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A "barber's pole" with a helical stripe is a familiar sight, and is used as a secondary metaphor to describe objects in many other contexts. For example, if the shaft or tower of a lighthouse has been painted with a helical stripe as a daymark, the lighthouse could be described as having been painted in "barber's pole" colors.
Barbers have been cutting hair for centuries, but they used to have a longer job description. In medieval times, the professionals were known as barber-surgeons, which is just what it sounds like.
The barber's pole is commonly found outside barber shops. In 1929, psychologist J.P. Guilford informally noted a paradox in the perceived motion of stripes on a rotating barber pole. The barber pole turns in place on its vertical axis, but the stripes appear to move upwards rather than turning with the pole. [3]
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Jackson, who owns a barber shop in Cincinnati, Ohio, says it's "all hands on deck" to make sure the children in his chair keep a smile. ... Watch this 7-year-old giggle with glee in the video ...
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Barber first competed when he was seven years old. “It was a lot of fun,” Barber told MileSplit in 2012, when he was the U.S.’s best high school pole vaulter. “I didn’t really understand it.
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