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CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Already a member? Log InGoing to get a haircut is one of life’s simple joys for me. #3 on top, high and tight.
I don’t remember the last time I got a “haircut”. I don’t own a comb, I don’t use shampoo and I certainly don’t have any “bad hair” days.
Of course, I also don’t exactly have them beating down my door either.
Sigh.
A better way to broadcast that to the world would be, "hey there ladies I'm not bald, that's a solar panel for a looooove machine".I don’t remember the last time I got a “haircut”. I don’t own a comb, I don’t use shampoo and I certainly don’t have any “bad hair” days.
Of course, I also don’t exactly have them beating down my door either.
Sigh.
I’d give ya the ruckus!
A better way to broadcast that to the world would be, "hey there ladies I'm not bald, that's a solar panel for a looooove machine".
You know, slay em' K man