• Fuck spezEnglish
    44•6 months ago

    One might ask, “why the barber”? Well, they had the sharpest blades in town which made them the defacto surgeon, and before anesthesia, amputations involved at least as much screaming as pulling teeth.

    • ShaunaTheDead
      8•6 months ago

      lol right, I totally forgot to explain that barbers often did surgery and dentistry.

    • masterofn001English
      17•6 months ago

      In those days, asking your barber to “take a little off the top” ended in either circumcision or lobotomy.

      • Fuck spezEnglish
        6•6 months ago

        Either way, hopefully they got a sweet coin as a souvenir.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•6 months ago

      At least? I would have thought it was the other wag around, sawing off a leg off hurts at least as much as pulling a tooth?

      • Fuck spezEnglish
        8•6 months ago

        I suppose it depends on how drunk your barber/dentist/surgeon/bartender got you beforehand… and how drunk they got themselves.