“Saar do you want to see the back of your head”
“No!!!”
“Please see saar…”
“I said no !!! I know whats there…”
..in the meantime a mirror is held so that the growing bald patch is exposed…starting at the center and then slowly streaking outwards…
This conversation happens everytime I visit the hairdresser. For some reason he insists I see his handiwork. All I can see is that theres very little left for the bugger to do. I am paying too much. The guy probably fancies himself as an “artiste” for working with so little.
Its just not fair. My brother has a thick crop of hair that can house wild animals if there was a shortage of forests. Ditto for my son.
But me???? Its going.. going… Its just not fair !!!!
I dont mind going bald.. really I dont… it makes you appreciate the rain even more…what ticks me off is how I “inherited” this bald streak…From my maternal uncle… Thats right folks.. the only thing I got from my maaama is this DNA that controls baldness… nothing else 
Anyways good news for the world is that I DO NOT INTEND to have a combover which requires one to grow 6 feet hair on one side so that it can then “supply” hair to the rest of the head. Fear not.
I have a neighbour who does a combover and I have seen the effect a strong wind has on him.. the poor guy…
July 7, 2008 at 8:31 am |
Vijay, in artistic circles, your hairdresser would be called a “minimalist”, I guess!
July 7, 2008 at 10:25 am |
u could get a Bruce Willis make over.
July 7, 2008 at 11:10 am |
he will not leave whatever u say thats right. title is very appropriate
nice one read and enjoy and laugh ( not for ur baldness pl.)
July 7, 2008 at 1:47 pm |
Vijay,
. If you do pick up the tab, then , well you will naturally get a Bruce Willis makeover like Xylene suggested, absolutely phreee !
Be sure to NOT be the last person at the table who picks up the tab in your company’s next 3 boondoggles and you can get a Salman Khan / Amitabh Bachchan make over
July 7, 2008 at 5:34 pm |
Ha Ha… Fantastic post. Reading your blogposts take us to different world vijay… Thanks for a wonderful laugh..
Comb over thing … Huh! thats worser that the real baldness..
I see lot of newspaper Ads about the hair grafting(or whatever technically they call it)..
and one important thing, probably you can ‘claim the expenses’ under medical specially you can figure it out while discussing something over a t-con…
July 7, 2008 at 7:07 pm |
Well, it’s been going-going-going for twenty years now, so I doubt you’ll lose it all.
Not that that’s any consolation given my full head of hair that needs to be cut every five weeks or else…. Why don’t you buy a buzzer, give yourself a buzz cut and save on barber! Ha!! O
July 8, 2008 at 2:20 am |
@Rada: lol…
@xylene: hmmm good idea.. wonder if it has helped Bruce
@Pranesh: Thanks
@Madhu:
@Veena: You claim it under what? Baldness Allowance? I know in the old days police constables used to get Rs. 25 for mustache maintainence…
@Aditya: True… everyone who said I’d go bald has since been cleaned up upstairs
July 8, 2008 at 2:24 am |
I’ve made a promise that when I reach that stage, I will be shaving it off. Better to be Shetty than comb-over maama.
July 8, 2008 at 5:07 am |
@bpsk: Am getting to that stage… Fighter Shetty Zindabad..
July 10, 2008 at 2:36 pm |
i am not quite there yet, but not too far behind. but think about it.. the navratan oil massage get more heavenly as the plinth area expands.
July 22, 2008 at 12:27 pm |
PS: I just cant read the comments, Vijay. the font is very tiny!
July 22, 2008 at 12:31 pm |
@Chitra: will see how I can change…