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Your barber starts asking you if you want them to do something with your eyebrows.
Is this a thing now? I had never been asked this before recently. I hadn't even thought about it, I mean I think I'm happy with the way they are. We're not exactly talking Dennis Healey here.
I'm not even sure I know exactly what they would do to my eyebrows, does anyone else have their barber do "something" with theirs?
Is this a thing now? I had never been asked this before recently. I hadn't even thought about it, I mean I think I'm happy with the way they are. We're not exactly talking Dennis Healey here.
I'm not even sure I know exactly what they would do to my eyebrows, does anyone else have their barber do "something" with theirs?
king arthur said:
Your barber starts asking you if you want them to do something with your eyebrows.
Is this a thing now? I had never been asked this before recently. I hadn't even thought about it, I mean I think I'm happy with the way they are. We're not exactly talking Dennis Healey here.
I'm not even sure I know exactly what they would do to my eyebrows, does anyone else have their barber do "something" with theirs?
Yeah, I've been having them shaved with a No 4 clipper for years. My uncle ended up with some proper Healey's so I'm happy to head that off.Is this a thing now? I had never been asked this before recently. I hadn't even thought about it, I mean I think I'm happy with the way they are. We're not exactly talking Dennis Healey here.
I'm not even sure I know exactly what they would do to my eyebrows, does anyone else have their barber do "something" with theirs?
Mind you it might also be because I've been going to Turkish and Iraqi places. They're also keen on trimming/burning any ear hair they come across. They also waxed some bloke's nostrils the other day when I was there - he was seriously distressed for a good 10 mins after. I might give that a swerve.....
king arthur said:
Your barber starts asking you if you want them to do something with your eyebrows.
Is this a thing now? I had never been asked this before recently. I hadn't even thought about it, I mean I think I'm happy with the way they are. We're not exactly talking Dennis Healey here.
I'm not even sure I know exactly what they would do to my eyebrows, does anyone else have their barber do "something" with theirs?
A couple of years ago, aged 39, I noticed that a small proportion of my eyebrow hairs were suddenly accelerating in growth, leading to my eyebrows beginning to look very slightly unkempt. Now I just run the beard trimmer over them once a week while shaving, using the 5mm length setting. Keeps them neat and tidy.Is this a thing now? I had never been asked this before recently. I hadn't even thought about it, I mean I think I'm happy with the way they are. We're not exactly talking Dennis Healey here.
I'm not even sure I know exactly what they would do to my eyebrows, does anyone else have their barber do "something" with theirs?
I cannot, for the life of me, work out why men walk around with overgrown eyebrows, or long hairs sticking out of them all over the place. Just tidy them up in the same way you would have a shave, trim your beard, cut your nose hair, or cut your hair.
Whenever I see a bloke with unkempt eyebrows, or looking like Dennis Healy or Archbishop Rowan Williams, I just assume they are weird, as they have deliberately left their eyebrows looking like that, as though it some sort of bizarre statement.
Yeah I have some pretty serious eyebrow hair and have mind No.4'd as well when getting a haircut. Turkish barber experience is pretty funny if you've not been before and suddenly the guy is waving a lit baton around your head 
Have finally found a good one to go to who doesn't try and lump me with some s
t trendy hair cut and beard and just cuts how I ask and trims and shapes my beard how I ask as well.
Have finally found a good one to go to who doesn't try and lump me with some s
t trendy hair cut and beard and just cuts how I ask and trims and shapes my beard how I ask as well. This thread reminded me of this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neSkiT6mVhw
(you might recognise the bloke from a couple of McDonalds adverts)
I get the odd rogue long eyebrow hair which I just pluck out with tweezers. That's no bother compared to the nostril hairs though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neSkiT6mVhw
(you might recognise the bloke from a couple of McDonalds adverts)
I get the odd rogue long eyebrow hair which I just pluck out with tweezers. That's no bother compared to the nostril hairs though!
Yes I think I'll deal with my nostril hairs myself rather than letting someone else near them.
I recently got glasses for the first time. I suppose I should have been wearing them for years but I've put it off, managed without them reasonably well but gave up in the end and went for an eye test. The optha....optim....opto...the girl who did the eye test said I was just about on the legal limit for driving. She prescribed me distance glasses and reading glasses. When I got the reading glasses and put them on, Christ everything goes weird! I looked in the mirror and thought, "Jesus am I really that ugly?"
And that was when I saw the state of the nostril hairs. Never really noticed them before. So, out with the nose hair trimmer attachment and they are swiftly despatched. But I guess now I've cut them they will just grow back even thicker?
Is this the start of a long downward spiral?
I recently got glasses for the first time. I suppose I should have been wearing them for years but I've put it off, managed without them reasonably well but gave up in the end and went for an eye test. The optha....optim....opto...the girl who did the eye test said I was just about on the legal limit for driving. She prescribed me distance glasses and reading glasses. When I got the reading glasses and put them on, Christ everything goes weird! I looked in the mirror and thought, "Jesus am I really that ugly?"
And that was when I saw the state of the nostril hairs. Never really noticed them before. So, out with the nose hair trimmer attachment and they are swiftly despatched. But I guess now I've cut them they will just grow back even thicker?
Is this the start of a long downward spiral?
You go to bed at a time when your kids are just about to head out for the night.
When young, you'd find a way to sneak out of the house to go to a party. Now, you find a way to sneak out of a party to go home.
Your narrow waist and broad mind swap places.
When they announce the death of older celebrities you're surprised that they were still alive.
The mildest and most inconsequential ailment has you mulling over what song you'll want played at your funeral.
Comfort overtakes style when buying clothes.
You consider Blue Harbour a designer brand.
When young, you'd find a way to sneak out of the house to go to a party. Now, you find a way to sneak out of a party to go home.
Your narrow waist and broad mind swap places.
When they announce the death of older celebrities you're surprised that they were still alive.
The mildest and most inconsequential ailment has you mulling over what song you'll want played at your funeral.
Comfort overtakes style when buying clothes.
You consider Blue Harbour a designer brand.
Couple more (according to my son),
An inability to get up or sit down without making a noise.
When getting up to go somewhere, you first have to slap your hands on your upper thighs and say 'Right!'
When drinking a coffee or tea during the day, it's perfectly acceptable to do so just staring into the garden.
And apparently, nobody under the age of 50 is to be seen holding their hands behind their back. News to me!
An inability to get up or sit down without making a noise.
When getting up to go somewhere, you first have to slap your hands on your upper thighs and say 'Right!'
When drinking a coffee or tea during the day, it's perfectly acceptable to do so just staring into the garden.
And apparently, nobody under the age of 50 is to be seen holding their hands behind their back. News to me!
StevieBee said:
You go to bed at a time when your kids are just about to head out for the night.
When young, you'd find a way to sneak out of the house to go to a party. Now, you find a way to sneak out of a party to go home.
Your narrow waist and broad mind swap places.
When they announce the death of older celebrities you're surprised that they were still alive.
The mildest and most inconsequential ailment has you mulling over what song you'll want played at your funeral.
Comfort overtakes style when buying clothes.
You consider Blue Harbour a designer brand.
I can relate to nearly all of these. When young, you'd find a way to sneak out of the house to go to a party. Now, you find a way to sneak out of a party to go home.
Your narrow waist and broad mind swap places.
When they announce the death of older celebrities you're surprised that they were still alive.
The mildest and most inconsequential ailment has you mulling over what song you'll want played at your funeral.
Comfort overtakes style when buying clothes.
You consider Blue Harbour a designer brand.
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