"My fellow Americans....I feel your pain."

[Brad De Long]

>from the 1999 Guinness Book of World Records p109.
>                         MOST EXPENSIVE HAIRCUT
>In 1993, President Bill Clinton went under the scissors of Monsieur
>Christophe, a top Beverly Hills stylist, while sitting aboard Air Force
>One on the Tarmac at Los Angeles Airport. The full cost of his "runway
>trim" taking into account delays to other aircraft, was estimated at
>more than $83,000.

Except that there were no delays to other aircraft...

A nice urban legend, but *think* about its political consequences as you
spread it.

Brad Delong