Why do barber shops have those spinning poles outside?

[DoNotFeedTheSneed]

 

[Shidoen]

Barbers used to also multi class as doctors and the red on those things represents blood.

 

[CowPox]

I beat up a n8gger who sold me fake crack more on this later etc.

 

[DankSmoker]

Because foreigners sometimes cant read English.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Barbers used to have pole dancers as a way of advertising their business.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

It's the French's way of reminding you they own the world.

 

[DoNotFeedTheSneed]

It's the French's way of reminding you they own the world.

But they’re just red and white in Europe. Does Denmark control the world?

 

[Cloaca Rimjob]

Barbers used to also multi class as doctors and the red on those things represents blood.

It represents the colour of blood. During the Middle Ages monks were required to shave the crown of their head, a function commonly performed by itinerant barbers. Also, under ecclesiastic law, monks had to be periodically bled. This was supposedly a symbol of piousness, of devotion to God.

I wonder if all the Turkish barber shops on the high street would have a shitfit if they found this out

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

because simple cunts couldn’t read B A R B E R so they used a symbol for it

 

[sirthisisanarbys]

these colors are pride flag for hair cutting fag

 

[Buck Breaking SS]

Those are actually candies. Try it out

 

[Megatardingo]

In old times they used to tie your hair to the spinny things to rip it off, but that's before scissors were invented.

 

[BirdUp]

After the formation of the United Barber Surgeon's Company in England, a statute required the barber to use a red and white pole and the surgeon to use a red pole. In France, surgeons used a red pole with a basin attached to identify their offices. Blue often appears on poles in the United States, possibly as a homage to its national colors.

 

[User names must be unique]

Barbers used to also multi class as doctors and the red on those things represents blood.

And dentists. Iirc it has something to do with leeching too.