Hair "Product"

Since when has the stuff guys put in their hair to hold it in place been called "product?"  With barbers becoming an endangered species, I now go to a "Family Salon" to get my 5-minute haircut.  I'm always asked at the end "Would you like some product in your hair?" as if my thinning, remaining hair would somehow be the better for it.

In my youth, we did have stuff for our hair, but it was manly stuff.  Vitalis.  Brylcream.  Our favorite?  O'dell's Hair Trainer.  A nice, clear liquid, you put it in your hair, combed it just the way you wanted it (taking a Fonzie moment to make that final check) and then: LET IT SET.

Yes, it set up like invisible cement.  That hair was going nowhere.  Big brother Buzz's stylish pompadour was good all day - gym included.

Regrettably, any girl that ran her hand through his hair on a date would need the jaws of life to extricate her.  Maybe that's why I haven't seen it around anymore.