He didn't have to adapt for the lockdown. He was pre-adapted. Part of the adaptation, of course, was being devastatingly handsome. And having hair "like straw."Actor/director George Clooney tells @thattracysmith that he's been cutting his own hair for years - by using the Flowbee haircutting machine https://t.co/SWYT8pFC8h pic.twitter.com/bKepm5LQCM
— CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBSSunday) November 29, 2020
ADDED: For a less absurd — less elaborate — self-cutter, try this.
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So if I buy a Flowbee, will I look that good in my driver’s license pic?
I am about to get my second haircut since this started. I started out a little longer than George there, and now I am getting close to John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. I thought it looked OK until about a week ago, so I guess it’s time to cut it again. People in my life seem to like it longer. Go figure.
First time I got it cut when I got home from college with it shoulder length and I needed to look for a job, all of the ladies in the hair salon clapped as I got out of the chair.
I use barber scissors by the computer. Just whack off whatever feels too long from time to time.
The caution is get barbers' scissors without insanely sharp points. You tend to stab yourself getting the angle right on the wrong side of your head, otherwise.
A haircut? I just think of it as losing weight.
My wife cuts my hair now, after she changed my hair style 10 years ago after we met. She was trained in Brazil as a stylist, but can't pass the licensing exam here due to her poor English skills. Before that, I cut my own hair for years.
Contrary to the stereotype, I've found most barbers through the years to be rather quiet, often sullen, individuals, far from the gregarious types we think of.
Barbershops are gross.
The significant plastic surgery helped.
"I use barber scissors by the computer.”
Not with your Winslow Homer signature scythe?
http://latestplasticsurgery.com/george-clooney-plastic-surgery-before-and-after-photos/
You really have to check out Clooney with a mullet. Spoiler, there is no sign that Clooney has ever had plastic surgery.
Ha! There was a guy in high school who always had a perfect haircut, so one day at lunch someone asked him who cut it, and his perfect hair turned out to be the work of a Flowbee too!
I never cut my hair, takes care of the problem.
Who cares?? Is this late breaking news to cover up the Democrats corruption??
My son hated brushing his hair so he had his hair trimmed to a 2 all over from kindergarten through his sophomore year of high school. After a year or so I bought a Wahl trimmer and did it for him myself. Now he wears it longer on top and he looks like a cross between Beaker and Johnny Bravo. My husband is a 2 on the sides and a 4 on top.
I’ve gone to my hair salon four times since March. Everyone follows the rules and there hasn’t been a cluster associated with the salon. The owner is a very nice woman and extremely appreciative.
Back when I had hair, I willingly paid a barber to create a Marine Corps regulation haircut--a tight taper to zero length at the hairline. now that I only have hair on the sides, it isn't worth paying someone to do what I can perform in 5 minutes with an electric razor.
I've been doing this for at least 5 years. I was pre-lockdown ready.
Gee... I wonder if Clooney tilts his head to one side and talks like a tough guy when he flowbees?
I've been cutting my own hair for years. about 25 years ago I started wearing it real short. Got tired of paying for it and my wife started cutting it. Then I started doing it with regular clippers.
A couple month's ago I got something like you linked to. Fits easily in the palm, battery powered and has a curved cutter. I use the thinnest comb and just run it over my head. Almost bald but not quite. It takes about 5 minutes.
John Henry
My wife perfected the medium and tight perfect taper 40-years ago. I started trimming her hair about 5-years ago after her stylist retired to Baja.
Politics in Puerto Rico is a full contact sport. It used to be a lot rougher with at least a few shootings over political arguments each election year.
And of course you can't speak Spanish without a lot of body English and hand waving. (If speaking Spanish, is it "body Spanish"? But I digress)
Probably in 1980 campaign season I was getting a haircut. The barbor was having a heated political discussion with everyone else in the shop. He was at the point where he was trimming the back of my neck with a straight razor. He'd take a slice while arguing heatedly then wave the razor around in the air a bit to make a particular point. Another slice, more waving.
It scared the crap out of me. Needless to say, I did not join in the discussion. (In Spanish, discusion is the word for argument)
John Henry
Blogger rhhardin said...
I use barber scissors by the computer. Just whack off whatever feels too long from time to time.
I do that too but never use barber scissors.
Becareful not to have your camera on when you do this. It got Toobin his own dictionary entry but I doubt that it was worth it.
John Henry
The obvious metaphor here is that Trump is the Flowbee president.
He actually gets the job done but, as indicated by the interviewer's incredulous reaction, it's just not done that way - it's just not.
Clooney has the right texture and thickness of hair for the flowbee.
I wouldn’t recommend Keanu Reeves use it.
right up there with a pet psychic, who apparently didn't predict the fall,
I trim my wife's hair with a good pair of scissors and a nice long comb.
I had the same hair style for 60 years, then last year went with a stylish Viking/Hipster disconnected undercut with slickback: short on the sides and back, long on top. Now I can just manage a topknot of gray hair. My daughter showed me how to use a Scrunchie to hold my manbun, and I am rocking the hair. My son, who was dismayed to see friends going bald in high school, applauds the family head hair genetics.
