Neil Armstrong wants hair back

[Charlie]

Hey, apologies, I'm not after upsetting you buddy. It is hard to take seriously someone using leet speech on a discussion forum. Obviously English isn't your first language and I should remember that. You do use English pretty well by and large and for that I commend you.

Hope we can be mates now. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[a_decent_1]

^^^ Yeah man,

We are buddys [img]smile.gif[/img]
Anyways i still do not understand why have you put those monkeys below the flag

[Timber Loftis]

A lot of jabs at Mr. Armstrong -- howsabout calling the worthless *beep* who collected his hair and sold it in the first place exactly what he is -- a bottom-feeding dodgy little sewer slug.

[Iron Greasel]

Well, if collecting someones hair from floor and selling it would get me 3000 dollars, I'd do it. It's no worse than stealing somones garbage. Which I would also do if someone threw away something worth 3000 dollars.

[mad=dog]

I fear I repeat myself but, ...
I simply don't understand why Armstrong chose to tackle the problem in this fashion. He had two options, he could go out saying
"That is my hair! It belongs to me and I do not want you selling it. Cease immidiately or face legal consequences."
or he could simply say
"That is not my hair."
The last is preferable as I see it. The barber has no way of authenticating the hair without Mr. Armstrong. By destroying the credibility he would prevent any sale.

[Grojlach]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: A lot of jabs at Mr. Armstrong -- howsabout calling the worthless *beep* who collected his hair and sold it in the first place exactly what he is -- a bottom-feeding dodgy little sewer slug.

My sentiments exactly.

[shamrock_uk]

Well, usually I'd agree. But isn't the difference here that this is common practice in barber's shops? He went in there knowing that hair is collected and sold for wigs anyway so surely gives his tacit consent? The fact that his hair was sold as belonging to him personally doesn't strike me as being fundamentally different to what happens to any other customer, simply less anonymous.

[Cerek]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: A lot of jabs at Mr. Armstrong -- howsabout calling the worthless *beep* who collected his hair and sold it in the first place exactly what he is -- a bottom-feeding dodgy little sewer slug.

Well I have to disagree with you this time, Timber. It isn't like the barber was scavenging around looking for hair from a celebrity to sell. He has to sweep up the cut hair after every customer anyway and it IS a common practice for barber and beauty shops to save the hair and sell it for wigs. So the barber was not doing anything out of the ordinary. It is a normal part of his job to sweep up hair, collect it together, and sell it to make some extra money. It's just that this time the barber realized he might be able to make more money than usual since the hair belonged to somebody famous.

[John D Harris]

Somebody paid $3,000 for Neil's Hair? Well that goes to show you P.T. Barnum under estemated the birthrate of suckers.

[John D Harris]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: A lot of jabs at Mr. Armstrong -- howsabout calling the worthless *beep* who collected his hair and sold it in the first place exactly what he is -- a bottom-feeding dodgy little sewer slug.

You can't blame the barber for "seizing the day", The guy created a market, and some lamb walked in and dropped $3,000 for some hair. Neil's upset cause he didn't see a market, that he was the sole supplier of, he let the "day slip by". What Neil is probibly really afraid of is somebody will want conformation that the hair is his and go to court to make Neil give a DNA test. Now the real bottom feeder will be the one that tries to make Neil give DNA.