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Discussions About Being Bald => General Discussion => Topic started by: flatdave on July 01, 2009, 03:41:12 PM

Title: Would you tell?
Post by: flatdave on July 01, 2009, 03:41:12 PM
If you had the most awesome shine on your SLY dome and another dude with a SLY dome walked up to you and asked you how to achieve the same shine, would you tell or would you think he was a nut case and tell him to get lost?  Just wondering because a few years ago I saw this SLY dude in a store that had the most awesome shine on his SLY dome.  It looked like there was 5 layers of floor wax on his SLY dome, it was truly awesome and I so badly wanted to approach him and ask him how the hell he got his SLY dome to shine so brilliantly.  There were two problems however, one, I was sporting a flattop and two, he was with his wife or girl friend.  So, what would you have done if some dude with a flat came up to you and asked about your gleaming SLY dome?  What would you have done if the dude was also SLY but his SLY dome didn't have a killer shine like your's?  Thanks SBG's!
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: Hook'Em on July 01, 2009, 04:17:36 PM
Turn the question around on yourself...Would it bother YOU if someone asked about your head? It wouldn't bother me, so I would assume most of us wouldn't mind. That being said, there are a-holes out there, so make sure and be nice and carry a bat!
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: TheSlyBear on July 01, 2009, 05:08:52 PM
It would have probably sparked a lengthy and friendly conversation about shaving. At least if it were me.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: tomgallagher on July 01, 2009, 05:12:20 PM
I agree with the Bear. I wouldn't have had a problem.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: slyatlast on July 01, 2009, 05:18:53 PM
I would take it as a compliment, as most guys on this forum would.  As for asking the question to someone else, I don't think most guys would have a problem with it.  If you're also sly, just come out and ask.  If not, say something like "I used to shave my head but could never get a shine like that.  How do you do it?"   ...just in case he's unsure about the motives of your question.

Remember that some skin types just naturally have more of a shine.  I get a fairly decent shine without doing anything.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: GASlick on July 01, 2009, 05:27:57 PM
I don't care if you ask me, and I'm not shy to ask you!  LOL
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: Mikekoz13 on July 01, 2009, 05:34:31 PM
I don't care if you ask me, and I'm not shy to ask you!  LOL


DING!DING!DING! Same here!
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: Tyler on July 02, 2009, 02:23:27 AM
I almost asked a guy in the store the other day but my niece was acting up and I didn't want to approach him with a crying baby in my arms.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on July 02, 2009, 07:21:04 AM
I don't care if you ask me, and I'm not shy to ask you!  LOL


DING!DING!DING! Same here!

I regularly compliment a fellow sly in the elevator, or the like.  I mean I don't run them down on the street, but if given the occasion of course, "Nice haircut!" or "You've got a great barber" something like that.  I always get a nice comeback, a laugh and if I run into them again, as I do in the office building, we acknowledge each other. 
What I don't do, and want to, is tell some poor guy with a fringe or worse a fringe, island and scattered long hairs,  that "It's dead, take it off."  Someday though, I probably will. >:D
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: schro on July 02, 2009, 07:56:42 AM
I don't care if you ask me, and I'm not shy to ask you!  LOL


"Nice haircut!" or "You've got a great barber" something like that. 


That's my usual way of acknowleding a fellow baldie. I find bald dudes to be pretty pleasant overall. Yeah, I wouldn't think guys with hair would ask each other about how they get their mops to look a certain way, but bald dudes clearly march to their own drummer and I find them to be much more approachable. It's like people of similar hobbies talking shop (car buffs, golfers, you name it).

I wouldn't be offended and I would hope for the same.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: PBurke on July 02, 2009, 08:12:12 AM
i ran into a dude at a store a few days ago. he had a killer shine goin on. i just laughed and told him i was jealous of that shine! he laughed and we talked a minute. told him about sbg and we went about our own business. that is the typical response. friendly and cordial.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: GaryT on July 02, 2009, 08:40:48 AM
Yeah I love it when I am asked and I love to ask others! Great fun!!
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: warhawk on July 02, 2009, 11:49:07 AM
i would have no problem at all.  we gotta show the love 2 R fellow chrome domes.   O0

WARHAWK O0
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: Stu on July 02, 2009, 12:29:45 PM
No one ever asks, but I would be all for it if someone did, especially if the dude had hair or MPB.  I would feel it my duty to spread the gospel of being sly.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: Sooner Steve on July 02, 2009, 02:11:33 PM
I got asked by a guy one time if I put turtle wax car polish on mine because it shined so much.  I took it as a compliment.

On occasions I have sly lawyers appear in my court. If I have never met them before I always say something like " I see we use the same barber."  It always gets a smile from everyone - even the non-sly dudes.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on July 02, 2009, 03:12:27 PM
I got asked by a guy one time if I put turtle wax car polish on mine because it shined so much.  I took it as a compliment.

On occasions I have sly lawyers appear in my court. If I have never met them before I always say something like " I see we use the same barber."  It always gets a smile from everyone - even the non-sly dudes.

That would be well within the dictum of one of my law professors who stated, wisely, that a decision was ". . .within the creative discretion of the artist judge! O0"  I have always loved that line.
Title: Re: Would you tell?
Post by: flatdave on July 10, 2009, 11:48:35 PM
I don't care if you ask me, and I'm not shy to ask you!  LOL


"Nice haircut!" or "You've got a great barber" something like that. 


That's my usual way of acknowleding a fellow baldie. I find bald dudes to be pretty pleasant overall. Yeah, I wouldn't think guys with hair would ask each other about how they get their mops to look a certain way, but bald dudes clearly march to their own drummer and I find them to be much more approachable. It's like people of similar hobbies talking shop (car buffs, golfers, you name it).

I wouldn't be offended and I would hope for the same.

Just got back from Chicago yesterday.  We went to a Sox game on Tuesday, I gave another Sly dude a hi-five when a home run was hit without even thinking about it.  The Sox won, it was a great evening! O0