I get a haircut every six months, pandemic or not, and my last one was in June, wearing a mask. No problem. I recall a study showing zero COVID transmissions to or from customers and hair stylists when masks were worn by both, and recommend everyone support your local hair stylists. Otherwise we will all look like cave people after the lockdowns.
I also note that yesterday we discussed leg and armpit hair, today we discussed head hair.
What wonders will tomorrow's Althouse column bring? One dreads to imagine...
"Part of the adaptation, of course, was being devastatingly handsome."
That's a chick thing. I will never understand why women think Clooney is so hot.
He looks like half the guys on my over-30 coed soccer team.
Will never 'get' his appeal.
As for his hair cutting...what about all the clean up around the edges?
Sure, his main mane looks pretty easy...but the straggly hair around his neck and back?
Clooney is known for being a prankster. I think this is one.
No surprise Flowbees work. Got a couple of friends that use them. The Flowbee is best if one prefers what is called a radial cut, all the hair the same length.
My wife cuts my hair - she was a stylist for awhile. Friday I had her cut it short again - like Cloney's. While she was cutting it - she uses scissors, no clippers - I asked her, what was that thing you attached to a vacuum that sucked your hair up and cut it off. She said, Flowbee.
We then got into a conversation about one of her male customers - Hot Tom, as my teenage daughter and her girlfriends called him - who had always used a Flowbee and told her she was the only one who cut his hair better. Faint praise.
Blogger mikee said...
I also note that yesterday we discussed leg and armpit hair, today we discussed head hair.
What wonders will tomorrow's Althouse column bring? One dreads to imagine...
Dreadlocks...
Blogger mikee said...
What wonders will tomorrow's Althouse column bring? One dreads to imagine...
If she is taking requests may I humbly offer this suggestion
https://thefrisky.com/10-important-moments-in-the-history-of-pubic-hair/
John Henry
Clooney's hair secret is that he's a Dapper Dan Man, not Fop.
Merkin Muffley anyone?
Cluny had different tonsorial methods for the monks
Don't forget the hair net. It's not easy being the paterfamilias when lacking prospects and hence not bona fide.
"ADDED: For a less absurd — less elaborate — self-cutter, try this."
I like mine.
Blogger Meade said...
"ADDED: For a less absurd — less elaborate — self-cutter, try this."
I like mine.
If you like the INCEL Proud Boy look.
I could see him doing this. I'm sure I don't like his politics, but George Clooney actually seemed kinda grounded. I say this because way back when, when South Park was a scandalous, edgy, new show lots of celebrities wanted to guest specials on it. And Trey Parker and Matt Stone are not equipped to do that because they literally do each show within a 1 week period. So when they would get requests they couldn't craft an elaborate role for anyone so they would tell people "Ok you can be random town citizen number 2." or something like that. Well, George Clooney asked about appearing and they told him, "Umm ok you can be a kid's dog." and instead of getting in a huff and declining, George Clooney laughed and said great I'll do it. And so he voiced a dog on an episode of South Park. The only other celebrity who also did something similar was I believe Jay Leno who voiced a cat. And by voicing these animals I mean, "Bark, Bark" and "Meow, Meow", not a talking anthropomorphized animal. This story has always sounded endearing to me.
"...but George Clooney actually seemed kinda grounded."
Sure he is...his mom was a popular actress and singer.
He grew up in the Hollywood bubble.
He lives in a mansion (among other places) on Lake Como.
Great pals with Weinstein, but never saw his 'darkness.'
Grounded.
'Buffers.'
Joe Smith said...
"'Part of the adaptation, of course, was being devastatingly handsome.'
That's a chick thing. I will never understand why women think Clooney is so hot."
Not sure about hot but certainly a more Cary Grant-like image - always well dressed/coiffed, with a plummy tone of voice. Sadly his film legacy won't be nearly as good. More misses than hits in my opinion. Maybe he needs a "His Girl Friday" or similar to boost that endeavor.
Sure he is...his mom was a popular actress and singer. He grew up in the Hollywood bubble.
You’ve got Clooney’s mom confused with his aunt. Clooney grew up in Kentucky and Ohio, not Hollywood.
Maybe this is true but Clooney is a famous prankster so it could just be one of his jokes.
Actors do a lot of mirror time. What's the big deal?
Until 2003 I had a ponytail down to my waist. When I was granted an in-person interview with a multibillion dollar corporation's senior management, I got an executive haircut because I knew they wouldn't hire me with a ponytail. And until March 4th of this year had it cut once per month. Retired in July, so I am never cutting it again. A ponytail is very manageable and I save over $600/year.
"You’ve got Clooney’s mom confused with his aunt. Clooney grew up in Kentucky and Ohio, not Hollywood."
Thanks...then we'll keep the villa on Como and the Weinstein 'blind eye.'
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