shaving

if the barber in the village only shaves the men who dont shave themselves,does he shave himself

Check http://plus.maths.org/issue20/xfile/ for a discussion of the barber paradox.

What? Everyone in the village is shaved? Nonsense… a few of 'em must have beards.

The answer is: he picked the barber with the bad haircut because ITS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CUT YOUR OWN HAIR!

Tricky one, that.

My solution is the barber is a woman.