Hair malfunction?

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Not sucky but I thought it was funny...

I saw this guy at the bank today... His head was shaved but the hair was growing back, so it was really short but you could see the scalp. The funny thing (to me, tha tis was that there was a line of absolutely no hair running from ear to ear over the top of his head. Like a thin pair of headphones just wore the hair away. A 'reverse Mohawk' turned 90 degrees.

Either that or it was a surgical scar... but why would it go from ear to ear like that?

[dalesys]

...Either that or it was a surgical scar... but why would it go from ear to ear like that?

Brain removal? Or insertion...

[tollbaby]

maybe he worked in a call centre. I've got male colleagues who swear their hair is thinning along the headset line

[Midorikawa]

maybe he worked in a call centre. I've got male colleagues who swear their hair is thinning along the headset line

Mine was for the longest time. Now that i've been off the phones for more than a year, you can't tell, but there was a thin line from ear to ear at one point where my hair was thinning.

I've also done 5 years of phone support straight, which may have something to do with it. :-P

[El Pollo Guerrera]

maybe he worked in a call centre. I've got male colleagues who swear their hair is thinning along the headset line

Possible but I doubt it. I live way-the-f up north and there's no such places in the area.

Unless he just left such a job to come here to look for oil-rigger work...

[Ironclad Alibi]

Speaking of hair...

My wife was in Starbucks the other day.
They have a new barista.
She noticed his hair had a shaved swath in the back.
The following ensued.

W – wife
B – barista

W: How far up is your head shaved?
B: All the way to the front.
W: Will you show it to me.
B: I can’t, we’re not allowed to removed our hats.
W: Yes, but you could tip your hat to a lady.
B: <laughs and tips his hat.>

[Titi]

Either that or it was a surgical scar... but why would it go from ear to ear like that?

Facial reconstruction surgery. A friend of mine got it after a severe car accident. Basically they cut you across the head ear to ear and pull your entire face down so that they can fix what is messed up underneath. At the end they pull it back up and stitch you up.