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Sunday, July 09, 2006
The mullet is making a comeback in a HOT way this summer!
On Saturday night, Susan, Slim and I were lined up outside the movie theater, anxiously awaiting the moment when we would be allowed to enter the theater to watch Pirates of the Caribbean 2. This theater was near a downtown pedestrian area with lots of cute shops and lots of people milling about. As we sat, we couldn’t help but people watch.
We noticed fashion choices, interesting couples, tried to guess the associations between people (i.e. “they’re on their first date but the boys parents are with them"), and made snarky remarks about innocent bystanders. It was great. Then, out of the corner of my eye, i saw HIM. He was dressed in the world’s tightest and skin-clinging jeans with a red ribbed cotton tank top. He was about 6’ tall and probably about 110 lbs. He was a skinny beanpole, yet he somehow managed to have some kind of curve to his legs, giving him a slightly feminine figure.
And to top it off, his fiery red hair was cropped into a decided and resolute MULLET.
I think i made an audible gasp. I held my breath as long as i could so i wouldn’t actually let out a guffaw while he was in ear shot. He looked like a poor man’s Spiderman. I couldn’t tell if he just didn’t realize that he was unfashionable or if he was trying to go for the whole concept of wearing fashion so bad that it looped around and became good. Whatever it was, it wasn’t working. You could see the whole line sort of break from conversation and stare as he passed.
And not a minute went by before we saw another guy with a mullet! He was an asian kid of about 16. It was just too freaky a coincidence. Is someone telling kids that it’s cool to have a mullet again? Or have they really all just given up on ever attracting females and given in to hair mediocrity? It boggles the mind.
So here’s my public service announcement: Kids, don’t wear mullets. It’ll get you killed. Thank you.