# Poll: Comb-over or rug? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452 "2010-03-05T18:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/41 "2010-03-07T16:26:34Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > I am in my mid 40’s and have a head full of hair, but if I ever started to go bald, I would own it. When you go bald…go bald. Yep; I’m in transition, so I’ve shortened it to a buzz cut. There’s nothing to distract people, so it’s not a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/42 "2010-03-08T04:03:18Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Honestly, I think it’s both. He wears the rug for coverage and volume, and then combs the side hair over it, to give it a more “natural” look. I think you may be on to something. ETA: Has anybody ever figured out what’s up with Donald Trump’s hair? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/43 "2010-03-08T12:55:40Z")
It’s an insult to rugs. If my rugs looked that bad, I’d convert the whole house to hardwood. He’d be better off with linoleum. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/44 "2010-03-08T13:06:22Z")
Shame on you all! The man is obviously suffering from [Philoakeyitis](http://www.ex-rental.com/blindyouth/NMELeague002.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/45 "2010-03-08T13:26:59Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > ETA: Has anybody ever figured out what’s up with Donald Trump’s hair? It was fired… I believe in a kiln. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/46 "2010-03-08T14:08:43Z")
Question: what does Donald Trump have? Either it is the world’s cheapest topee, or a comb-over gone horrbly wrong! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/47 "2010-03-08T14:09:27Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I think you may be on to something. > > ETA: Has anybody ever figured out what’s up with Donald Trump’s hair? I’ve always thought it to be one monstrous combover. I believe I’ve seen it “lift” a bit in the wind. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/48 "2010-03-08T14:14:12Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I believe I’ve seen it “lift” a bit in the wind. Ahhh… so it’s a [hairfoil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil). ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/49 "2010-03-08T14:16:19Z")
I think Trump has the most elaborate comb-over I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/50 "2010-03-08T16:49:37Z")
I’m with **Heart of Dorkness** and **Sage Rat**. Unquestionably a rug, the transition to which he has attempted to finesse by combing-over some of the hair from his left temple. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/51 "2011-03-07T12:59:02Z")
I am resurrecting this old thread to provide what I believe is proof that those who voted “rug” were correct. My wife was in the post office recently and found herself waiting in line behind the mayor. Since it is pretty much impossible to be in his presence and not look at his “hair”, she inspected the back of his head and saw brown fabric in the “whorl” at the end of his part. She managed to photograph the evidence without him noticing. Check it out on [Filckr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11117160@N06/5506129068/). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/52 "2011-03-07T14:12:44Z")
Link doesn’t work. Back in the early '90s, Sulzer was doing a massive comb-over. His part was just above his ear. I haven’t seen him in a long time, so he might have switched to a rug in the meantime. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/53 "2011-03-07T14:15:22Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > She managed to photograph the evidence without him noticing. That sounds like Seinfeld episode waiting to happen…although, the thought of the mayor turning around and saying “it’s real, and it’s spectacular” won’t have the same effect as Teri Hatcher… ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/54 "2011-03-07T14:20:51Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > That sounds like Seinfeld episode waiting to happen…although, the thought of the mayor turning around and saying “it’s real, and it’s spectacular” won’t have the same effect as Teri Hatcher… Although it is spectacular, in its own way. Does the link work for you, **WordMan**? **ascenray** , I emailed you the pic. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/55 "2011-03-07T14:26:35Z")
It looks like it ought to be a spectacular combover from the styling but I looked at a couple different photos and voted for “bad rug”. Another acceptable answer would have been “roadkill”. And for the record: [Donald Trump hairfoil](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01106/Donald_Trump_1106836c.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452/56 "2011-03-07T14:48:02Z")
It looks like he’s switched to a rug, to me. You can even see the edge going down from his ear where the rug overlaps his real hair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-comb-over-or-rug/531452.md?page=2)