my friend is doing some sort of cancer campaign where she gets people to sponsor her to shave her head and gives the money to kids with cancer. i think it's kinda silly and that she should just go around asking people to donate money if they wish, but it reminded me of a few years back when i was in Nelson a barber was shaving people's head for it and if a woman was willing to shave her head $100 would go to the charity - but no woman in town on that Saturday afternoon who walked past the Cathedral was willing to. sorry to be so "i wouldn't understand 'cos i'm not a woman" but hey girls that's pretty pathetic, i can't believe not everyone wanted to go up to get their heads shaved. but again, the symbolic gesture i think is dumb and people should just donate
and here's a question, what does everyone like the most about themselves?
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sorry, what?...
sorry, what?
exactly...
exactly
RH, I can certainly understand why ...
RH, I can certainly understand why women with long hair wouldn't want to do it. It takes farking ages if you hair grows even vaguely slowly. And there's an intermediate stage when your hair is long enough to be annoying, but not long enough to be tied back. Although I guess you could probably use hairclips or a headband to hold it back, but its not everybody's thing.
Either way, I think if your hair is part of how you see yourself, it's a pretty big move to make a wholesale change.
indeed. especially for $100....
indeed. especially for $100.
I mean, there are women I know who ...
I mean, there are women I know who spend that much for a good haircut, let alone just getting it shaved off.
Yeah, 4100 ain't much for what could ...
Yeah, 4100 ain't much for what could be 2 years worth of hair!
I made a pact not to cut my hair at all this year, coz I've never had it anything near long before, and by this late stage it is still not very long ... hardly even made it far down my neck yet.
That should ssay $100....
That should ssay $100.
//there are women I know who spend that ...
//there are women I know who spend that much for a good haircut
Somewhat amusingly, most salons also continue with their sex-based charging system regardless of hair length. That is, as a guy with long hair, you may pay up to a third of what a female would for pretty much the same haircut. And because guys don't tend to fall for the 6 weekly trim with long hair ("to keep it in good condition" or some shit), they guy version can actually be a lot more work. heh.
That may soon change due to a lady ...
That may soon change due to a lady getting refused a haircut at a barber in wellington.
They got a giant slap on the wrist, more may come of it too
Actually, I'm not sure that it will. I ...
Actually, I'm not sure that it will. I think most guys would rather cut their own hair than shell out women's prices!! So, it's sort of a social good/commercial imperative. If you want guys to not cut their own long hair, you need to not charge them over about $35 for a haircut.
I dunno about doing it themselves, but ...
I dunno about doing it themselves, but the old girlfriend haircut is popular with the guys and girls I know.
Personally, I'd never pay over 35, when all I reallyly get done is shaving and a bit of a cut on top.
I used to do it myself. With 2 mirrors ...
I used to do it myself. With 2 mirrors set up, the back-to-front skills you learn shaving, and enough length it's not too hard. I guess having semi-curly hair helped as well.
last time i went to a hairdressers i ...
last time i went to a hairdressers i was four years old.
i've only ever cut it myself ... though once a friend had a go. i reckoned that Winona's cut in Reality Bites was a slack haircut, and didn't require any formal training or paying of someone else.
Wow, that is some crazy skills with the ...
Wow, that is some crazy skills with the two mirrors! I would give it a go, but I think I'd in all likelyhood lose an ear.
ummm .. ah ... haircuts, not something ...
ummm .. ah ... haircuts, not something I really worry about ... hair :-) but that said, I'm a do it yourself kinda bloke when it comes time for a trim. It costs £6 at Mr toppers just to have a head shaved, so I brought a babyliss clipper set for £16 about two years ago and done my own ever since, thinking of studying Topiary for the beard thou, just for something alittle different ..
When it's $20 to get your head shaved ...
When it's $20 to get your head shaved and you do it every few weeks you learn to d.i.y pretty quick. Plus it's good to have your girlfriend give you a haircut. Finally get them paying attention to you and not visa versa
Got to work on the girlfriend part of ...
Got to work on the girlfriend part of things, but yeah it works out about every two months or so feel I need a trim and it only takes 5 mins to do a quick check with a mirror and hey presto, a clean shave, and a saving of £6 .. which can be better spent on guinness or cider :-)
I'll pay you $100** if you chop your ...
I'll pay you $100** if you chop your typing fingers off
** cheques will not be honoured
why? is it because you're intolerant ...
why? is it because you're intolerant and jugmental of what people are allowed to type?
No, it's for <I>charity</I>....
No, it's for charity.
I lol'd!...
I lol'd!
For charity AND because you're an ...
For charity AND because you're an idiot. Can't it be both?
for making a post raising a social ...
for making a post raising a social issue? i suppose you value your hair more than the treatment and wellbeing of cancer patients then
people not cutting their hair isn't a ...
people not cutting their hair isn't a social issue you twit. those people who refused may give generously in other ways. so shove your head back up your self righteous ass.
//i suppose you value your hair more ...
//i suppose you value your hair more than the treatment and wellbeing of cancer patients then
I'll donate $200 if you give White Rhino head.
//i suppose you value your hair more ...
