A writer/director and amateur sociologist...

So he's unemployed?

Lionel Mandrake: A writer/director and amateur sociologist...

So he's unemployed?

No, he's got several projects that are due to pay off within the year, a book contract, and a government grant in the works.

I had a mullet in the 90s, and I believe all of the evidence has been destroyed...

Ok, so you say there's nothing wrong with a man with a mullet. But tell me this -- would you want your sister to marry one?

You know once in a while I think of something absolutely hilarious to post and I am sitting here right now laughing out loud.

Lionel Mandrake: A writer/director and amateur sociologist...

So he's unemployed?

What's an amateur sociologist?

Years ago I was talking with a couple coworkers who had this book, cracking jokes. Another coworker, with a mullet, came by to say hi and saw the book and heard us joking. He kind of laughed at it. He died the next day from a heart attack. Everybody at work loved this guy. We felt bad. If there's a heaven I hope our dear coworker is there with a flowing, majestic mullet.

hyperspacemonkey: Lionel Mandrake: A writer/director and amateur sociologist...

So he's unemployed?

What's an amateur sociologist?

someone with a passing knowledge of functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interaction. He can also rattle off names like Durkheim, Comte, Cooley and Marx.

/Basically me.

"What's an amateur sociologist?"

Hell. I'd settle for knowing what's a professional sociologist.

Manfred J. Hattan: "What's an amateur sociologist?"

Hell. I'd settle for knowing what's a professional sociologist.

See: Associate professor.

MY EYES!

You liberals want me to tolerate people like this. But if you force us to treat the mulleted as if they weren't mouth-breathers, next the guys with popped collars and people with orange spray-on tans and folks with overpriced brand insignia emblazoned across the asses of their sweat pants will want to be treated just as if they aren't insufferable douchebags. No thank you. I will not sacrifice my contempt for the mullet. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. The mulleted and the bell-bottoms and the post-ironic hipster T-shirts invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire shopping centers and we fall back to the only remaining Eddie Bauer outlet. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! And *I* will make them pay for that haircut.

spookybee: MY EYES!

Wow...

Ken at Popehat: You liberals want me to tolerate people like this. But if you force us to treat the mulleted as if they weren't mouth-breathers, next the guys with popped collars and people with orange spray-on tans and folks with overpriced brand insignia emblazoned across the asses of their sweat pants will want to be treated just as if they aren't insufferable douchebags. No thank you. I will not sacrifice my contempt for the mullet. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. The mulleted and the bell-bottoms and the post-ironic hipster T-shirts invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire shopping centers and we fall back to the only remaining Eddie Bauer outlet. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! And *I* will make them pay for that haircut.

For you...



For 'mulletism'...

jaymzz: I had a mullet in the 90s, and I believe all of the evidence has been destroyed...

In the early 90's you weren't getting laid unless you had a mullet. We did what we had to to fight the establishment, piss off our parents, and get pussy. Sometimes the worst decisions are done for the best of reasons.

The only two people who ever looked good with a mullet were MacGyver and Captain Planet.

LegacyDL: The only two people who ever looked good with a mullet were MacGyver and Captain Planet.

Hey, I didn't look bad!

You'd think if you were going to try something like this you'd take the time to mullet over...

spookybee: MY EYES!



/Hot like a Sweathog mullet.

dnrta, but I know how to take care of a mullett problem

first with the weedeater, then with the hedge trimmer

hot like a smoked mullet

Oh, I'm sure the way he dressed and the fact that he ordered a Busch Light had NOTHING to do with people laughing at him.

Mullets are not that rare.

I've been growing out my hair for awhile now. Was going to get a haircut for the summer but before that I'm going with a mullet. I figure I'll keep it for a week or so before I go with a regular decent haircut. Oh, also going to trim my beard into a trucker/handlebar stache.

The Mullet isn't the worst hairstyle ever. Anyone remember the Rat Tail? Or worse, the spiked fade with a rat tail. I would search the web for a pic to post but I don't want to be the reason you develop insomnia or night terrors.

groverXIII: You'd think if you were going to try something like this you'd take the time to mullet over...

spookybee: MY EYES!



/Hot like a Sweathog mullet.

Is that the same family from the first picture??

groverXIII:
/Hot like a Sweathog mullet.
I am so glad to see an updated picture of that family, awesome.

The problem with this guys experiment is that he is not isolating the mullet variable. By confounding the mullet with a sleeveless t-shirt with engine, flames and the word 'freedom' on it, Oakley sunglasses (as described from his site) he is being judged on the total package not just the mullet. He needs to be as absolutely average and normal a guy as possible just with a mullet. Maybe even a very well dressed and polite guy with a monster mullet. Plus, if you are looking to be discriminated against you will certainly perceive any reactions to you with the bias that it is a result of whatever sets you apart.

