The Blow Torch by Frank

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The other day I was doing some welding and the blow torch I was using blew up in my face. I run into the house to look in a mirror to find all the hair on the right side of my head was gone.

I tried everything but had no choice but to go to the nearest Barber Shop to see if the Barber could help me out.

I put on my ball cap and headed over to Jims Barber Shop. I walked in and took a sit to wait my turn.

" Next"

That was my command. I walked up took a sit in the Barber chair and took off my cap.

" What happen to you young Man?"

I got in the way of a blow torch.

"A blow torch, you are lucky".

Yes I know, Do you think you can fix it?

" Well it is very close I think it all has to come off".

All off ?

" Well I might beable to give you a little bumper in the front but the hole right side is gone, right down to the skin".

Well I guess you have to do it so go on, take it off.

" Don't worry it only hair it will grow back in no time but it is going to be skin close have you ever had your head shaved"?

No, but I always think abut doing it.

" You will look good you have a good face you don't need hair".

I hope.

" Okay you ready"?

I guess.

"Just enjoy the cut".

From that point on we did not talk, The Barber put the cape around me and turned on the clippers down went my head and all I was feeling was the hot vibrating clippers being pushed up the back of my head. I could see my hair falling down the cape piling up on the floor around me.The back was coming off fast and now the sides, he was going high over the top.

Do you have to take off the top?

"I will leave you some in the front as a bumper if you don't like it I can take it off and give you a skin tight baldy you can tell me what you think ".

I guess I was going to be bald , well good thing it is, the in style , I see a lot of guys with shaved heads, I just hope I look good. At this point I was getting very nervous I was not seeing what he was doing and I was not feeling no hair on my head.

" You okay Kid "?

I guess, I would like to see what I look like .

" I am almost done".

He just kept shaving, I must be bald, I said to him.

" Well it had to be taken down it was very short on the right side. You will like it, trust me".

I was enjoy the feeling of the clippers it really felt good when he shaved off top it was very stimulating a feeling I never had and I liked it .

Well to make a long story short. I was bald when he was done. I had no hair but for a little patch in the front about 1/2 long, and my head felt like sand paper, I like running my hands over my head feeling the skin and just a little hair on top, I really looke like I am in the Army.I told the Barber that and he said.

" That's what you got a good short Army cut, It looks good on you , you should keep it this way ".

I just might.

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