Why Is A Barbers Pole Red And Blue

spathiphyllum | 14:29 Sat 02nd Mar 2019 | Society & Culture

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I remember reading that barbers use to do other things like tonsitle removal and the red stood for blood? Is this true?

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aelmpvw - // it's always struck me as peculiar that anyone would let a total stranger near their throat with a cut throat razor ... //

Really? I must have been shaved by more than a dozen strangers, probably more, each using a cut throat razor, and it never crosses my mind for a moment that they would do me any harm.

Perhaps I am just more relaxed than you!

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