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As a matter of fact I do happen to have a crazy involuntary haircut related story, it all transpired while I was still in school and living in a country where long hair on guys was really frowned upon. So while I was on summer holiday from school I had grown my hair really long to about shoulder length and one fateful evening I happened to go down to the general store in my apartment building to get some bread. When I came out of the store I was confronted by a guy from what can only be described as the religious police, apparently he was not impressed by my long locks of shiny hair. So he stopped me for questioning asking me for a permit first because I was a foreigner, meanwhile during the interrogation I glanced behind him and saw an actual police van with some kids already in there huddled in the back while a police officer was sitting in the driver's seat.

Since I had no plans to get taken to the station along with the other hoodlums who were probably there for disturbing the peace by playing football in the neighborhood, in my panic I told the guy that I was just about to go for a haircut (the barber shop was very near to my apartment building). But, he wasn't going to let me off the hook that easy and accompanied me to the barber shop to make sure I followed through. Now, the barber was a friend of mine and we spoke the same language so I told him to start trimming my hair from the sides slowly using the electric shaver and to take his time. It went on for a couple of minutes but the religious police guy realized the barber was stalling, so he grabbed the electric shaver from his hands and then shaved off half of my scalp hair on the left side before I even had time to react so I screamed in pain because all the long hairs got stuck in the trimmer. Finally I was spared from further agony as the police officer called for the guy torturing me with the shaver and both of them left with me looking like one of the freaks from the Road Warrior.

Now if you think that was crazy there is actually more because the craziest thing is what I decided to do next, as being in school going bald was not an option because then I would have been a laughing stock and the butt of all jokes. So I told the barber to cut my hair in such a way as to cover the left shaved part of my head with long hair on the right side which was still uncut. So it was actually like getting a comb over haircut where the long hair on the right was used to cover the very short on the left side. I also started wearing a cap as much as I could and when I couldn't I prayed that the wind didn't blow my hair to reveal the secret. I successfully managed to hide this and fooled everyone for a few months until it all grew back, after which I proceeded to get a proper haircut from the barber.This made me swear off long hair for quite a while until I moved back to my own country to fulfill my dreams of keeping silky smooth long hair one last time before graduating. Well I hope this was a more entertaining read then the usual crazy hair related stories you were expecting Piranjade when you asked this question. :)