Comments on: Hair Saloon, and The Smell of Old New York http://www.toppa.com/2007/hair-saloon-and-the-smell-of-old-new-york/ Mike Toppa's Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anonymous http://www.toppa.com/2007/hair-saloon-and-the-smell-of-old-new-york/#comment-4293 Anonymous Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:40:38 +0000 http://www.toppa.com/travel/japan-2007/508#comment-4293 Ah, the "saloon" mistake. I've never been to Japan, but I first saw that mistake in Malaysia. It's rampant there and in Singapore. The first conversation I had about them with some local folks must have went like this: Me: I should get my hair trimmed. Them: I can take you to a saloon. Me: No thanks, I just want to get some hair cut, not get drunk. Them: ?!?! Good times... Ah, the “saloon” mistake. I’ve never been to Japan, but I first saw that mistake in Malaysia. It’s rampant there and in Singapore. The first conversation I had about them with some local folks must have went like this:

Me: I should get my hair trimmed.

Them: I can take you to a saloon.

Me: No thanks, I just want to get some hair cut, not get drunk.

Them: ?!?!

Good times…

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