The short sequence from 1997 wherein Arlo gets his trade-mark longish hair trimmed continues. It isn’t exactly autobiographical, but the cartoonist did attempt to run away with a dental hygienist one time. I think I mentioned an art sale for a good cause a few weeks ago. We’ll talk more about that this week, but for now I must go.
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Interesting…
1. Arlo goes to his Pneumatic & Pulchritudinous Hair Stylist for a haircut.
2. At first Arlo fights temptation and averts his gaze from his Pneumatic & Pulchritudinous Hair Stylist’s chestular area.
3. Then Arlo succumbs to temptation and gets an eyeful (nearly literally) of his Pneumatic & Pulchritudinous Hair Stylist’s chestular-based secondary sexual characteristics.
Me, I just skip Step 2 when faced with my P&PHS’s charms and go straight for the eyeful.
I’m surprised you don’t lick her like Dickens would.
Dickens REALLY likes this front porch. He has decided this is best cottage yet. I need to sit out at night and see if there are ghosts among the oaks.
Breakfast is on back porch today. The crab cakes and eggplant dressing will be ready in 45 minutes, what to do?
Ghost, I had always taken the sequence to be Arlo watching with great anxiety his long locks being shorn and the thought of how short his hair would be made him recall the old man who cut his hair so short Back In The Day. Upon further review, that call is reversed and your call prevails.
Evan, how about combine the two. He’s thinking of her physical attributes, and forces himself to think about the short haircut and the old man who used to give him similar ones so that he can distract himself and not produce evidence that he notices her physical attributes.
Think Austin Powers when he shouts out “Margaret Thatcher naked!”
Yeah, Jackie, it’s obvious Dickens can get away with a lot of things I couldn’t.
“I was thinking of the old man who cut my hair when I was a kid” = Cover story. Nothing about getting a hair cut from Arlo’s P&PHS could in the least be reminding him of an old man. And my P&PHS (when giving me a shampoo) and my dental hygienist seem to be competing in a contest to see which one can get most, ah, up close and personal.
Dave, it follows as the night the day that when the call was reversed upon review, the nature of the recollection therefore turned out to be pretty much exactly as you describe.
“The cartoonist did attempt to run away with a dental hygienist one time.” Clearly, the mental defenses being employed were not sufficient. But one can have great sympathy, for the menfolk are nothing if not consistent and predictable in that regard.
Way back when, a nearby convenience store was robbed by a bra-less lass in a gauzy, see-through top. When asked to describe the robber’s face, the male clerk could not. Consistent and predictable… 🙂
The barber shop I use is one my grandfather took me to beginning when I was in about 3rd grade. Was all the kind of old guys Arlo is thinking of. Now there are 2 women there as well, but neither fit Arlo or Ghost’s particulars. I think that type of barber goes to the new shops that are part of the big chains. I go for the comfort level and for the barber that never feels the need to ask, what number was the cutting comb they used on you last time?. Medium length, get the bangs, even the sideburns, short back, get it off the ears. Yep, that’s it!!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LeSioVFEqy4/Si5WVM1JDcI/AAAAAAAAA8M/QaWfmYUdbno/s400/northport+035.jpg
Here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PnIuo4diqY
Ray’s Backup Singer #1 actually resembles my P&PHS, except for being less slender and having bigger hair.
Mike always liked his hairdresser who tickled his ears with her boobs. Never asked me to do that. What is it with you guys?
Forbidden fruit syndrome?
My first barber was the biggest New York Yankees baseball fan I ever knew and he converted me as a youngster to a Yankee fan in Baton Rouge, LA! I told his son at his funeral that if Joe DiMaggio would hit a home run, Mr. Joe Delouise might loop off one of your ears. We listened to the games on radio since that was pre TV days, or should I say, “The good old days”! The barber shop was on Third Street in Baton Rouge, which was the down town section of town.
Pax vobiscum. God bless us every one.
Search: Decorah eagles north nest. This site refuses that URL in a post. Two adults [a few min. ago], one of two eggs hatched, one feeding the new eaglet. Peace,
Tilt your head back slightly and get real close to the mirror. That’s what the young ladies are looking at. Keep those ear and nose hairs trimmed!
Someone once told me that getting old meant having hair not grow where you do want it, and growing where you don’t want it.
I have cut all of my hair off twice for surgery. I like it because it doesn’t require any care, but especially since the surgeries, I do not have a good looking skull. Fortunately the scars are not large and don’t show when the hair grew back. You know the old line about good looking heads and God covering the rest with hair.
emb: Two of three eggs have hatched. Weird that we can’t post the link here. I even tried removing the http and leaving spaces between the parts of the url.
Apparently it’s all of explore dot org, not just the webcams.
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
There, that one works. Enjoy, folks. I can see one chick at about the 9 o clock position in the nest.
Jerry in FL, tried shaving my head once. Got ingrown hair and very itchy scalp. Once was enough.
Mark: that link will take you to the original Decorah webcam. This one works for the new north nest (assuming it posts) – http://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/decorah-north-nest/
It worked! I do like the comments and screen captures on the Explore site however.