Boonville, North Carolina, Part 2
Mural of Downtown Boonville, North Carolina.
I've met some really nice people, made some good friends and have had some interesting experiences thus far. Boonville, NC is quiet, small and word about my arrival traveled fast. A few days ago I met with and had lunch with Harvey Smith, Boonville's Mayor. Harvey Smith has been the mayor of Boonville for 33 of the last 50 years! He is currently 81 years old and other then his mayorship, he still holds miscellaneous jobs and still continues to fly his plane from time to time. We ate at my favorite place in Boonville, Trish's restaurant. He bought me lunch and then drove me around town before he had to go back to work: driving a bus for one of the local schools.
Day 22 vs. Day 39
After dealing with my long hair while traveling in Missouri, I decided to get a haircut. Also, I was getting a few too many "looks" while I skipped around Boonville, NC with my birkenstocks and long hair. Look mother, I am now a respectable young man!
"You're gonna be gone from home for how long?! You better call your mother!" a few moments later..."how much of your hair do you want me to cut?," said the local Boonville hairdresser. "All of it, please." "All of it! Even the back?"
Was this woman implying that she is used to NOT cutting the back of someones hair? As in a mullet! I actually thought about it for a second...Nope, I couldn't do it. "yes ma'am, even the back, thank you."
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posted by Timothy Briner at
3:18 PM
5 Comments:
You had to go there with the mullett comment didn't you......
Anonymous...It wasn't an insult, if that's what you mean. This woman was as sincere and as genuine as they come...I wouldn't even think of it. I simply made a mental note of the fact that she suggested not cutting the back of my hair. And it being as long as it was, it would have resulted in a "mullet."
I am interested in the range of similarities and differences each of the six Boonvilles offer. Seeing that they are often located in extremely different regions of the country, there is bound to be just as many similarities as there are differences. I am simply attempting to compare Boonvilles across the country, in hopes to get a peek into America's wide range of small towns and how we relate to them and the towns to each other.
I am not saying "Mullets" are specific to this area. I am just noting my experiences, and in this case, through a blog, simply a blog.
Regardless, I do apologize if you think I meant it in any other way then actually meant it.
Well, I don't think you have to apologize for what you said. You are simply making observations about human behavior and you have every right to do so!
And mullets look stupid, and it's not 1987. There, I said it.
I had my hair cut into a mullet the last semester of law school because I would never get to do it again, and it was money. And my brother had one in '87, and the chicks loved him. But you would have looked funny.
Now if you get lines in your head or something, then we're talking.
lighten up Mr. Briner!! It was just a comment. The population as of July, 2006 of the town you asked about is 12,456. Put that in your mullet and smoke it.....
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