Thursday, April 26, 2007

Four Hundred Dollars?

Today we debut a new feature on Zeitgeist-y, Unsolvable Mysteries, wherein we bravely ask the kinds of knotty questions that defy all logic. Questions so cryptic and unfathomable that they can only be described as... unsolvable.

So, today's question is: Could it really be possible that John Edwards spends $400 on those haircuts? Are we talking American dollars here? Or could it be pesetas or rubles or perhaps buttons or cigarettes?

Russ, whose observation skills are highly attuned, has been slamming Edwards' supremely cheesy haircuts since the last presidential election. She thinks he gets them at Supercuts, and I have to agree. It does look like their work.

So where's the money really going? I don't mean to imply any kind of criminal activity, but you have to wonder how it is that he shells out hundreds of dollars for haircuts that should have cost $25. Either he's laundering money through the Pink Sapphire, or he's a vain asshole with no sense of style (I guess that latter part holds true either way.)

That's his business if he wants to pay through the nose for a horrible haircut, but does this bode well for his commitment to fiscal responsibility? My vote's going to the person I can trust to make sound economic decisions, like choosing the $250 government toilet seat over the $653 one.

Anyway, please revel in the Unsolvable Mystery that is John Edwards' hair.




2 comments:

Russ said...

His hair puts me in mind of LA Law or something like that. Or, who was that guy that said "ciao" in stread of goodbye on the A-Team???

He looks like he should drive a Carrera and say "Ciao". Or be living with two girls, a blonde and a brunette, and getting caught up in hilarious situations generated by silly misunderdstandings and people leaving and entering rooms at opportune moments.

Anonymous said...

All I'm going to say is that it is much more difficult than you'd think to get a hair cut like that... that there is actual scissor work; definitely not super cuts.

You're looking at at least $40 for a hair cut like that, and you're going to have to try a few different stylists before you can find one who can do it for that price. Not that I know or anything...

I think he's going for a subversive 1960s retro thing-- he's saying, 'I may look conservative, but inside i'm like totally punk'. Either that or he thinks he's a Kennedy.