Neil: Hey, Charlie, how come barbers have red and white poles on their shops? Man: Well, it goes back to medieval times, Neil... in addition to cutting hair, barbers were also surgeons! The red stripes represent blood-soaked bandages!
“If I slip while I am shaving you, and cut you to the quick, / You can use me as a doctor, for I also heal the sick.” – Barber’s Song, Man of La Mancha
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
Originally it was just red on white. Some of them add blue stripes. Barber-Surgeons.
gcarlson over 4 years ago
“If I slip while I am shaving you, and cut you to the quick, / You can use me as a doctor, for I also heal the sick.” – Barber’s Song, Man of La Mancha