TFA: Nyberg has a mullet. is an attention whore.

FTFY

Mullet of Kintyre (pops)

Gyrfalcon: Lionel Mandrake: A writer/director and amateur sociologist...

So he's unemployed?

No, he's got several projects that are due to pay off within the year, a book contract, and a government grant in the works.

So, he's unemployed.

Business in the front, party in the back.

Earguy: TFA: Nyberg has a mullet. is an attention whore.

FTFY

I to the same small high school with this guy and can verify that this is true

Really nice guy, just really cheeseball

ArmyWarVet: The Mullet isn't the worst hairstyle ever. Anyone remember the Rat Tail? Or worse, the spiked fade with a rat tail. I would search the web for a pic to post but I don't want to be the reason you develop insomnia or night terrors.

As someone that lived in southern Ohio in the 80's, a rat tail was the thing to get. I was in 1st grade when I got mine. I was soo excited because I had a rat tail like all the big kids that road the school bus... up until the point my dad would discipline in public by grabing onto it and yanking. I don't remember keeping it very long when I moved up north 3 months later.

ArmyWarVet: Anyone remember the Rat Tail?

Had one of those also.

It would take an "amateur sociologist" to try and figure out why some tribe members wear fish in their hair!

pretzels1017: Earguy: TFA: Nyberg has a mullet. is an attention whore.

FTFY

I WENT to the same small high school with this guy and can verify that this is true

Really nice guy, just really cheeseball

FTFM

aerojockey: I'm sporting the latest trend in hair styles. Story at 11.

Sweet zombie Jesus, that is awesome.

I live in Cincinnati where mullets are very common. It's the "Joe Sixpack" kind of guys. They usually also have tattoos and ride motorcycles. They actually think it's cool to look like that. I particularly hate when men bleach the tops of their mullets. I saw one of those in a salon once and had to restrain myself from laughing.

jaymzz: I had a mullet in the 90s, and I believe all of the evidence has been destroyed...

I still have pics. They make me cry. Friends don't let friends wear mullets.

This guy doesn't seem highly aware of the classism he's deliberately exposing with his experiment, including his own.

Amateur sociologist, my ass.

Also, I almost - almost! got a fashion mullet last year.

Then I realized the fashion mullet is too gay, even for me.

But you rock on with your bad selves Tegan & Sara..

TTIUWKFP




"I'm in, and you're farking out."

Meh, the guy is being an overly reactionary jackass. He dresses like white trash and then does white trash stuff in a hostile environment.

It's the same as if you dressed up like a pirate everywhere you went or followed the japanese "princess" fashion style in America. If you look extremely different from the local culture you will get looked at and have things said about you.

That's just how life works.

Ken at Popehat: Ok, so you say there's nothing wrong with a man with a mullet. But tell me this -- would you want your sister to marry one?

Know the difference between a Spaniard and a Mexican? When your sister marries one he's a Spaniard.

He would fit right in here. Hell, I might even ask him to be in my bowling league. For the record, we likes to laugh at all those snobity peoples all the same. Ordering one of them funny sounding micro beers will get you kicked out of most bars round here.

Mullet free since 1989

Make it like that famous country singer
Or that guy I saw last night on Jerry Springer
Clean me up but let me keep my edge,
In the day i like to keep it dignified
But at night you know I got another side
And I don't give a damn,
Cause I am what I am
Even if it's really really bad.

I've got an Ape Drape,
Yes I do
They're givin' them to anyone,
And that means you
You can drive to Riverside and get one too
Then you'll have an Ape Drape like I do.

Go ahead and buzz 'round the ears
I've been growing that one braid back there for years
I've had it since the first time I saw Queensryche
The front may conform to society
But the back says I have personality
Even if it's really really,
Even if it's really really bad.

I've got an Ape Drape,
Yes I do
They're givin' them to anyone,
And that means you
You can drive to Riverside and get one too
Then you'll have an Ape Drape like I do.

Make it short in front and long in back!
If the top's not short enough that it stands up
I could be thrown out of the Bad Boy Club
But don't you lay a finger on my pony tail
Now fix my kid up so he looks like me,
And then matching crazy pants are all we need
Some may call it child abuse
I just call it bonding with your Dad.

D-Wolf2k2: Ken at Popehat: [snip]

For you...



For 'mulletism'...

Uuuuhhhhh... please replace the batteries in your sarcasm detector.

Hitler bad, Candygram4Mongo good.