Switzerlanded at the hairdresser? - Page 2

Textoch · #21 02.02.2012, 14:17

	Quote:	herc82
	Nope, I don't win - I'm a whimp of course - only got there 2 thirds of the way due to a dare..

Drew the line at the S-part of the equation?

As it was only a dare - you are wise; not a wimp!

herc82 · #22 02.02.2012, 14:24

	Quote:	Textoch
	Drew the line at the S-part of the equation? As it was only a dare - you are wise; not a wimp!

Spot on - but in a masochistic way I'm still kinda interested what it would be like...

quark · #23 02.02.2012, 19:40

UK razors grade in eighths of an inch, so you need to multiply your UK grade by (roughly) 3 to get the EU mm version.

I found that out when the first time I asked for my usual (UK) 2, and was asked why I was joining the army if I wasn't Swiss

Liverbird · #24 02.02.2012, 20:08

	Quote:	Wallabies
	....and now cut it myself standing in the garden with a cutter

What! You cut your hair with the lawnmower?

stephen_NE · #25 02.02.2012, 20:09

	Quote:	silverburn
	Ok, simple scenario... Walked into hairdresser for simple electric cut. In the UK, I'd order a "6 on top, 3 on the sides". Imagine my surprise when the first run of the electric razor removed a not inconsiderable strip of hair over the top. A semi-heated discussion in broken english reveals that instead of using a grade for the razor guide as they use in the UK, the Swiss take "6 by 3" statement to mean the measurement in millimeters. oh well...on the upside, it does mean I got value for money, if "removal of hair volume" is the criteria.

I had the opposite kind of thing last week at the one in Zug station - asked for "10" and the hairdresser queried whether I meant ten millimetres. Either they are used to expats getting it wrong and subsequently suffering severe shock, or my German pronunciation is even worse than I thought

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