haircut thingy

[jk the sooner fan]

what do you call the piece of material the barber covers you with when you get a haircut.

mrs jk and i had a debate over what its called

so as not to slant any answers, i'll withhold what each of us said

[C&CDean]

A flowbee.

[LilSooner]

drape?

[Newbomb Turk]

I call it a 'haircut thingy'.

[OUAndy1807]

I call it "the reverse cape with pictures of barber's shears and combs all over it", or just "the reverse cape" for short.

[Okla-homey]

when I was six it was a towel and safety pin.

[C&CDean]

It's a cape.

My wife is a good hillbilly woman. First thing outta high school she got her "degree" up at the barber college in Iowa. She's licensed to cut hair, do manicures, and pedicures. With 5 sons, we've saved a small fortune on hair cuts.

She says "cape."

[skycat]

My first guess was "barber cloth."

So I did a GIS and the first result was a "styling cape."

So there you go.

[skycat]

Damn, too slow. :mad:

[proud gonzo]

smock

[skycat]

My dad cut my hair all the way through high school. The first time I ever stepped foot into a barbershop was my freshman year of college.

Frankly, I was nervous as hell that I'd screw up some secret barbershop lingo or ettiquette and wind up embarrased at best, or with an unwanted bald spot at worst. :O

[OU-HSV]

I call it "the piece of material the barber covers you with when you get a haircut"

[jk the sooner fan]

see, i said smock......or possibly apron

she says cape

but superman never wore a cape like that.....she says smocks have sleeves

well, so do shirts, but we do see sleeveless shirts for sale dont we?

[OU-HSV]

smock sounds correct to me

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

An apron is what some people wear when they cook. I would think drape or cape.

[C&CDean]

It's a ****ing cape people. My hillbilly woman said it. She ain't wrong on this kind of ****.

Pay up jk.

[proud gonzo]

i think the difference in purpose is more important than construction. you can construct clothes a lot of different ways but if the purpose is to cover up your top half, we usually call it a "shirt".

so by that thinking, a cape is usually something worn to conceal/hide, or to make you look really cool.

a smock is something you wear when doing work that might get your clothes dirty. painters and sculpters wear smocks a lot. so IMO the thing you wear to keep hair off you at the barber is more a smock than a cape. capes don't go all the way around, and smocks usually have sleeves, but the function seems more in line with the word "smock"

[proud gonzo]

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~dhsu/for_you/Comics/calvin_and_hobbes-smock.png

[jk the sooner fan]

Pay up jk.


oh alright, i guess she'll get some lovin after all ;)

[skycat]

Nah, the funny shirt that the barber wears could be called a smock, but probably not the formless piece of fabric draped over your frontside.

[C&CDean]

i think the difference in purpose is more important than construction. you can construct clothes a lot of different ways but if the purpose is to cover up your top half, we usually call it a "shirt".

so by that thinking, a cape is usually something worn to conceal/hide, or to make you look really cool.

a smock is something you wear when doing work that might get your clothes dirty. painters and sculpters wear smocks a lot. so IMO the thing you wear to keep hair off you at the barber is more a smock than a cape. capes don't go all the way around, and smocks usually have sleeves, but the function seems more in line with the word "smock"

Look Mensa chick. This ain't up for debate. Do not attempt to utilize your sharp wit and superior deductive reasoning skills here.

It's. A. Cape.

[proud gonzo]

you're gonna argue about accouterment? Since when did you give Lid your password? :confused:

[C&CDean]

Who the hell said anything about female anatomy?

[mdklatt]

drape
cape
smock
hair bib
poncho*


*if your stylist is a gay guy

[Czar Soonerov]

It's a sleeveless smock.

[OKC Sooner]

A flowbee.
Flowbee's suck. Oops, made a little joke there.

Robocut (http://www.haircut.com/buyR28.html) rules!

[ChickSoonerFan]

shawl? I have no idea how to spell that.

[handcrafted]

oh alright, i guess she'll get some lovin after all ;)

Like, the punishment is not too bad, eh?

I think he can take it. :D

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

shawl? I have no idea how to spell that.A shawl is what great grandmas wear.

[Soonrboy]

I just asked my wife. She said, "in your case, it's a tent."

I need a new wife.

[ChickSoonerFan]

A shawl is what great grandmas wear.

:O

[OKC Sooner]

http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/anewsome/private/floy_and.jpg

It's called a cape, Andy. Why do you ask?