The shortlisted ones:
"In line with Singapore's Graciousness Drive,
you have to clean up all your hair from the floor before leaving."
- Long Shu Fen
"Sorry. I had too much beans last night."
-Kerwin Low
"Hmm, your hair is very suitable to make into a wig for me."
- Kelly Chang
"Since there is a financial crisis, be like me:
we can save on shampoo!"
- Wong Siok Hui
Many many participants played on similar themes such as:
- The barber forgot his glasses,
- The barber was formerly a grass-cutter, and
- The barber was a student of Sweeny Todd.
And the winning entry:
"Retrenchment?!
Before I leave I will destroy everything!"
- Jasbir Singh