“He has soaked a hundred heads but hasn’t shaved one.” This Afghan proverb refers to someone who doesn’t finish what they start. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Unshaved Heads Proverb”
Grant, here’s an Afghan proverb that I really like.
It goes, he has soaked a hundred heads, but hasn’t shaved one.
And the idea here is that somebody has soaked a hundred heads for shaving, but he hasn’t gotten around to shaving any of them.
So it’s like somebody who starts a whole bunch of different projects and just has this sort of long line of monuments to his unfinished work.
Ooh, yeah, wow, highly effective then.
Yeah, he’s soaked 100 heads but hasn’t shaved one.
