Cut Yer Hair!

[LillFilly]

A Vendor where I work told me this story: He has longish blond hair and a beard, kind of resembles Jesus.

He was out in a nice restaurant with his kids and extended family. He said an elderly lady with a can hobbled across the dining room and up to his table, shouted in his face "Get a haircut!" and hobbled away.

His kids told him afterwards that they were glad the rest of the family was there, because they knew otherwise he would have let the old busybody have it with both guns!

[Jay 2K Winger]

Sounds like a Mark One Grumpy Old Person, all right. They tend to think that the only acceptable haircuts for men are short and combed, parted on one side. Any one who does anything different or longer is a "daggum hippie."

[cindybubbles]

He should have asked the lady if she would be so kind as to give him one! That should shut her up for sure!

[Jay 2K Winger]

He should have asked the lady if she would be so kind as to give him one! That should shut her up for sure!

No, don't tempt people like that. They might just take you seriously. And then you'll get screamed at for "being sarcastic" at them.

[dalesys]

I was catching that shit 45 years ago.

And this was released 42 years ago: Almost Cut My Hair.

When the avatar baby in the geodesic was born (04/72), my hair was to the bottom of my ribs.

[PepperElf]

or... (even if it's a lie) just tell someone like that "I'm growing it out to donate to kids with cancer"

[TheSHAD0W]

I was catching that shit 45 years ago.

And this was released 42 years ago: Almost Cut My Hair.

Gonna have to respond to this with George Thorogood - a more recent vintage, of course...

[vikingchyk]

or... (even if it's a lie) just tell someone like that "I'm growing it out to donate to kids with cancer"

A guy in my office did that recently. He hadn't been in our office that long (a couple of months) and his hair wasn't terribly long, maybe top of the shoulder blades - and he comes in one day sporting a near buzz cut. Whoa, what happened?? Donated. He said it was the second time he had done it, but now that he's older (just past 50) it's taking too long to grow it out to the minimum length needed, so it might be the last time he does it. And he has natural honey-blonde hair. Beautiful color for some little kid.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

or... (even if it's a lie) just tell someone like that "I'm growing it out to donate to kids with cancer"

That's actually what my baby sis does and has done several times since her teens. She'll let it grow really long (as in down to her waist long), then have it cut off and donate it to Locks of Love.

[Food Lady]

I've seen guys with hair past the knees. I wonder what she'd do with that?

[MadMike]

I've seen guys with hair past the knees. I wonder what she'd do with that?

One of my friends is an ex-marine with a braid that goes almost down to his ass. I don't think anyone would mess with that. At least not more than once.

[Food Lady]

Is he single?

[XCashier]

He said an elderly lady with a can hobbled across the dining room and up to his table, shouted in his face "Get a haircut!" and hobbled away.

"Get some manners!"

We've got loads of old hippies in our town. Yes, many of them still have very long hair, well into their sixties! The old hag in the OP would probably have a heart attack if she saw them.

[Pagan]

She'd have a fit here. Custom for Diné (and several other tribes) for the men to have long hair, too.

[Jay 2K Winger]

She'd have a fit here. Custom for Diné (and several other tribes) for the men to have long hair, too.

Yes, but that's as good as "dem faarnurs" with their "heathen ways." So they'd get a grudging pass from her.