[Closed] Obvious toupee. Why?

To conceal the shame of Premature Kojakulation. 😯

How would you know if someone got one that wasn't obvious?

It's like the come over as well, they are basically lying to you before they even speak to you. Just go grey/bald gracefully FFS.

Because not everyone can pull this off with such effortless style.

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How would you know if someone got one that wasn't obvious?

Precisely.

Syrup !!

Is a comb over worse ?

Wasn't it Paul Daniels who had about half a dozen wigs with the hair cut at different lengths so that he could mimic the 'haircut cycle'?

I seem to recall one of the Spitting Image writers stating this was the key reason they decided to go for him like they did.

Denial init - although I've never seen one, I reckon most towns have a wig shop tucked some back road alley.

Baldy walks in, sees a handsome salesman with a full head of (real) hair, who says "our wigs are the best, no one will tell, just look at mine".

£500 later and the chaps mincing about wearing a hedgehog on his dome.

*Possible NSFW language.

Is a comb over worse ?

It can be

I've seen some amazing creations out there, including a guy in London who's combover started two inches from the back of his collar and wound around his crown like a Mr Whippy, held in place with copious amounts of ultra-hold gel.

But when someone's ego demands that their wig collection has progressively longer strands to mimic the growth of real hair, then you start to ask questions about their megalomania. The two examples I can think of - one a famous 70s magician and the other a well known motorsport pundit both seem to fit this view.

As for politicians and combovers, I think that Billy Connolly summed it up when he commented on a balding Aussie politician to the effect that not only did we know the politician was going bald and that he knew we knew that he was losing his hair under such an obvious disguise, but that his default position was to continue the deception in the face of the obvious, making him utterly untrustworthy.

There's an old chap in our village with a really, really bad one. It's like a knackered bit of doormat plonked on his head. Apparently he bought it forty or fifty years ago, and hasn't stopped wearing it since. Very odd.

Wasn't it Paul Daniels who had about half a dozen wigs with the hair cut at different lengths so that he could mimic the 'haircut cycle'?

Lots of comedy to be had from slipped wigs - keep merkins in place though.

Dunno about celebrities, but Roald Dall had a similar story in his autobiography about a bald salesman traveling to India. He had a series of wiggs as getting a haircut was against some (Sikh?) religious traditions, and even went to the effort of sprinkling flaked salt on his shoulders to mimic dandruff.

Donald Trump's hair is trying desperately to look like it's not with him. And who can blame it.

Donald Trump's hair is trying desperately to look like it's not with him. And who can blame it.

As next president of the USA, I imagine he will have more important things to worry about than the state of his hair.

As next president of the USA

Won't happen...there's no way that the American public could possibly vote for even the most wilful of idiots...

We had a lecturer at uni who had what appeared to be an elaborate combover. It was difficult to see exactly where it started, but the overall effect was of a curtain style fringe. Given that it was the very early 80s that didn't stand out too much, but one day I saw him walking up some subway steps, and the wind caught the fringe and lifted up the entire gloss creation. It hinged from the back of his head level with his ears, reminiscent of a toilet lid. Bless.

As next president of the USA, I imagine he will have more important things to worry about than the state of his hair.

Leading to the obvious...

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Can't honestly remember the last time I saw either a comb over nor wig.

Are you Northern ? Or in the North? 😆

As next president of the USA, I imagine he will have more important things to worry about than the state of his hair.

Like the fact he seems to be turning orange, for example?

It was Wogan who had the different length syrups (probably still does)

A well known character in Huddersfield Judo circles was Bob Wilson. A real geezer, and fantastic with kids' judo in particular. He had a series of bright white coiffured wigs that must have cost a fortune, and did the getting slightly longer over a couple of weeks thing. I even remember him telling me he was off to the barbers once.They matched his beard, which was a similarly neatly trimmed creation. A real trooper, he had a liver transplant before returning to teach. RIP Bob.

Eddie Jordans hair looks real ... IMO

torsoinalake - Member

F1 opinion midget Eddie Jordan does.

'opinion midget' 😆

At least his looks vaguely plausable though. Colour is roughly right, etc. Also I think he started wearing them when he was young as he has alopecia or something along those lines.

Andy Warhol used to go to the barber, apparently - sat himself down to give the syrup a trim.

There's a lot of (obvious) wig wearers in Neath for some reason.

An old one - why did the bald man draw lots of little rabbits on his head?

'Cos from a distance they look like hares..

One of the best quotes from American Beauty - "Never underestimate the power of denial"

I get the point of a good one in the Eddie Jordan (Fig 1.) style. If he can afford a Sunseeker 105 (Fig 2.) then he can afford a snazzy rug (Fig 3.).

It is the rubbish ones that baffle me. I used to work with a guy who sported one that was almost purple that contrasted nicely with the grey remnants of his real hair. Legend has it that somebody once managed to dislodge it with compressed air on our factory floor.

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A former university lecturer of mine had a side opening comb over that used to stand up like a cockatoo (Fig 4.) when subjected to a cross wind. Can’t remember his name or the subject that he taught, just his ludicrous hair.

Fig 4.
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What I've never understood is,

Have these people never heard of hats?

What I've never understood is,

Have these people never heard of hats?

Wouldn't it just fall off?

The Pinkster - Member

What I've never understood is,

Have these people never heard of hats?

Or mirrors?

Probably like those women with ridiculous fake breasts or trout pouts etc. Or even those guys with pec implants. To them they probably look awesome. To the rest of humanity, less so.

Probably like those women with ridiculous fake breasts or trout pouts etc. Or even those guys with pec implants. To them they probably look awesome. To the rest of humanity, less so