The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor

“Getting roots done is ‘not essential’”–Mayor Lightfoot

The hell you say.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot made this proclamation after it was revealed that she had had her hair cut without a mask when beauty salons had been closed because of the coronavirus panic-demic.

She’s the mayor and represents the city and she has to look the part, she explained:

I’m in the public every day. And candidly, my hair was not looking the way it did. I thought maybe I’d do it myself, but I knew that would be disaster.

But as she explained in a public service announcement, “Getting your roots done is not essential.”

I beg to differ. Getting your roots done is quite essential. It’s fundamental.Foundational. Two-tone went out with the two-tone cars of the 1950s. Two-tone proclaims to the world all kinds of messages, none of which are terrific. Two-tone, especially if let to grow throughout the shutdown for weeks, even months, will look laughable, if not scary.

So, ladies, it is this one man’s opinion: Do your roots.

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