After trimming a bit from the sides, Harry grabs his hair clipper and turns it on. The loud buzzing sound masks the fly's noise. As Harry is working on his customer, the curious fly starts flying around his face. Harry is startled and then brushes the fly off with the back of his hand. The offended fly comes back and lands on top of Harry's nose. The fly then sticks its tongue out at Harry and moons him. Harry is furious and tries grab the fly. The fly narrowly escapes and then laughs at Harry. Harry gets even angrier and snarls.
Harry is oblivious to his customer hair in his rage as he tries to kill the fly with his clipper. With the fly's quick reflexes, it dodges Harry's swipes. The only thing Harry is hitting is his customer's afro. Because the customer is reading the newspaper with headphones on, he is also oblivious to the chaos that is happening to his own afro. Harry finally kills the fly with his clipper and triumphantly poses. He then looks down at the back of his customer's head and turns white as he notices scalp. The customer has a pompadour in the front and a huge shaved spot in the back. Harry gulps and sweats as he applies glue to the customer's scalp. He then attaches some of the hair that he cut off and cleans up the customer. Fortunately for Harry, customer doesn't notice any mistakes pays Harry the money. Harry nervously smiles and then puts the money in his cash register . As the customer leaves Harry's shoulder's are slumped and his head is down in shame.
Hi Alexander, I love your story, it's quite hilarious. My first thought was that waving around a clipper would be quite dangerous for whoever's getting his hair cut, but an afro is a great solution--it'll buffer any accidental blows. However, I'm a bit skeptical that he wouldn't notice Harry's rage at all. Even if he's reading a paper with headphones in, he's in front of a mirror and will sense Harry's wild gesticulations. Perhaps the customer's blind & walks in with a guiding stick. Or maybe he has an eye patch and doesn't have peripheral vision. Or, he looks up at Harry time to time when Harry swats and nearly gets the fly, and Harry quickly pretends that everything's okay. That might be pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm also curious how the fly moons Harry. Is it wearing pants? How big of a fly is this--will we even be able to see its buttcrack?
Just a few things to think about. Excited to see your work!
Hey Alex, you're story is great. I think there is plenty of opportunity to exaggerate the fight between Harry and the fly. I think to really emphasize the obliviousness of the customer, you could have Harry shave the top of the newspaper he's reading. Have fun with it.
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