Ear Hair and Tim Allen

You know that scene in The Santa Clause, the 1994 movie where Tim Allen has to take the place of Santa, and he keeps trying to shave a Santa like beard but it keeps regrowing immediately? You know, this one. He shaves, and his beard grows back as he watches?

I feel that way with ear hair. I don't see a barber but around every 4 to 6 weeks because I don't care that much about appearance. But I've noticed pesky ear growth recurring enough that I bought a trimmer. And I swear the hair redevelops on my lobes the instant I trim them. Right. Now. Kapow. I can almost see it in the mirror. Well, I find myself trimming it about every second or third day anyway. Annoying.

Three days

What's the old joke? That the difference between a good haircut and a bad one is three days? Well, I'm on day one.
I got a haircut yesterday. There were six chairs in this place and it was packed. Then one chair came open, manned by an elderly gentleman whom I'd say was in his eighties. As it wasn't anywhere near my turn I found myself looking up and down the row of waiting customers. But no one would go to him. Eventually I stood up, and tentatively went and sat in his chair. I asked for a regular haircut.
Now, it wasn't the best haircut. Neither was it terrible. Once I was back home I did spend a few minutes cutting off straggling hairs as I looked in my bathroom mirror. Still, it looked all right. And I find myself a bit upset with the men who would not let the old fella cut their hair.
The old gent was only trying to make a few bucks. Why were you leaving him hanging? And it's just your hair, guys. It'll be okay after three days.