Just a word of warning

[Mr Coeur de Lion]

to any who get their haircut in France.

A French number 3 is NOT, I repeat NOT, the same as an English number 3!

Mr Coeur de Lion is having to wear a beanie hat for the foreseeable future because of this small lack of knowledge.

[Iceni]

How about numbers 2 and 1?

John

[Mr Coeur de Lion]

All I can say is, thank god I didn't go that far.

I currently have what's normally referred to as a number 1 (being 1/8" inch). I wanted a number 3 (3/8").

Of course, they thought these numbers referred to sizes in millimetres.

[YCCMB]

EEk! And in this weather, as well! Still, it does work both ways. We once had a (male) au pair who arrived with us and shortly thereafter went for a trim at the barber's. Only he came back with a buzz-cut. "I don't understand" he said (I HAD, in my defence, offered to go with him) "I say to barber, I just want a little hair". [:D]. I think him being Czech and the barber being Moroccan may have been an impediment to clear communication, though.

[Russethouse]

Mr RH has just bought one of these : http://www.babyliss.co.uk/men_easycut.html very good so far

[Mr Coeur de Lion]

Looks good.

Does the woman in the video come with it too?

[Russethouse]

 Not yet [:D][:D]

But if she turns up I have a pile of his shirts she could iron [;-)]

[Kitty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1I94gDveZ0

Some faces from the past as well.  I recognised Charlie George at the beginning.

[Chancer]

[quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]All I can say is, thank god I didn't go that far. I currently have what's normally referred to as a number 1 (being 1/8" inch). I wanted a number 3 (3/8"). Of course, they thought these numbers referred to sizes in millimetres.[/quote]

Been there done that got the T shirt!

I remember when I was young and asked for a Tony Curtis haircut, before I realised he had shaved my head, I told the guy that Tony Curtis does not have a bald head and he said "yes he does, I am a great fan, I have seen all his films, my favorite is The King and I" [;-)]

[cooperlola]

Paying somebody to cut your hair has always struck me as one of the biggest wastes of money ever.  I just do not get hairdressers/barbers at all - for either sex.  What is the point?[6]

[Anton Redman II]

About 20 years ago I mistakenly mentioned to a female colleague that all that happened if you were a bloke was every day you woke up and looked in the mirror. Some days you looked a couple of hours older some days you looked a couple of weeks older. Same mistake with a Moroccan barber.

 

[Chancer]

Same mistake with a Bolivian barber so I should have known better in France.

I cut my own now but reckon my neckline must be pretty appalling as I dont have a second mirror.

Richard, how come it took you so long to get caught out, have you been letting your hair grow since coming to France?

[Mr Coeur de Lion]

No, the wife used to cut it, and this year, I've been managing to get it cut every time I went to the States.

This was my first (and hopefully last) visit to a French hairdresser.