Regiment officer, a well known "character" famous for his flowing locks at Catterick, c 1965, was told by the Commandant (station commander) to get his hair cut. Replied in a hurt tone "But sir, the chaps get their hair cut, officers wash theirs!" Come to think of it, he may have transferred in from the army, which would explain a lot.

I remember my squadron boss (later an ACM) nearly having a stroke when three long haired blokes in flying suits came and sat down at an adjacent table at breakfast in the mess at Akrotiri. He was gently restrained from adminstering a bollocking by someone pointing out that these were civvies, a Canberra crew from the bunch at Bournemouth, I think.

Every time I read or hear comments along those lines I always think of the unspoken assumption in them that it is a good and desirable thing to be "in touch". I hold that it isn't always. Unless one is on a rugby pitch and something the size and speed of Jonah Lomu is fast approaching.

No, but the amusing thing about this thread is the unconscious "self-outing" of those who are permanently encased in a loathing of anybody who does not look like them.

"Flt Lt R**** has naturally long hair." - Courtney

And now? Reminds me of the junior officer asking the follically challenged senior officer, "Excuse me, Sir, but is that a rabbit on your head", to which the senior officer responded, "What the bloody hell are you talking about?", only for the junior officer to answer, "I'm terribly sorry, Sir. From a distance it looked like a hair"!:ok:

Jack

Jack,

In the years following WWII, the German balding veteran had one devastating riposte to youthful mockery - "Stahlhelm !"

Danny.