# Why is it only rednecks and Vegas performers have mullets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 5, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493 "2001-11-05T00:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tigsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tigsnort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tigsnort)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/1 "2001-11-05T00:07:13Z")
Could there two more disparate cultural groups than rednecks & Vegas performers? What is it about the mullet that draws these two peoples together? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/2 "2001-11-05T00:08:56Z")
**Socioeconomist** might disagree with your statement. ---
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/3 "2001-11-05T00:15:04Z")
What about Canadian hockey players? I thought they originated this hairstyle. ---
**Author:** ![illuminati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@illuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminati)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/4 "2001-11-05T00:36:02Z")
What about Austrailians?? ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/5 "2001-11-05T01:06:40Z")
Vegas performers do it cuz it’s cheezy. Same type of thing as a pompadour. Rednecks do it cuz they think it looks cool. Most hockey players got rid of it when they found out that American rednecks had adopted it. ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Sampler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Royal\_Sampler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Sampler)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/6 "2001-11-05T01:37:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by angledave44 \* > \*\*What about Austrailians?? \*\* We gave them up in the late '80s. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/7 "2001-11-05T01:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Royal Sampler \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by angledave44 \* > > \*\*What about Austrailians?? \*\* > > We gave them up in the late '80s. \*\* Assumably like the rest of the civilized world :D. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/8 "2001-11-05T05:03:02Z")
I wasn’t sure what a mullet was (but had an idea). I did a Google search and found [this](http://www.mulletmadness.com/). I was right. ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/9 "2001-11-05T05:20:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tigsnort \* > \*\*Could there two more disparate cultural groups than rednecks & Vegas performers? What is it about the mullet that draws these two peoples together? \*\* Are they so disparate? Aren’t many Vegas performers’ biggest fans basically aging rednecks who’ve come into a bit of cash so they can act “classy”. Does either group get to the opera much? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/10 "2001-11-05T05:35:01Z")
Rednecks and Vegas performers? You forgot lesbians!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/11 "2001-11-05T05:36:16Z")
Solid Snake has a mullet in the new **Metal Gear Solid 2** videogame coming out. How can a guy who’s so friggin’ cool have both a cheesy name -and- a cheesy 'do? It is…anomalous. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/12 "2001-11-05T08:04:18Z")
During this year’s election campaign, New Labour politician Mr. John Prescott thumped a protester who had a mullet. I don’t think he took a dislike to the hairstyle. The reason was more in response to the raw egg Mr. Mullet had just thrown at him. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/13 "2001-11-05T08:16:29Z")
What about pro wrestler Eddy Guererro? (He seems to fit into neither category.) Also, Steve Irwin aka the Crocodile Hunter used to have a mullet before he became wildly famous. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/14 "2001-11-05T11:28:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nostradamus \* > \*\*During this year’s election campaign, New Labour politician Mr. John Prescott thumped a protester who had a mullet. > > I don’t think he took a dislike to the hairstyle. The reason was more in response to the raw egg Mr. Mullet had just thrown at him. \*\* Many would say that the mullet was reason enough, though the cause he was supporting came a close second. Prescott’s reputation **rose** after said incident, which is bizarre enough. There can’t be many politicians in the world who have benefited from losing their cool and punching a voter. Proof of how much mullets are reviled. I think there’s a vote-catcher that Tony hasn’t spotted yet for the next election’s manifesto:: **2.9.12.** _Cabinet ministers of a re-elected New Labour govt. will clock members of the public supporting out-moded and barbaric practices with blatant mullets._ Personally I would have set the dogs on him, see how much sport he thought it was then. Well, it’s _traditional_, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/15 "2001-11-05T14:28:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > \*\*I wasn’t sure what a mullet was (but had an idea). I did a Google search and found [this](http://www.mulletmadness.com/). I was right. \*\* In southern Ontario, the word “mullet” is not used. This hairstyle is simply referred to as “hockey hair.” ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/16 "2001-11-05T14:34:57Z")
Someone earlier mentioned lesbians and their attachment to the mullet. A co-worker (who is looking over my shoulder as I write this and happens to be a lesbian) informs me that not all lesbians are into them. Quoting Shawn: My partner, who had a mullet, went with me to get a haircut. No sooner had she come into the shop than the woman cutting hair said “Girl, you’ve got two haircuts on your head - and one of them has GOT to go!” She is now “mulletless.” ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/17 "2001-11-05T15:03:27Z")
You guys are forgetting the most important demographic among mullet-wearers: The trailer dweller. My apologies to all dopers who choose to reside in mobile domeciles. I’m not saying ALL trailer dwellers have mullets. But it is a significant portion of the ape-drape population. You’re also leaving out those who still drive pre-1985 Camaros and full-time junior college attendees. -L ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/18 "2001-11-05T15:37:25Z")
I try so so hard to not be classist. I try very hard to not make fun of people based on their appearance or their choice of personal style. But for all that, there may be no guiltier pleasure for me than snickering over mullet jokes and mullet websites. The Fear the Mullet one always gets me. plnrr, that comment from the hairdresser was priceless. Tell your coworker thanks for sharing it. ---
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/19 "2001-11-06T10:03:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > > In southern Ontario, the word “mullet” is not used. This hairstyle is simply referred to as “hockey hair.” When I lived in the prairies we called it “Hockey Hair”, or the “Canadian Passport” ---
**Author:** ![beegowhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@beegowhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegowhite)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493/20 "2001-11-06T12:23:52Z")
Visited a small city in the Czech Republic and was stunned about all the drop-dead beautiful women, and all the mullet-ed men. If a man was under the age of 50, he had a mullet. Period. Very wierd seeing these gorgeous women on the arms of these men with mullets. It’s almost as if they found them sexy (gasp) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-only-rednecks-and-vegas-performers-have-mullets/91493.md?page=2)