51 words

Keith's Ramblings

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I’m in the hairdresser’s chair. 

In the mirror, I see a horrendous hulk clutching shear-size scissors.  

The floor shakes as he approaches.

Hackackackack.   

In seconds, I‘m bald as a baby’s bum. 

From hair-raising to hairless. I look horrific.

Coming here was a harebrained idea.

He didn’t even offer me a coffee.

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Thanks to Sammi Cox for hosting the Weekend Writing Prompt

26 thoughts on “51 words”

  4. Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶's avatar Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶 Apr 19, 2025 / 17:19

    This happened to me once while on vacation. My hair was pretty short at the time and I went to the local (and only!) hairdresser for a shorter, spiky cut. She chopped my hair so short and butchered it so badly, it took nearly 6 months of trimming and re-shaping by my usual hairdresser back home before I was able to work with it. Never again! Your write is much funnier than my experience, for sure!

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings Apr 19, 2025 / 17:57

      6 months! That really did need some sorting out!

      I did once have a haircut that left me almost bald – that’s what inspired me to write this somewhat exagerated version of what I underwent.

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      • Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶's avatar Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶 Apr 19, 2025 / 18:07

        It was truly awful; there were chunks of hair missing which is why it took so long to grow back. Bill was, of course, very supportive and conciliatory; it was years later that he admitted I looked like a cat that got caught in a fan belt! 😹

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      • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings Apr 20, 2025 / 15:38

        I shouldn’t be laughing at your misfortune, but Bill’s description was just too funny!

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      • Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶's avatar Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶 Apr 20, 2025 / 16:24

        No worries, dear Keith! Bill’s a smart man; he knew better than to make a crack like that at the time of the butchery! Now we just laugh at it. 😹

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  6. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin Apr 19, 2025 / 19:39

    Oh my goodness, what a shocker… talk about ‘a bad hair day!!’ Great take on the prompt Keith. Well done!

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  9. Denise Hammond's avatar Denise Hammond Apr 20, 2025 / 17:39

    LOL. That happened to me in Dubrovnik. I thought it was awful until I got to London and the taxi driver complimented me.

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      • Denise Hammond's avatar Denise Hammond Apr 20, 2025 / 17:51

        Way to kill a girl’s ego.

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