Saturday, October 04, 2008

Stop saying that Sarah Palin has long hair!

I was shocked when I opened the Toronto Star yesterday and saw this picture of US politician Sarah Palin.

Why? Because people on the internet have been describing her as having long hair (apparently it's unusual for a woman in her position or something). But that isn't long hair! That's shoulder-length hair! It's a completely different thing! Shoulder-length doesn't get caught in the hook of your bra or the zipper of your dress, you don't have to bun your ponytail while cooking or doing a bikini wax lest it fall into your work when you lean forward, and you can experiment more freely with colour because worst case it will grow out in under a year without ruining your look. You want someone with long hair, find someone whose hair will, at the absolute minimum, cover their nipples - when they aren't wearing extensions or a bra.

This explains why I wasn't able to duplicate her updo. With shoulder-length hair, you fold your hair once and clip it up, and you've got an updo. With proper long hair, you fold your hair once and clip it up, and you've got a ponytail that perhaps doesn't get caught in your waistband. The weight distribution is completely different.

On an unrelated note, I found this quote interesting (bolding is mine):

"Let's commit ourselves (to) just every day American people, Joe Six Pack, hockey moms across the nation, I think we need to band together and say never again,'' Palin said.

"Never will we be exploited and taken advantage of again by those who are managing our money and loaning us these dollars.''


So in the US, "everyday American people" who would identify as "Joe Sixpack" have enough money that they have people managing their money for them? Wow, they must have a lot of money in that country! Like hockey moms maybe - I hear hockey equipment is expensive and (if the economics of rink time in the US are the same as here) rink time is at a premium so it must get costly too - so people who can not only afford children but can also afford to have those children play hockey would have to be people of means. But everyday joe sixpack people having so much money they need people to manage it for them? In my corner of the world, that's like a win-the-lottery kind of lifestyle!

1 comment:

laura k said...

So in the US, "everyday American people" who would identify as "Joe Sixpack" have enough money that they have people managing their money for them?

Nope. They sure don't. Another example of how out of touch these people are.