Frequent Haircuts

It was time for a haircut. Lenny didn't even have to look in the mirror. Even though he was going bald, he knew that he needed to cut his hair every two weeks. He had a "tongue" of hair on the top of his head. His hair was thinning at the crown. He still had [plenty:plain] of hair on the sides and back. It was what they call "salt and pepper," a mixture of gray hair and dark brown hair. It was only a few years, he figured until the salt and pepper became just salt. He [never:new] let his hair grow for more than two weeks. The longer it [got:give] , the worse it looked, he thought. He spread a newspaper over the bathroom sink so that no hair went [down:up] the drain. He plugged in the clippers and [started:starling] cutting his hair. He started at the back of his head, went to the sides, and finished on the top. Every minute or so, he [had:want] to clean the hair out of the blades with an old toothbrush.