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although i converted back into euro for the purposes of this board
I got the most noble of haircuts from a new barber shop yesterday, good attentive haircut, cut-throat around the locks and neck, eye brows trimmed, and ears set on fire, all for €12.
€12 :o
Did you go to Adare or something? €5-€10 max these days I would have thought.
He was Egyptian I think and treated me to a 20 minute anti-american rant, about how they interfere in the middle east and milk it for all it’s worth while thousands of people die. He thinks every day about the innocent people they have killed for no reason and it makes him very sad.
Ye have Egyptians in Kilfinny? I’m going to a wedding in Cairo…in July. I’ll fucking die out there between the heat and the civil unrest. I’ll see what haircuts are retailing for out there.
Cairo is a shithole, Turkey is where its at for noble haircuts.
I’d say so, it will be some steaming cess pit in July when I’ve to go there.
Ya I was there around that time of year a few years ago, 40+ degrees. The place should be looking lovely after the riots.
My current barber is a Turkish-Polish bloke named Billy who’s taken over one of the Fat Tony’s outlets in Galway. He’s a craftsman.
I must say, getting the eyebrows done is a big mistake, Runt. Mine were fine for years until this jennet went and cut them without my permission some years ago, he had one done before I could say stop. Now they’re looking like a fucking squirrel’s tail.
At least that’s what you tell yourself.
Yes it’s a pure dose. Mine grow at a rate of knots now…
:o
Oh oh, I didn’t know any of this.
And what about him burning off my ear hair (at least that’s what I think he did), are there likely to be any long term repercussions from that act?
yes you will need a hearing aid before the age of 50
Just be thankful he didn’t go near your nose hair…
Once upon a time I’d go to the barber for a haircut. That’s all. Just a haircut. Now as soon as you go in the door, it’s
“take a seat”
thanks,
“would you like a coffee”
no
“tea”
no
“beer?”
no I just want a haircut. I’m good for the beverages, if I wanted a beverage, I’d have gone somewhere else.
“ok”
Then up into the seat.
“Do you want it washed”
No thanks. Just a haircut, please. I washed it myself.
“ok”
Number four around the back and sides. Scissors on top.
“Fishtail or straight at the back”
Dunno, can’t see around there. Whatever you want yourself.
“ok”
“How do you want your locks”
Cut, like the rest of my head.
“Straight?”
Yes I’m married with kids.
“Huh?”
Ten minutes later
“Will I do your eyebrows”
Do what to them?
“Trim them”
No.
“Will I trim your ears”
No
“Your nose?”
No.
“Do you want wax on your hair”
No
“A head massage?”
No.
“That’ll be €22 euro”.
Grand.
When did going to the barbers get this complicated? Years ago it’s be a five minute whizz around the head and you were gone. You might have looked like shit, but your hair was cut.
You must be going to Peter Mark or someone. I reckon you need to find a new barber Fagan,
What’s a fishtail at the back?
Grafton barbers.
Was it a decent cut and were you happy with it, Fagan?
I am a very easy head for a barber to cut Puke. Can’t really go wrong. The result is always the same except for the time I went all Taxi Driver during a midlife crisis and got it all shaved off. In fairness to the barber that tome he kept asking me was I sure and I kept saying yeah I’m sure just shave it all off.
Anyway the midlife crisis ended about half way through the cut and I was left to watch this giant shiny dome emerge with some horror.
Apart from that I have always been reasonably happy with my haircuts.