# shaving

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/173219>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/173219 "2003-05-05T17:31:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Sherbet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mr\_Sherbet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Sherbet)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/173219/1 "2003-05-05T17:31:19Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/173219/2 "2003-05-05T17:42:38Z")

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

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/173219/3 "2003-05-05T22:21:57Z")

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

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**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/173219/4 "2003-05-06T01:17:07Z")

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

Tricky one, that.

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**Author:** ![aahala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@aahala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aahala)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/173219/5 "2003-05-06T04:19:18Z")

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My solution is the barber is a woman.