//i suppose you value your hair more than the treatment and wellbeing of cancer patients then//
i just noticed that.
holy shit dude. do you even realise what a douchebag you are??? i don't think you do. and that is what we should be collecting for.
shave your head for the "help jesuscrux realise he is a douchebag and should more often than not shut the fuck up"
... FUND stupid missing ...
... FUND
stupid missing words.
not as stupid as YOU though. fool.
um, calm down you angry bitch? well ...
um, calm down you angry bitch? well it's funny to know that you get so fucked off so easily
//um, calm down you angry bitch? well ...
//um, calm down you angry bitch? well it's funny to know that you get so fucked off so easily
. . . . I wonder if that's what you said to that other chick, that other time ?
Come on JC, put your mouth where my ...
Come on JC, put your mouth where my money is.
(Lughead: hehehe, you're awesome)
ha, must be time for to grab my coat ...
ha, must be time for to grab my coat again ;)
Must be time for you to grab your ...
Must be time for you to grab your ankles, actually.
heh, just because you'll be going ...
heh, just because you'll be going through US Customs, doesn't mean you are US Customs . . . .
//um, calm down you angry bitch? ...
//um, calm down you angry bitch? //
Are you asking a question? You misogynist bastard.
You're just such a fucking loser. Every post you make reeks of idiocy. Save money on your charitable donations (because I'm sure you GIVE HEAPS) and spend some of that money on buying yourself a brain with which to make with the intelligence. Because you're severely lacking.
why don't you look at your reply to my ...
why don't you look at your reply to my post, whereas everyone else just replied to the post and discussed the issue you went completely off topic and attacked me with no basis whatsoever. you're the one with the problem. i don't go to your topics, for example your latest on datura, and start telling you to stop posting, or that you're an idiot
you didn't go to my post asking if ...
you didn't go to my post asking if anyone knew anything about a band called datura and tell me to stop posting?
wow. what a hero. maybe that's because there was nothing stupid in my post?
your post however is ignorant.
how is it ignorant?...
how is it ignorant?
//but hey girls that's pretty ...
//but hey girls that's pretty pathetic//
that's how
Lughead ... I wonder .............. :-) ...
Lughead ... I wonder .............. :-) classic !
ah .. and no you haven't pulled !!!!!!...
ah .. and no you haven't pulled !!!!!!
//whereas everyone else just replied to ...
//whereas everyone else just replied to the post and discussed the issue you went completely off topic and attacked me
I think more like it - there was an unspoken agreeance that you were nuts! People are free to do whatever they want, you don't know how much they give to charity in private, and even if they give nothing, that is their choice. Personally, if a girl I knew got their hair shaved for no other reason than to get 100 bucks for a charity, I would say she was loopy.
//ah .. and no you haven't pulled ...
//ah .. and no you haven't pulled !!!!!!
heh, bugger . . .
Exactly what I'm trying to avoid ...
Exactly what I'm trying to avoid lughead .. :-)
//for making a post raising a social ...
//for making a post raising a social issue? i suppose you value your hair more than the treatment and wellbeing of cancer patients then
You're a social issue
I am a little confused, RH. First you ...
I am a little confused, RH. First you say you don't think shaving off of hair is something that has value, in terms of raising money, and then you slag off people who don't want to shave their hair off. I wouldn't normally reply to this post, or any of yours really - let's face it, life is too short to indulge inanity of any sort - however, I feel compelled to question if you really have raised a social issue. Isn't it just more inane questions you're asking? Isn't a more pertinent question to ask people, oh I don't know, something like " To what ends would you go to save someone you love?" or maybe " How do you feel about organ donation?". My husband had leukemia 10 years ago, and survived against the odds. I tried to give blood but wasn't allowed. If I could have had the intensive chemotherapy and radiotherapy for him, I would have. If I could have had all my teeth pulled out, instead of him having to because his saliva glands necrotised, I would have. If I could have taken his pain, that he's still in, away - I would do. But I can't. Nobody can. And that is why people shave their head for charity, because they want to do something, to feel useful. Others give time and money. Lots of money. Some visit or volunteer at Hospices. What do you do, RH?
I should add - value your friend. ...
I should add - value your friend. She's at least doing something.
Quick Jesus Crotch abandon ship while ...
Quick Jesus Crotch abandon ship while there's still hope
i do value my friend, the point i was ...
i do value my friend, the point i was making in my first post was basically that it's silly to have the concept of shaving your head for money to be donated, but since $100 would have gone to the charity to have a woman's head shaved, why aren't the women lining up to do this?
ps. and i don't need to justify or ...
ps. and i don't need to justify or show off the charitable things i do (Matthew chapter 6). although it would shut people up from making all sorts of judgments, and it's ironic people are calling me self-righteous etc. when it's them who are telling me to put my money where my mouth is, and blowing off about how much lower i am than them (assuming the "i suppose you give heaps" was sarcastic) when i don't even talk about what i do
regarding people giving time and other sorts of donations, it doesn't change the fact that it's an opportunity for an EXTRA $100 for ten minutes and some hair
who are you to judge people who ...
who are you to judge people who wouldn't shave their heads for charity? would you fuck a goat for charity? if the goat was willing I mean.