Free Friday Haircuts at Midday

@JudyEv (382019)

Rockingham, Australia

April 4, 2017 9:07pm CST

I've recently read a post by much2say - SmilePie (@much2say) about haircuts. I've put the link at the end. It reminded me of a barber in a small country town. Vince always got his hair cut there and negotiated a deal where he paid upfront for a year's haircuts at a slightly cheaper rate. He figured occasionally he'd miss a cut or go less regularly and the barber was assured of his business so both were happy. Of course, after Vince had paid his money, he would sometimes get out of the chair saying he wasn't going to pay as the water was cold or it was a bad haircut or whatever. Then one Friday when he went for his haircut at midday, the barber said it was free. He'd decided the first haircut after midday on a Friday was free. This was just a joke between Vince and the barber but the customers waiting would have heard. We often wondered how many of them turned up on a Friday at midday hoping for a free haircut. Photo is of Petal, a rescue sheep who was badly in need of a haircut.

Free Haircut Tomorrow / myLot

I met a barbershop owner who told me I would not believe how many people come into his shop having the nerve to ask for a free haircut. He told me a story of...

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@Happy2BeMe (99353)

• Canada

5 Apr 17

Awesome picture...yes I can see he needs a cut. That is a lot of wool.

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

She hadn't been shorn for about 3 years.

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

@Happy2BeMe @much2say I didn't realise this posted twice so as you were the only two who commented on the other one, I've deleted it. Sorry about that but hopefully it will only cost a penny or two.

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@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Apr 17

@JudyEv Oh no worries - I'll just respond again!

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@silvermist (19701)

• India

5 Apr 17

@JudyEv I am wondering how many turned up for the 'free haircut'

That is a beautiful photo.

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@silvermist (19701)

• India

6 Apr 17

@JudyEv Yes,but not the customers.

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

By the following Friday the hair-dresser would have forgotten that he ever said it.

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 17

@silvermist I would like to have been a fly on the wall on that Friday.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

5 Apr 17

I think the winter will come to Australia and why not have a haircut for this sheep in summer? Or perhaps its hair can grow so soon so that it will stay warm in winter?

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

They are usually shorn in the spring each year.

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@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Apr 17

Well this sheep deserves a free haircut!

Thanks for the mention (again

)

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@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

7 Apr 17

@JudyEv Is she able to walk like that

?

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

She looks a mess doesn't she?

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Apr 17

@much2say She could actually run quite fast. There is no way you could catch her. We got her into a small yard eventually and caught her.

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@Fleura (34979)

• United Kingdom

5 Apr 17

That's funny, it's never occurred to me to haggle over a year's hair-cutting contract. But then it wouldn't of course as I haven't had my hair cut for at least 15 years.

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@Fleura (34979)

• United Kingdom

5 Apr 17

@JudyEv I just trim it myself. But my hair doesn't grow indefinitely. It seems everyone has a natural limit to how long their hair will grow; for some people it will reach the ground but for me it will never reach beyond the middle of my back even if I never cut it for the rest of my life!

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

@Fleura I've heard that before. I wonder how long mine would grow if I just left it. I haven't made an appointment for another trim so perhaps I'll just let it keep going.

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

How long is your hair now or do you trim the ends yourself?

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@sol_cee (38669)

• Philippines

6 Apr 17

Haircut costs an arm and leg here.

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@sol_cee (38669)

• Philippines

6 Apr 17

@JudyEv does that mean she has free rein on what to do with your hair or you still explain your preference?

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 17

@sol_cee No, she does whatever you ask. I don't know why she is so cheap. She has a little salon but doesn't employ anyone so I guess her overheads are quite low.

@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 17

It's expensive here too but I have been going to the same person for years and she charges about a third of what everyone else does so I'm very lucky.

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@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

2 Sep 17

that poor sheep looks down r ght miserable needs to g et a lotof har cut lol lol

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 17

We had shorn very soon after that. She must have felt strange when all the wool came off.

@allknowing (153544)

• India

6 Apr 17

That poor sheep in that photo. Wonder if he feels he is carrying a load. Eavesdropping does not always pay

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 17

That's true but the other customers would have been battling not to hear what was being said as it is only a small salon, no separate cubicles.

@rebelann (117220)

• El Paso, Texas

28 May 22

Oh that poor sheep. That picture reminds me of a shot I saw of a rescued poodle who'd been neglected for too long.

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@rebelann (117220)

• El Paso, Texas

29 May 22

I'll bet both did.

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 22

She must have felt so much lighter when all that came off.

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@epiffanie (11327)

• Australia

7 Apr 17

I cut my husband's hair and mine too .. so he get's a free haircut every three weeks .

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 17

That's very clever! I really admire you for doing that. Vince has a beard-trimmer device so he can do that himself but he goes to the barber for his haircuts.

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@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

5 Apr 17

Petal does indeed look pretty uncomie in all that matted wool. I need a haircut myself

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@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

17 Apr 17

@JudyEv Oh it happens, and frankly, as much as some of us chat on here, we often dont even catch that things got missed!

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Apr 17

@Jessicalynnt I don't think I'd know if someone missed responding to my comment - unless I was really interested in what they might say or if I'd asked a specific question.

@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Apr 17

Sorry for the late response. I thought I'd check out my old posts and I'm finding a lot of responses I haven't replied to. Another month or two and Petal would have had dreadlocks.

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@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Apr 17

Petal is the woolliest sheep I have ever seen.What happens if a sheep isn't shorn? How do they function with all that wool?

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

@JohnRoberts Not quite but she certainly had a lot of fleece. She must have felt strange without it.

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@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Apr 17

@JudyEv Petal must have provided a bale of wool.

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@teamfreak16 (43586)

• Denver, Colorado

5 Apr 17

That sheep needs a shearing!

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

She does doesn't she? And she got one. She was only half the size afterwards.

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@teamfreak16 (43586)

• Denver, Colorado

5 Apr 17

@JudyEv - Wow. That's a lot of wool.

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@Ronrybs (21499)

• London, England

7 Apr 17

My kind of humour! I have a hair that needs cutting, where is this barber?

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Apr 17

It was a very funny little town. We once really saw a kangaroo hopping down the main street but didn't have a camera with us. The highway went through the middle of the town and became the 'main street' for a few hundred yards.

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@Nawsheen (28761)

• Mauritius

5 Apr 17

Petal needs to get to a free hair cut. Consider the amount of trimming to be done she will have to go after midday

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

We were lucky the shearer didn't charge us double!

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

5 Apr 17

He needs to be groomed. What are you going to do with his wool?

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

One fleece isn't worth much so we let the shearer keep it. Petal is a ewe. We gave her to my nephew and she has since had twin lambs.

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@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

5 Apr 17

That is funny, I love it.

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

Vince and the barber enjoyed the joke.

@FayeHazel (40230)

• United States

5 Apr 17

A fun story and I do hope that Petal got a hair cut

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@JudyEv (382019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Apr 17

She must have felt so much lighter after she was shorn.