Setyembre 11, 2025
"I think what you look like is a standard poodle and I love standard poodles."
A model for a perfect husband, revealed in "My cool cancer story/A year after losing my hair and self image to cancer, I put on my $5,000 prescription wig and look at myself and say, 'THERE she is.'" (WaPo video, free access).
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A canine model is an unflattering analogy.
She paid $5000 for a "prescription" wig (WTF does that mean?) and it makes her look more canine than human.
Somebody got badly taken, and wasn't the recipient of that 5000 bucks.
As the video shows, another thing to do...
"Read the funny papers."
I had no idea that oncologists are prescribing wigs. If that's true, they need to stop. But then, 21st-century medical ethics is a sick joke anyway, so why not bilk cancer victims with bulging bank accounts? That's what insurance is for, isn't it, to transfer the costs and social burdens of thievery to the white working class?
With the poodle reference, I thought it was going to be a curly wig and was getting ready to cite the Little Orphan Annie song. Disappointing to see it's a pretty standard long style. JSM
"She paid $5000 for a "prescription" wig (WTF does that mean?) and it makes her look more canine than human."
You need to watch the video.
Years ago, I purchased several wigs theatrical wigs for a production of Sheridan's The Rivals. I bought good ones, much better than those nasty cotton tops you might see perched on a "George Washington" at a Fourth of July event. I also hired a wig stylist to make each one distinctive. ("Fighting Bob" Acres looked splendidly ridiculous with his yarned-up side curls.) All told, I got seven custom-styled wigs and perruques for a grand and change. Not real hair, but quite nice synthetic, and authentically powdered.
Consequently, that $5000 wig stuck in my skeptical craw. Having no experience with natural hair wigs, I looked up this site. Three thousand bucks for the best. So what does the extra two grand buy, besides a four-star dinner for two sans vin?
Quaestor said...
“So what does the extra two grand buy, besides a four-star dinner for two sans vin?”
Exclusivity.
It's not really free. the pop up asks for info and a credit cad.
Cannot get past the pop-up
Having watched the video, I'm still in the dark regarding prescription wigs. The hairpiece looks fine, but invokes nothing poodle-like. Afghan hound or saluki, yes. Poodle, standard or otherwise, no.
“So what does the extra two grand buy, besides a four-star dinner for two sans vin?”
It buys you coverage by the insurance company.
The prescription forces your health insurance or employer to pay for it. I used to work for an office furniture company and we would directly market to state employees letting them know that ergonomic chairs (VERY expensive ones) could be prescribed by doctors and the state would have to buy them. We gave no discounts on these prescribed chairs, and the list prices were in the thousands back in the 1990s.
WaPo needs to revisit their style guide.
Dog and woman should never be used in the same sentence.
I agree with her husband, her natural hair and short haircut with curls looks much better. The long hair aka the wig is unflattering. IOW it was time for a change. Now let's get her husband a makeover.
I’m reminded of Debbie Poodleman Schultz…
The hairpiece looks fine, but invokes nothing poodle-like. Afghan hound or saluki, yes. Poodle, standard or otherwise, no.
Ah, but did you see the merkin?
"The prescription forces your health insurance or employer to pay for it."
In other words, racketeering on the backs of people who can barely afford minimum coverage.
Thanks, but the "Free Access" thing is not working for me.
"Standard poodle" sounds like a unit of measurement.
How many standard poodles are there in a Great Dane or St. Bernard?
If you're wondering how many standard poodles there are in a coyote, you're probably not talking about units of measurement.
Quaestor said...
In other words, racketeering on the backs of people who can barely afford minimum coverage.
Yes. We were in the business of selling office furniture. Didn't I mention that? Government sets the rules and companies respond to them. "Racketeering" seems a bit of a stretch.
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