Teen Wolf economics

Jul 23, 2009 10:59

Early on, Michael J. Fox makes reference to having a "$6 haircut". Was that idiomatic for "a cheap haircut", "an average haircut", "a stylish haircut", "an expensive haircut"? (1985)$6 = (2008)$11.85 ( Read more... )

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mst3kforall July 23 2009, 19:49:14 UTC
Cheap and nasty. "SuperCuts."

Signed, the oldster (I was there for the original reference; independent of financial value it was definitely a specific reference to some awful place that churned out "grads" and got them "jobs" in-house butchering people's hair, and they specifically advertised 6$ haircuts. Probably was SuperCuts but I can't remember for certain. I've gotten all of the hair-butchering places mixed up)

I think we need a sequel to deal with the "loose ends"

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