BACK TO THE FUTURE: You knew you'd end up paying more thanks to the harmonized sales tax. What you didn't know was that you'd soon be wearing tie-dye shirts and protesting the Vietnam War all over again -- just because haircuts will cost more.

But allow Guy Gentner to explain it: "Well, we can get into the Beatles revival again, but we won't. The fact [is] that people will be putting bowls on their head to cut their hair because they can't afford the cost of a barber anymore. Unbelievable. Maybe we'll see the Hair musical revival coming, and we'll all be wearing beads and sandals -- heaven forbid."

-- with files from Les Leyne, Rob Shaw and

Lindsay Kines