< previous | next > I almost crashed my car today because I saw the most incredible mullet.

It was so incredible that I daresay it rivaled Dog the Bounty Hunter's, but it didn’t have his fluffy-looking texture. Instead, today’s mullet was painstakingly slicked back and delightful.

It got me to thinking about how this coif phenomenon went away. It was so popular back in the ’80s and ’90s, and now, for all intents and purposes, it is basically a laughingstock, and I think that’s terrible.

How could we scoff at something that prides itself on being a “Party in the back?” Especially considering that I learned from Wikipedia that urban legend has the mullet dating back to the 19th century, when mullet fisherman kept their hair long in the back for warmth.

This of course opened up a whole other can of worms. A mullet, also called red mullet or surmullet, is a species of goatfish.

Goatfish? Seriously?

Yes. Found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean and the Black Sea, goatfish kind of look like a goldfish mated with a catfish.

See, if you will, exhibit A below of a goatfish I saw on the Web site www.ausfish.com.

While it would have been so much better if this weird, almost glow-in-the-dark looking fish was being held by someone with a mullet, it is what it is. And I think if I squint hard enough, I might see a rattail on this guy, which naturally will open up a whole other can of worms.

Pun not intended either time I used that phrase.

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Nikki M. Mascali began her career at the Weekender as an intern in 2005 - and holds the honor of being the oldest intern the paper ever had. She received her degree in journalism from Luzerne County Community College in 2007 and joined the Weekender staff full-time in 2006 as staff writer/designer before becoming associate editor in 2010. In March 2011, she was named editor.

Nikki has interviewed everyone from Gene Simmons to Richard Simmons, and her articles have run the gamut from local and national theater to music and in-depth reports on the radio industry and negativity in NEPA.

Nikki enjoys writing, quoting movies, traveling and being a diehard foodie - which is why she pens our weekly food and drink column, "Dish."

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