Wax Bit

A well-known jazz artist recently told me a joke popular among tenor saxophonists back in the 1950s:

"Junky goes into a barbershop, sits down in a chair but is nodding from a fix and can't lift his head. The barber says, 'What can I do for you my good man?' The junky says, 'Give me a shave.' The barber says, 'Fine but you’ll have to lift up your head.' The junky, too far gone to pick it up, says, 'Make it a haircut. ' ”