hats in groups of four.
In the East, the Manchu regime dictated that Chinese men shave the front of their head and keep the back long and braided.
I like the Chinese idea.
Actually, with time, I could achieve the Manchu style and would be willing to go along with such a mandate from our current regime.
I suppose this whole hair style thing is based in vanity.
Still, a hair in the head is worth two in the brush.
I have crossed the line which divides good haircuts from bad haircuts.
That line is defined by the number of hairs on one's head.
I have no idea how many hairs I have, though the Bible says they are numbered.
I do know my follicles number far less than they did not too long ago.
It seems reasonable to me that the cost of a haircut should go down as the number of hairs to be cut diminishes.
Not only is this not the case, but they actually raised their prices.
It is a blatant injustice to the hairing impaired.
According to my research the average human being has approximately 5 million follicles with 1 million on the head of which 100,000 cover the scalp.
Close observation indicates that as we age the numbers stay the same, the follicles relocate from the scalp to other locations on, in and around the head.
Not everyone finds it necessary to have their haircut.
I envy people who just let their hair grow and grow.
When their hair thins, they just move the long strands over to where others used to be.
The majority of people, however, get haircuts regularly.
The American commercial real estate market would crumble, if all the salons and barbershops in strip malls suddenly shut down.
It is a major industry.
I went looking for the amount of money consumers spend on hair cuts, styles and products.
The report with that information cost $3000.
So, let's just agree that it is a large amount.
I also researched the history of haircuts.
There is very little material available on the origin of haircuts.
I suspect this is due to lack of interest, but that has never deterred me before.
So I'll go on.
The earliest documented hair removal was by a Neanderthal man named Harry.
He used two shells as tweezers to remove his hair.
We believe he did this because it kept falling into his eyes while he was hunting.
The Egyptians cut their hair because they didn't have air conditioning and they were hot.
The Romans actually had public barbershops where the men got together to sing with straw hats in groups of four.
In the East, the Manchu regime dictated that Chinese men shave the front of their head and keep the back long and braided.
I like the Chinese idea.
Actually, with time, I could achieve the Manchu style and would be willing to go along with such a mandate from our current regime.
I suppose this whole hair style thing is based in vanity.
Still, a hair in the head is worth two in the brush.