Transurphobia - the fear of haircuts.
Understandable.
My pop used to cut my hair when I was a kid, an easy way to save a buck. My folks bought a pair of clippers, not the electric kind, but manually operated and they were horrible, pulling out hair and I guess I carried on so much they bought electric clippers. They were better, but it was still the same type of haircut, a close burr, a "buzz cut". Oh well, it was better than a "Moe bowl-type" cut.
Understandable.
My pop used to cut my hair when I was a kid, an easy way to save a buck. My folks bought a pair of clippers, not the electric kind, but manually operated and they were horrible, pulling out hair and I guess I carried on so much they bought electric clippers. They were better, but it was still the same type of haircut, a close burr, a "buzz cut". Oh well, it was better than a "Moe bowl-type" cut.
When I got older and a little less timid, I challenged my pop to let ME buzz HIS head. He started taking me to the barber then, think it was something like $1.25 for a haircut. I didn't like the hometown barber and neither did my dad...who called him "the Montana sheep shearer". I liked the guy, but agreed with my father and always thought a sheep shearer might very well have been more gentle than him. (The space between my ears and scalp was always nicked and bleeding after every hair cut. That wouldn't have been so bad, but I wore glasses and the ear pieces would keep the minor wounds raw and irritated. )
When I was old enough to make my own money with summer jobs, I started paying for my own haircuts, but they were two bucks by then, the same as the hourly minimum wage. A well-to-do classmate always had great looking haircuts and he talked me into going to his barber...who charged the then-outrageous price of $7.50! That could have filled up my car, taken a date to the movies and maybe even enough left over to buy her some popcorn! The last haircut I got was $12.50, not counting the tip...and considerably more than the hourly minimum wage at the time.
When I was old enough to make my own money with summer jobs, I started paying for my own haircuts, but they were two bucks by then, the same as the hourly minimum wage. A well-to-do classmate always had great looking haircuts and he talked me into going to his barber...who charged the then-outrageous price of $7.50! That could have filled up my car, taken a date to the movies and maybe even enough left over to buy her some popcorn! The last haircut I got was $12.50, not counting the tip...and considerably more than the hourly minimum wage at the time.
So, since my hairline was receding with every passing year, I bought my own set of clippers and started buzzing my own head. I tried shaving it, but that was too much of a hassle, just better to take the clippers to what few hairs I have left. The best thing is that just a couple of self-haircuts can pay for the clippers.
What I'd like to know is why the hair on my head is disappearing and multiplying in my nose and ears?
What I'd like to know is why the hair on my head is disappearing and multiplying in my nose and ears?
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