# Traficant's hair ...the truth at last **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931 "2002-08-01T22:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/1 "2002-08-01T22:44:57Z")
After years of speculation and debate, the dinfinitive answer is here, and yes, it is a toupee. A really bad toupee. A budget toupee, if you will. Why his barber went along with this charade all these years is a mystery…he deserves some punishment too! Ahh, Ohio politics. Never a dull moment. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/2 "2002-08-01T22:46:17Z")
And yes, I know it should be definitive. I was just so excited to post a working link that I forgot to proof-read. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/3 "2002-08-01T22:50:16Z")
Of all the important things we could have been discussing, this exact topic was the focus of lunch time discussion the other day. We were aghast at the horror of his hairstyle. Why am I not surprised that it’s a rug? Of course, it’s probably the tamest part of him. I wonder if he’s wearing bell bottom prison outfits??? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/4 "2002-08-01T22:51:55Z")
It looks like he took the hair off a smaller-headed man and put it on his own head. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/5 "2002-08-01T22:56:52Z")
I wonder if _MAD Magazine_ will post his mug shot like they did Marv Albert’s. ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/6 "2002-08-01T23:16:51Z")
How sad is it that his wife is or was a hairdresser? I’m very proud to say that he was once my personal Congressman. I campaigned against him, but still fell into his jurisdiction. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/7 "2002-08-01T23:18:09Z")
His hair always reminded me of that Simpsons episode where Homer gets Snakes hear latched onto his head. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/8 "2002-08-01T23:23:51Z")
It looks kinda like something that was combed with an egg beater. ---
**Author:** ![taggert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@taggert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taggert)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/9 "2002-08-01T23:41:42Z")
This was a matter of debate? Of course it was a rug. Duh! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/10 "2002-08-02T00:05:01Z")
Well, one of my coworkers has a theory that his head is cone-shaped beneath the rug and that’s why he wears it. I think perhaps that is where the aliens placed the implants, and the rug is to hide the blinking LED’s. Why else would he always be shouting “Beam me up!”? But like the article says, it just seemed too awful to be a toupee. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/11 "2002-08-02T00:25:37Z")
I don’t know, I was sure it was a rug, but i had more than one person tell me, “No Way! They don’t make rugs that bad!” 😃 It’s good to have this cleared up. bella ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/12 "2002-08-02T00:26:22Z")
gotta love Ohio. BTW, who was that woman with him on tv that time smiling like a goon? It looked too young for his wife? ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/13 "2002-08-02T01:32:22Z")
Obviously he needed it to hide the tinfoil helmet. I wish I had taped that performance he put on before the vote for his removal. That was great theatre, thank you C-SPAN. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/14 "2002-08-02T06:02:56Z")
For me, the only question was: “Is that a toupee or a dead animal on his head?” I would have guessed animal, possibly a small badger. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traficants-hair-the-truth-at-last/121931/15 "2002-08-02T06:51:12Z")
I always thought he stole the wig from the prop department of the original Planet Of The Apes.