Beards and long hair
Due to the recent success of Lord of the Rings and an unexplainable revival of zz top in my country all the men are growing beards and not cutting their hair.
This has driven our barbers into almost financial ruin as noone is getting a haircut. I have already banned the video release of the Pirates of the Caribbean to try and stem the flow but short of banning beards and long hair I don't know what else to do.
Archdeacon Minimarshall
Similar trend began in the Protectorate of Former Mordorians. The Ministry of Information determined that trend toward uncut hair and beards was actually premeditated rebellion by a neo-Merovingian group seeking to restore medieval european notions of spirituality.
Culprits now roundly re-educated and are now supportive and upstanding members of society.
Public tours to visit the particular motorway bridges in which they are supportive and upstanding are held throughout the school terms.
A lot of my citizens are sporting beards & longer hair, & I think it's just dandy. I've taken a laissez-faire attitude towards the whole thing - at least it's not spandex.
Thank you for your advice unfortunately all our motorway bridges are supported by harry potter enthusiasts which means there isn't any more room. This police action cause massed rights of 5 people who wanted to know what would happen to the quiditch tournament planned for 2005. This crowd was easily dispersed by the use of giant spiders and one rather large serpent, the film got it all wrong. Harry's head actually got bit clean of by the serpent and Ron never made it out of the woods, Aragog's children had a lovely 2 course meal that day with Ginger soup, Roast ron and fingers.
Anyway, I have imposed an incentive scheme for those who do not use the barbers with free cinema tickets instead of lollipops for every haircut and established the hair squad which can inspect your head without notice to ensure fresh scissor cuts than are only a minimum of 7 days old
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Moontian
31-12-2003, 14:01
Many youths in Moontian already wore beards, to be like their king.
Although my nation is a pretty liberal one beards have been illegal here since the great Hair Uprising of 1647. Which was caused when Queen Slyvek noticed some egg yolk had been nestling in the corner of King Nacoo's beard for over 40 years.
Beard were outlawed on account of the fact that they were disgusting, and I would urge nations to outlaw facial hair. And with regard to Craptania noone sees the Anti-Beard laws as a limitation on there freedom as everyone knows that nobody in their right mind would want facial hair.
Beards glorious beards, beards are so popular in our realm even the women grow them :roll:
Jeruselem
05-01-2004, 16:21
It's a growing trend in our senior Catholic hierachy, for the last few hundred years ...
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f beards... f trends.. and most importantly F LORD OF THE RINGS.. i HATE that movie with a PASSION... it's so stupid... the idiotic kind friggin wannabe needs to shave.. the elf needs to stop being so dam corny "the sky is red.. innocent blood has been spilt".. that could be creepy too... and the dwarf needs to quit his friggin complaining... and gendolf.. well... he needs to kick the dam bucket
Spookistan and Jakalah
06-01-2004, 01:08
We had a similar barber unemployment problem in our country, until we realised that we needed all those workers in the rapidly expanding Just for Men and Rogaine industries.
Frankly in Padmez, this trend is seen more as a Godsend than as anything negative. Red bandanas are in too.
item: A beard can be an excellent place to stash a slice of pizza.
item: Economically, you may find that adaptive barbers can turn this trend to their favor. The barbers who position themselves as expert in the grooming and cultivation of groovy long locks and majestic beards will find that they have an expanding and dedicated clientele. (It happened all throughout the 1970s and 1980s.)
PaxSolaris
06-01-2004, 01:26
In PaxSolaris, we allow anything that doesn't hurt others.. since 5'oclock shadow against sensitive skin is *extremely* painful, men who wish to do so are encouraged to wear beards.
..or avoid rubbing their faces on concenting adults.
It's up to the individual(s).
The Logarchy does not permit its military men (or women) to grow beards- they get in the way, they prevent the proper wearing of body armor, they risk getting caught in the action of military machinery, and with many of our citizens being of middle eastern descent beards give them the unpopular "Osama bin Laden look." However, it should be pointed out that the Demos are free to wear their hair however they wish; some segments of the population have "crazy hair contests."
Those in the military found growing facial hair that have access to shaving materials are publicly shamed, and on repeat offenses executed.
Don't like lord of the rings, I find that amazing. ok it's long a bit stereotypical and too many beards, but what a film.
Our out of work barbers have turned their skills to sheep shearing and ladies leg waxing. As you may have guessed the majority have opted for ladies leg waxing as a pose to sheep shearing. Some did offer the service of leg waxing for sheep but they became quickly bankrupt and turned their hands to politics.