The Amish

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How are they so good at making quality food and furniture yet completely inept at haircuts?

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Because they get them from Men at Night.







I’ll show myself out

I always felt they were overpriced

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There's a small community right outside of College Station. I asked a guy one time and he told me that was their style. He then asked me why do some men spike their hair or let grow long in the back.

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He then asked me why do some men spike their hair or let grow long in the back.

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I guess he doesn’t party.

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I asked a guy one time and he told me that was their style. He then asked me why do some men spike their hair or let grow long in the back.

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And then you pointed out that whole groups of people don't spike their hair or let it grow long in the back. Individuals do that. Then he looked dumbfounded for a moment before staggering off, having had his whole world turned upside down.

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Just a general observation. Its sticks out like a sore thumb when talking to a guy that has a bowl cut that starts near the mid forehead by the left ear and works it's way down to the opposite temple. Didnt know if anyone here has family that's amish and could elaborate.

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I don't have family that is Amish, but live outside a large community here in Illinois. One of my first jobs was working at a Amish restaurant. They bought our old grade school (Was K-2, I was the last class in that school, before moving to the new elementary school) and had all of their products in the classrooms and had a buffet. (It did close down a few years back, but have Yoder's kitchen in their community. Good food)

I have some old Amish roots...

As far as haircuts, I am sure it is all done manually by scissors by whatever relative fancies themselves a barber. They probably cut them pretty infrequently. For them, being super well groomed is probably a sign to them of being "worldly".

Every Amish order is different in how they apply their rules and how strict they are. The local bishop makes most of those calls. Things like how plain their clothes are varies from one group to the next. Some allow Rumspringa and some don't. Most don't use electricity, but they will use a diesel powered generator with an air compressor to operate their workshop tools. Some allow for certain kinds of tractors, but the tires have to be steel, and others only use horses with a plow.

The speak Pennsylvania Dutch, which is a form of German. Most of their roots are Swiss-German, and they originated from pacifist Anabaptist movements in Europe in the 1500s.

People make fun of the Amish but I bet the crime rate within their communities is damn near non existent.

Don’t they wear hats anyway?