# Paul McCartneys' hair piece **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000 "2004-12-04T01:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/21 "2004-12-04T14:14:01Z")
^^^I don’t know, my family has a lot of “in-naming.” One cousin married a man with the same last name. Her maiden and married name are the same. Coincidences abound in a family, especially in the southern U. S., or a closely-knit industrial town like Liverpool in the 40s/50s/60s, probably. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/22 "2004-12-04T15:15:36Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > If you take a gander at a [recent candid photo](http://www.channelm.salford.ac.uk/pics/interference/Scoop%20of%20the%20Year%20-%20Paul%20McCartney%20talks%20to%20Interference%20(2001).jpg) of Sir Paul, you’ll realize that he **doesn’t** actually look all that amazing. Not that he looks **bad** , mind you; he just looks like a man of 62: wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, jowls becoming more pronounced, skin that has lost the tightness and luster of youth. Which is still remarkable, considering he died 35 years ago. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/23 "2004-12-04T17:42:27Z")
I don’t think Sir Paul is aging all that gracefully. I actually thought that pre-cancerous George was aging the best out of the remaining three. I think Paul would look much better with a different haircut. It’s way too short around the ears. He either needs to let it all grow out a bit or wear the whole thing very short. I also think he’d look better if he went stopped putting shoe polish in his hair and allowed it to go back to grey. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/24 "2004-12-04T18:37:27Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > Coincidences abound in a family, especially in the southern U. S., or a closely-knit industrial town like Liverpool in the 40s/50s/60s, probably. Not that closely knit; one of McCartney’s cousins married one of mine from Accrington way a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/25 "2004-12-04T19:14:05Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > If you take a gander at a [recent candid photo](http://www.channelm.salford.ac.uk/pics/interference/Scoop%20of%20the%20Year%20-%20Paul%20McCartney%20talks%20to%20Interference%20(2001).jpg) of Sir Paul, you’ll realize that he **doesn’t** actually look all that amazing. Blah. He must wear a ton of make-up during interviews. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/26 "2004-12-04T20:11:21Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > FWIW, my dad, who is 64, still has a pretty good hair line, and doesn’t really have too much grey. (And as his son, I find these facts very encouraging 🙂 ) So it’s not at all unreasonable for McCartney’s hair to be real. But that color sure as heck is coming out of a bottle. Some people just get away with it. My father is 71. Still has all his hair, although it’s all white now, and he’s about the same size he’s always been (which is quite thin). He probably looks better than he really is, though – a lifetime of drinking and smoking has to have done some damage. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/27 "2004-12-04T20:13:12Z")
> [@LMM](#): > > He probably looks better than he really is, though – a lifetime of drinking and smoking has to have done some damage. Some people just get away with that too. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/28 "2004-12-05T16:59:17Z")
Does JPM still smoke? I know he used to always have a grit in his hand during every interview,. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000.md?page=1)