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¿Question #755?
EndersGame: Imagine a town with a male barber who shaves daily every man who does not shave himself, and no one else. Does the barber shave himself?

Jrtolf: No, he plucks.
BOBBYCAN: Older than than the frik'n hills paradox, Mr. Wiggins.
Solocutor: The null set.
Woelf: Only on Tuesdays and alternate Saturdays.
robosheep: He has alopecia and doesn’t shave.
Escher26: I would never live in such a town.
Gorgoneion: Russell's paradox, you have thumb up ;)
bungeeboy: What?
Hendal: depends - does the guy need adult diapers
ttron64: you just wasted 15 seconds of my life
WiiGame: Good one!
pwilz: Russell's Paradox.
Wabete: wow
Numskull: If he feels so inclined.
parkrrrr: What, no beards in this town? Weirdos.
hannibal twin 8: Nes.
Nogser: Only when no one is looking.
mpot: the barber has a beard
jimolideen: I'm afraid the information contained in the question is contradictory. It comes down to a question a bit like "If x > 3 and x < 2, what is x?". No answer. (Sorry to bring maths into it.)
facesnorth: He begins to, but stops shortly thereafter.
arnest_r: Nice, a Geekparadox !
DHEK: Ummm... yeah. I suppose he does.
themagni: Does he have a beard?
Tall_Walt: Very old; very lame.
mrspank: Yes... no... aaarrrgghhhh!!
mellie1983: Yeah, because the barber would probably be male.
Brain: I don't care about imaginary shaving
WatchmanX2000: maybe yes, maybe no. insufficient information
Nimrod6: No
POvidiusNaso: I see through your silly paradox and defer to Confucius.
diehard4life: Question confusing form is of answers you seek. --YODA
rawdawg: yes
Son of Murray: Only if he lives in another town.
bigbadsteve: POW!! you just blew my mind...
eddyspaghetti: Full body laser hair removal...
dragonewtking: The real question isn't 'does he shave himself', but 'where does he shave himself"...
vetinari7878: This is the famous Barber Paradox. Similar to the Epimenides one, about all Cretans being liars.
dictator555: Could an omnipotent god create a rock even he couldn't lift? Jeez.
Big BabOOn: No... Yes.... Wait... er... No.
vampywife: he gets his wife to do it for him
heli: (musical note) shave and a haircut, two bits! (musical note)
Nekura: The barber lost his ability to grow facial hair in the mill fire back in 'ought-six. 'Course, he saved the town, so folks just feel obligated to drop by for a shave to keep his shop going.
Gizensha: He exploads in a logical parradox. Or is that imploads. For if he shaves himself then he doesn't shave himself, and if he doesn't shave himself he shaves himself.
Helenoftroy: No because he would be shaving himself which would make him a part of the category that shaves himself.
Platinum Dragon: The barber disapears in a (purple) puff of logic.
bekudno: I assume he only shaves people in the town? Then the logical conclusion is that the barber commutes from a neighboring town.
River Blue: Yes.
jellospike: Can't he go out of town?
modboy: no
thegroff: No, maybe there's another barber who shaves him.
GrandpaDave: Oh Jesus...Man...I dunno
Dorque: Just halfway.
Dementomstie: no, his clone does, that way he is shaving himself but he's also not shaving himself. P.S. this is taking in the secret information that cloning is readily available in this town.
sourwyrm: yes
skrutsch: hmm...
CharlieWonka: yes
ngymish: Nyeos.
Ludocrazy: Aaaaaaaaaah!
darthcliff: Huh huh . . . you said "shave"
stephensj23: n
kimapesan: No, due to a tragic radiation accident that permanently killed his hair folicles.
Lord_Prussian: Quite the little paradox you decided to share with us.
dpuskas73: If the barber does not shave himself, he must shave himself. If the barber does shave himself, he will not shave himself. While this sounds like a paradox, I do not believe it is, it is just a contradiction.
erli: This barber has no facial hair
Ivan: No.
Karlsen: No
scriptorum: No, the barber is only 12, he has no facial hair.
jmagnini: well. . ..if he doesnt shave himself the barber(himself) must shave him which is false. And if he does shave himself, the barber does not "shave every man who does not shave himself". So the real solution must be that he doesnt exist.
2amp: sigh
rawk: no
kennyb: no ..of course not
steadym: No.
Solamar: Yes
pronoblem: The barber is bald.
cobra: paradox
Bearcat89: Yes, along with the rest of the men in town.
garea37: Well... the barber maybe is a Panda?
puffinge: No. No wait, yes. But then... no. yes. argggggh
toulouse: No.
AlorielLelyn: Contradiction :P
Oborro: this is probibly the lamest question I've read thus far1 congrats
dakarp: No, because the barber is only 10 years old, male, but not a man. Ha!
Salt-Man Z: No. He only shaves men who don't shave themselves.
fellonmyhead: Of course, because he can only stop himself shaving himself by shaving himself; and he will only start shaving if he does not shave himself. Thus he must always shave himself before he can't.
gnomehome: Just starting with paradoxes, are we ? What about women's legs, who shaves those ?
manowarplayer: My head hurts.
GuyHill: yes. no. yes. no. yes. no.
Blackwind: yes
CDRodeffer: He might.
Mordachai: No, there is no time for that.
Bluenose: No
Nightmare: Yes
yossarians: no
chaddyboy_2000: Dumb.
Jatoha: yes
shumyum: you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
BobDodgerBlue: Paradox alert
Flyspeck23: No, he'll ask someone else to do it.
Critical Mass: no
Aldie: My head asplode!
ejmowrer: Stop trying to make my brain explode!
snoozefest: haha
Shakar: No.
netfilterz: Beh... Stupid paradox
MisterCranky: If the barber is named Raymond Smullyan, and the King of hearts is sleeping, then Ben Vogel will shave him.
tragicpoet: No, he uses Nad's Hair Remover
jttm: No.
ValJor: And what exactly are you trying to prove?...
EndersGame: This is an impossible paradox. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox
skelebone: Yes, he shaves all those men.
queequeg: Yes
CortexBomb: If I'm following the question correctly: yes, he would