I heard on the news tonight that John Edwards paid 1250.00 for a hair cut. He flew his Barber/Stylist from Ca. to D.C.
I guess there is no one in D.C. who can cut hair.
Actually the hair cut was not 1250.00 but to fly him out and the price of the haircut totaled 1250.
The hair cut looked good... but for 1250?????
I think he would look the same if he got a haircut in D.C. and you would of never known if he paid say and I think this is too much 50.
Must be nice.

Well, I think me and bill gates spend the same 10 bucks- but neither of our hair looks as good as Edwards!

Remember- Bill Gates and Donald Trump have the worst hair in billionare land- you wouldn't want your candidate to look like them, now would you?

Well, Mom, if you want to see what one of those expensive "do's" is all about, check this out.



Aquilla

I don't know about 1200 dollar hair cuts- but I do know about nervous habits before getting on stage. When I first started- took about a 1/3 of a bottle of Rumplminz (hard core pepermint schnapps- that way if you puke- at least your breath isn't nasty ) before I could get rid of the jitters.

First few times you see yourself on TV, you wanna puke- seriously. You hate everything you see, everything you do- you say to yourself "oh gawd, I look that awful and act that____ (favorite thing you hate yourself when caught doing, we wll have one, AT LEAST) "

I don't think he has a snowballs chance in the election- but I don't begrudge his hair fixing like the big joke on youtube- I have seen wierder mannerisms from a great deal many performers- and those folks REALLY make thier living from public speaking- though, I guess JE does too- being a lawyer and all

Anytime you have a high stress type public performance, of ANY kind, you get a great deal many wierd behaviors- look at the wierd things sports heroes do- such as wearing certain "lucky underwear" or something, or taping the base three times with the left foot- etc.

Well, speaking for myself, I gave up the idea of any tonsorial extravagances at about the age of 21, since the choices for me are limited to

• A short buzz-cutt
• A comb over
• Totally shaved
• A wig

I tried shaving, but to be honest I'm lazy enough that shaving my face daily is a chore that I often skip, so doing my whole head was just too much like hard work (though I kept it up for a year, since the attentions of women, who almost universally wanted to touch my shaven head made it almost worthwhile ). My dad wore a comb-over and the sight of him constantly pulling the flapping strands into place whenever more than a breath of wind blew put me off that for life.

Wigs are for wimps and little boys who refuse to grow up - yes, Elton, I'm talking to you - it's called Male Pattern Baldness for a reason: it happens to men not boys or women*

So I'm left with a buzz cut as my only tenable option. And whether I buy a Wahl trimmer and do it myself at home, go to a corner shop barber and pay a fiver or so ($10 at the moment), or fly my personal "hair consultant" across a continent, my hair is going to look the same afterwards. I usually go for the Wahl, but every now and again I like to treat myself by going to the corner shop barbers.

I only ever went to a "salon" once, and for the quadrupling of the price I was used to paying, I got the same haricut I would have got at the corner shop, with more staff flapping around, moreexpensive reading matter in the waiting area, and more luxurious surroundings. None of these things significantly added to the experience or the quality of the haircut.

I can only conclude John Edwards has more money than sense. (And, for a man who makes his living by conning live people into thinking he can talk to dead ones for money, there's a kind of Zen circularity to that, which is nice.)

*I have known one or two unfortunate women who have suffered from baldness (and, unlike most men, there is genuine suffering involved). The most sensible response there is to shave it all off, I reckon, though a good wig is ok too.