I don't know what the average number of hairdressers per capita is, but Savannah's ratio seems to be fairly high. I open the phone book, which incidentally is both the white and yellow pages together and is only 1 inch thick, and there are two full pages of listings under the heading Beauty Salons.

I need a haircut, as you may have guessed. I haven't had my hair cut in about 5 months, so it's looks a little shaggy. Not so bad that I would have to have it cut, but it could stand some work.

I have no idea where to go. Supercuts usually seems like a pretty good bet to me. They may not have the best haircutting professionals in the world, but it only costs you 15 bucks.

The way I see it, anyone can butcher your hair, no matter what they charge, so why pay more? Plus, it's not like I have anything really complicated done to my hair: I don't need color, I don't need a perm, I don't even really want them to blow it dry. Just cut the damn stuff off.

There is no Supercuts in Savannah. The closest one is Charleston, South Carolina.

I called around today. Just picked at random some places out of the book. Apparently there are a lot of women in this town that pay a lot of money for haircuts, because prices hovered around $40. For a haircut.

The most I've ever paid for a haircut in my adult life was $25. It was the first time I got my hair cut in Tulsa, and at the time it was a bit longer than shoulder length and a blunt cut. It didn't even look that great, not 25 bucks worth of haircut in my opinion.

At Supercuts or Ross Edwards, you'd pay around $15 for a haircut. They didn't wash, and I didn't even care if they dried it, because I was going to go right home and take a shower to get all the little itchy hairs off my neck anyways.

One time I went with Athena to the Next Wave salon. Seemed like a nice enough place, but I didn't think that their $25 haircut would be any better than Supercuts. What you're really paying for is the nice interior of the salon, and their shelf full of Aveda products, which they are kind enough to sell you.

You're certainly not paying them to shut the hell up while they do your hair. Every salon I have ever been to, I've had to sit there and listen to either insipid conversation or endure some sort of product pitch, or both.

Anyhoo, I've decided to go to a place called MasterCuts at the mall. They take walk-ins and they sent me a coupon in the mail the other day, so I'll give them a try. If nothing else, I can go buy a hat in the mall afterwards.