A RARE REACTION

[kenrh]

Several weeks ago I was at a shopping centre with my wife having a cup of coffee.  This very large, well built man with a well shaved head, probably in his 40s, came up to our table with his son, probably early teens.  In contrast to Dad, son had long curly hair.  The man smiled at me and said: "great haircut, good to see others enjoy a smooth head.  I have been trying to get my son to try it but he won't have a bar of it."  He then wished us a good day and before I could comment wandered off.  I was very amused by the encounter.

Ken

[Mikekoz13]

Nice story.... the Power of SLY...........

[geoguy]

Its nice when the unspoken brotherhood of the sly is recognized...   

[Green 1]

Good story, thanks for sharing!

[Undercover]

LOL its funny how that happens sometimes, eh? (Yep, I just said 'eh.' Canadian stereotypes be damned!)

[Professor Melon]

  The Sly Brotherhood is real and expanding. My standard salutation and outreach to a bro is "I see we go to the same barber." Then, if it's winter and I'm wearing a cap, I doff it and the conversation starts. I have never been cold-shouldered nor ignored. Perhaps sly folk are just better human beings. Professor Melon

[Sgt. Pate]

That's pretty darn cool! 

[ozzie]

 I bet the son was mortified! 

Great story, Ken. Thanks for sharing.
 

[D.A.L.U.I.]

It's a strange thing, sometime it's the "Nice haircut", "like yours too", but many times it is just the nod, brother to brother--really kind of neat.  But there are just so many now--even in the two plus years I've been sly, there seems to be a real move to sly going on. 

[mangosink12572]

I would have said to the kid first "when are you getting a haircut?"

[Undercover]

It's a strange thing, sometime it's the "Nice haircut", "like yours too", but many times it is just the nod, brother to brother--really kind of neat.  But there are just so many now--even in the two plus years I've been sly, there seems to be a real move to sly going on. 

I couldn't agree more, you can see it everywhere these days: Movies, sports, celebrities, politicians, it seems like the bald guy stigma is pretty much gone, although I'm sure there will always be holdouts, and by that I mean "combovers"

[BaldBear]

Whenever another sly guy comes over to me and says something like, "Great Haircut"...I always say...


"Thanks. We could put our heads together and make an ass of ourselves!" 


It always makes them laugh!

[Kratos]

Stories like that are always awesome to hear.

[Razor X]

I couldn't agree more, you can see it everywhere these days: Movies, sports, celebrities, politicians, it seems like the bald guy stigma is pretty much gone, although I'm sure there will always be holdouts, and by that I mean "combovers"

Ideally, we'll get to a point where nobody is ever afraid to shave his head because he has MPB.   People need to realize that a bald head doesn't "ruin" your looks, but combing over, wearing the fringe too long, or even just ignoring a severely receded hairline will ruin your looks.  Baldness isn't the problem, it's the hair that remains that can make you look bad.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Baldness isn't the problem, it's the hair that remains that can make you look bad.

Nicely put