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How to "Let It Out"
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June 21, 2011
Reader Comments (40)
Don't make excuses on topical humor. Trump is always a good target.
scott, don't tell my fiancee, but it's really you who completes my life.
Trump do = roadkill
Oh, I don't know. I ALWAYS love a Donald Trump dig.
And "tiny closet that you wear on top of your head" is timeless. I hope it catches on in describing combovers forevermore.
And that's why I wear a toupee!
Is that Foghorn Leghorn on the back of her head?
Note from Scott: I kept hearing about the rooster in her hair in this drawing, so I thought I'd play with it a bit. If nobody had noticed, I'd have been forced to escalate. Eventually the'rd have been a color photo of a rooster.
Thanks for noticing.
Then of course, a guy who'se head seems to be upside down if you look at their head hair can easily complain about the combover looks of people who still have a bit of hair at the right place! ;-)
Note from Scott : (ahem ... cough, cough ...) HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!
Actually, I probably have more natural hair left than that buffoon. If I don't trim or shave it I get a pretty thick ring around the sides and some coverage on top, just not enough to actually cover anything. I just realized that if I was gonna be bald, I should go ahead and be bald.
I joke, but I really am serious about this. I don't want to insult people, but a man with a comb over starts lying to you before he even opens his mouth, and it's not even a convincing lie.
If anyone reading this has a comb over, I don't blame you. If Hunter S. Thompson had a comb over, how could the rest of us not at least consider it. But I encourage you to be the better man you already really are and just don't know it. Buy some clippers and rid yourself of the wispy hair blanket that's weighing you down. You will thank me.
Your comics always, always, ALWAYS make my day. There, I said it. And I never have to say it agian. I will though.
Trump has a comb-over!!!???!!!
NO!
Hah..."i can *see* what you mean" "Be Bold"...might be just me :] well done
Did you know the reason for the Trump Tower being built in Chicago?
Trump was counting on Blagojevich to lure away all of the hair jokes.
Highly topical for me. Trump has just visited here (Aberdeen) to look at his new golf course.
Never ever.
I liked this one. A very witty rant.
Maybe its my imagination but it looks like Foghorn Leghorn is in your wife's hair in panel 3.
Note from Scott: I kept hearing about the rooster in her hair in this drawing, so I thought I'd play with it a bit. If nobody had noticed, I'd have been forced to escalate. Eventually the'rd have been a color photo of a rooster.
Thanks for noticing.
Heh, Hunter S. Thompson was who I thought of first, too. Trump never entered my mind until I read the footnote. (I like it when Trump enters not my mind.)
It's weird isn't it how "little hair" is unattractive, but "no hair" is considered manly. I think its because "no hair" says "I choose to be bald and I'm damn PROUD to be so!" Little hair says "Oh god, I hope nobody notices that I'm balding."
Am I the only one here that wants that "I'm With Stupid" shirt he describes?
Note from Scott: As I said in the comic, it's been done. http://www.cafepress.com/+im_with_stupid_mug,112850855
There's just too much to love about this whole thing! I can't get over the tiny closet you wear on your head. But I must ask, why are you torturing Foghorn Leghorn like that?
Scott.... extremely funny as always!
The TRUE comb-over is a horrid thing to behold. It is when a person purposefully grows a flap of hair from one side of the fringe hair that typically most bald men still have, and then folding it over the bald patch like a rug on a hardwood floor.
Yet, there are all manner of different variations on the balding theme that *some* may suggest are comb-overs when they are really just steps in the process of becoming bald. For example, a helluva lot of men have significant thinning and receding of the hair on the top of their scalp, but they still grow what hair they have, and presuming it is a similar length to the rest of their fringe hair, this would not be a comb over, but just hair that is significantly thinning.
To decide to shave your head is a challenging decision in and of itself. While the completely bald look may look good (as long as you don't have a lumpy head), the upkeep seems daunting.... to always have stubble every few days and having to shave your whole head seems like a huge amount of work. Having your hair grow out to a quarter inch is not an attractive look either... so it forces you to shave your head a lot. And, the one reason I have never tried the bald look relates back to why I wear a full beard as well... those of us with curly hair often have skin issues with shaving.... the curly hair grows back in such a way that it will cause a pretty significant skin rash. I cannot imagine trying to shave my head (and potentially my face) and getting a whole head rash every couple of days. That is why I only shave my neck... and often resist doing that for a few days more than I probably should.
Speaking of combovers, I had a teacher in high school with only a 2-inch strip of hair left around his head, but every day he'd tease it into a fro and wrap it over his entire head.
This is one of my favorite web comics ever.
i agree heartly
if the Donald should read this, he might be laughing all the way to the bank. Firing his personal hair stylist afterwards, though.
Holy crap, Scott! That rooster thing is brilliant, and I did indeed fail to notice. I guess I underestimated you on the visual/ pack-more-jokes-in front. Bravo.
In fact, I think you should continue with the gag escalation, because I would hazard a guess that most/many of your readers either didn't notice(still) and/or don't read the comments. See just how obvious it has to be before everyone actually notices. Just an idea.
Also, there's never a *bad* time to take shots at Trump. He deserves it several times over.