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Post by kevinharrell on Jun 13, 2016 19:15:46 GMT -5
Who is more macho? Hairdresser  Florist  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 13, 2016 21:22:30 GMT -5
Oh brother... Hard choice...
But... I've gotta go with the hair... Years ago, I had a pal who WAS a hairdresser with the cajones to tell it like it is... LOL! A particularly nasty client, whose bad attitude was only eclipsed by her bad appearance (resembling a water-buffalo in a stained sweat-suit) shoved a picture of Farrah Fawcett from "Charlie's Angels" in his face... She growled: "I want ya to make me look like THIS!"OOHH-KAY... He responded. "I can do that."FIRST, ya get on a starvation diet for about two years, knocking off around 200 pounds. THEN, ya spend a year at a good FAT-FARM, and begin to resemble a human being. THEN, a couple years of rigorous workouts to find some muscle under all that fat... FINALLY, go see Farrah's cosmetic surgeon and see what he can do with what's left. THEN, come see me, and I'll do your hair.  Of course, he was immediately fired, after beating the bejeebers out of his boss. (This was his first job since leaving the U.S. Army Rangers)... HeHeHe... He went to school and WAS a licensed beautician. I'm not sure why he decided to trade his M-16 for a blow-dryer, and never asked...
He DID go on to become a great hairdresser, and somehow learned to "fit in" but last time I saw him decades ago, he was STILL pretty macho... Go figger...  Of course there WAS an old acquaintance who was a florist to the Chicago Mob... He was pretty macho too. Woo-HOO! I think there was more "macho" back "in the day" before the term "macho" was even in general use. Gotta close... I'm startin' to crave a new "doo" and considering a Vespa wicker-basket with flowers for Minnie Mouse's nose...Leo (not REALLY feeling all that macho on a scoot) in Texas
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 14, 2016 9:11:22 GMT -5
Don't know any guy hairdressers or florists, so just going by knowing what hairdressers have to deal with (people sitting there for 30-some minutes complaining) vs florists (people standing there complaining for maybe 10 minutes).
Hairdressers it is.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jun 14, 2016 19:47:26 GMT -5
Warren Beatty was macho in "Shampoo". I am not awareof any macho florists on the silver screen.  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 17, 2016 2:08:00 GMT -5
Warren Beatty was macho in "Shampoo". I am not awareof any macho florists on the silver screen.
Dean (Dion/Deedee) O'Banion...Dean O'Banion
"Charles Dean O'Banion was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. The newspapers of his day made him better known as Dion O'Banion, although he never went by that first name. He led the North Side Gang until 1924, when he was murdered, reportedly by Frankie Yale, John Scalise and Albert Anselmi."Dean was one MAJOR badazz Irish mob-boss. And a high-end Chicago florist. It was reported that Scalise and Anselmi shook hands with Deedee, grabbing both hands before emptying their guns into him... Because Deedee was SO good with a handgun with either hand, they couldn't risk him getting to his own "Roscoe".
These are THE wise-guys that made the "Roaring Twenties" roar...Leo (still able to pick a daisy with either hand!) in Texas... |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 17, 2016 8:15:28 GMT -5
Yes Leo, but was DeeDee in any movies? No? Then doesn't count. 'bender was talking about movies not real life.
Heck, real life, I betcha' you can find a macho example for almost any job.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 18, 2016 13:09:45 GMT -5
Yes Leo, but was DeeDee in any movies? No? Then doesn't count. 'bender was talking about movies not real life. Heck, real life, I betcha' you can find a macho example for almost any job.
Deedee was a featured character in "The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" staring Jason Robards as Al Capone... Many "Roaring Twenties" movies centered in Chicago have O'Banion as a character since he was a "major" impediment to Torio and Capone. I believe his character also appeared in other Roaring Twenties films, and the TV "Untouchables" series...
He simply had to end up pushing up daisies... LOL!  Ya jus' can't tell the story of Al Capone, without including the Irish "petal-pusher"... Then came "Bugs Moran"... The intended prime-target on Valentine's Day. Cheesh, the ITALIAN wise-guys REALLY were hard on the IRISH mobsters! Must be more macho in spaghetti than in potatoes!Of course, in Deedee's case, "macho" definitely didn't mean "good"... That phenomenon happens all too often.
I'm not so sure I could find macho examples for ANY job... For example: "Figure Skating"... Although a few of the burly women skaters are sorta macho... Or would THAT be "macha"? EEEEWWWWW! |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 18, 2016 16:44:22 GMT -5
macho figure skater--Tanya Harding. Boom. Gotcha.
Or else Surya Bonali who did back flips landing on one foot. Not even the guys could do that! Technically, she could've done one in competition since she did one-foot those landings.
Oh, you meant a GUY skater? Hm.... There was a pro guy, forget his name 'cause he was very rarely on tv. Longish blond hair. Sort of a cowboy persona. Skated in jeans. His trademark was a single jump done slow and high and very very beautifully. He was pretty macho in his skating. edit--Joe something.
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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 18, 2016 16:46:46 GMT -5
Here, found a vid of Surya--
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 18, 2016 19:24:57 GMT -5
Kat... AB-SO-FREAKIN'-LOOT-LEE!THAT jump is definitely MACHO, regardless of gender.  I don't suppose the Hispanic culture would recognize "macho" with a female, but "cajones" are more attitude than actual " equipment". Plenty of GALS out there with 'em! Witness the feminine 20-something gal in Daisy Dukes (and not much else) on a crotch-rocket who leaped over Minnie Mouse and me on an entrance ramp last summer, continuing at somewhere around 150 mph on the rear wheel clear over the horizon!  More macho than I EVER wuz, even as a brain-dead kid on "Old Blue"... LOL!
Just HOW much GIDDYUP does it TAKE to wrap up the suspension and LAUNCH a 600 lb bike and featherweight gal OVER the vehicle in front of it, already going 65, anyway?  They don't call 'em "crotch-rockets" for nothing! Ride safe, if not macho!Leo (happily wussin' out on the old Kymco) in Texas
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Post by spandi on Jun 19, 2016 10:35:46 GMT -5
Yes Leo, but was DeeDee in any movies? No? Then doesn't count. 'bender was talking about movies not real life. Heck, real life, I betcha' you can find a macho example for almost any job.
Deedee was a featured character in "The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" staring Jason Robards as Al Capone... Many "Roaring Twenties" movies centered in Chicago have O'Banion as a character since he was a "major" impediment to Torio and Capone. I believe his character also appeared in other Roaring Twenties films, and the TV "Untouchables" series...
He simply had to end up pushing up daisies... LOL! Ya jus' can't tell the story of Al Capone, without including the Irish "petal-pusher"... Then came "Bugs Moran"... The intended prime-target on Valentine's Day. Cheesh, the ITALIAN wise-guys REALLY were hard on the IRISH mobsters! Must be more macho in spaghetti than in potatoes!Of course, in Deedee's case, "macho" definitely didn't mean "good"... That phenomenon happens all too often.
I'm not so sure I could find macho examples for ANY job... For example: "Figure Skating"... Although a few of the burly women skaters are sorta macho... Or would THAT be "macha"? EEEEWWWWW!Leo, good call. BTW, if anyone is interested in the history of this "florist" check out "Guns and Roses:The untold story of Dean O'Banion" By Rose Keefe (five star rating at Amazon) |
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