Men’s hair is creeping back down their necks
Is it just me or have you noticed men are wearing their hair longer again?
A number of NFL players are sporting the Sampson look these days. Whether that gives them super strength I don’t know, but it worked for the biblical hero.
The reason I bring this up is because of The Associated Press story from the Greenville Herald-Banner in Greenville, Texas, I read the other day. It said:
Shorter hair led to higher scores for Allen, Texas, bowler Danny Neill, who ranks among the leaders of the Professional Bowlers Association Southwest Region Greenville Open tournament at DB’s Sports Grill & Bowling.
Neill, who wore a distinctive Mohawk for the past three regional tournaments in Greenville, showed up Saturday with a burr haircut and then averaged 224 for eight games to rank a close second behind David Ruder of Edmond in qualifying at the 16-lane center.
“It disappeared,” Neill said about his hair. “It saves me 30 minutes waking up.”
“Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair” the 1960s’ anthem said, and I agree. As I drift into my mid-50s I am thankful my hair has neither turned gray nor turned loose.
In my life I’ve worn the burr haircut, a flattop, long with sideburns, long and parted in the middle and a tight perm. These photos will remain forever hidden in the Williams’ archives, however.
I remember the first time my dad saw the Beatles on TV. Even though their moptop “hairdon’t” would be innocuous by today’s standards, in 1964 it was cause for a revolution.
“Are those boys or are those girls?” my dad would ask me.
It seems like the hair fashion pendulum is swinging back.
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