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Siblings turn haircuts into works of art
In a small salon in a town in northern India, a haircut is not just a trim or a crew cut but an opportunity to get some art embossed on the back of your head.
Two brothers in Dabwali town in Punjab are now famous in their small part of the world for giving haircuts shaped in images of the customer’s choice.
From images of turrets and towers to portrait of pop star Michael Jackson, the brothers, Rajwinder Singh and Gurwinder Singh, use a range of trimmers, scissors and pencils, among other tools, to get every minute detail of hairdos correct.
“In the beginning we used to give anyone we could get hold off free haircuts so that we could practise our skills on them. Some days we used to practise till 2.00 a.m, Rajwinder, the younger of the two brothers, told Reuters in an interview.
These days the brothers, aged 29 and 31, charge anywhere between $20-$30 for their special hairdos, and say they have plans to take their business outside of India as well. -ndtv.com
A message in a bottle launched by visitors to Newfoundland’s Bell Island was found washed up on an Irish beach nearly 13 years later, after apparently crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Kate Gay said she was walking a Dingle Peninsula beach this week when she spotted the wine bottle with a sheet of paper inside.
Gay showed the bottle to members of Creative Ireland NeartnaMacharaí during a meeting at her house that evening, and they broke the bottle open.
The note, written by a couple named Brad and Anita, was dated Sept. 12, 2012. The letter described the couple’s day trip to Bell Island.
There was a phone number on the letter, but there was no answer when group members tried to call.
The Maharees Heritage and Conservation group posted photos of the bottleto social media on Monday, and within an hour group members were messaging with Anita.
Group member Martha Farrell said Anita reported that she and Brad had married in 2016 and are still together to this day. -upi.com
A Spanish woman who has been collecting egg cups for over 50 years earned a Guinness World Record when her collection was tallied at 15,485 items.
María José Fuster recruited two witnesses to help her tally her collection at a community center in her hometown of Campo, Spain.
Fuster’s collection includes multiple patterns, colors, designs and even novelty cups bearing the images of characters including Superman, Betty Boop and Garfield.
Fuster maintains two blogs related to her hobby — one to catalog each piece, and one to list the names of the people who have donated egg cups to her collection.
Some of her most prized egg cups, about 1,143 of them, are currently on display at a local museum.
-upi.com
