In response to the desire for a clinical, scientific approach to the mullet, we at mullet madness have compiled a concise analysis of the mullet, hopefully in simple enough language that it will be accessible to more than just the jargon-toting elitists of mulletology.
Among the mullet intelligencia the term "Havelock" is used for describing the bi-level cut. The term is derived from the name of British-Indian General Sir Henry Havelock, who standardized the use of "draping items" to protect one's neck from the sun, and was subsequently given the Nobel Prize for his single handed founding of mulletology*.
In the strictest sense every mullet follows the Havelock equation (T < B). To explain the concept an illustration will be made. Supposing that a waterfall in Kentucky exists with water cascading down in the traditional sense. The depth of water on the top of the cascade is, shall we say, 3 feet, while the length of descent is 42 yards. In this example where T = the depth at the top of the fall (3) and B = the length of descent of the water (42), 3 will be less than 42, or top will always be shorter than back.
Although presently thought to be a recent discovery, further research shows that the Havelock equation was actually first approximated by members of Byzantive cenobitic orders. After excrutiatingly meticulous archeological efforts, Mulletmadness has reconstructed fragments of the "codex refusa blanca", which clearly show the development of the Havelock equation.
*Although some researchers point out the existence of the mullet in cases before Sir Henry Havelock, (i.e. James K. Polk.) It is important to differentiate the anamolous incidence of the mulllet, from the standardizaton of said mullet.
