Alarming!

Alarming! Hairdresser. "They say, sir, the cholera's in the hair, sir!" Gent, very uneasy. "Indeed! Ahem! Then I hope you're very particular about the brushes you use." Hairdresser. "Oh! I see you don't hunderstand me, sir. I don't mean the 'air of the 'ed, but the hair hof the hatomsphere!"

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Alarming! Hairdresser. "They say, sir, the cholera's in the hair, sir!" Gent, very uneasy. "Indeed! Ahem! Then I hope you're very particular about the brushes you use." Hairdresser. "Oh! I see you don't hunderstand me, sir. I don't mean the 'air of the 'ed, but the hair hof the hatomsphere!"