And now for something completely different

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In summary: Astro, I just had me an idea. Given the popularity of topiary art, you could sculpt your facial foliage into the semblance of a really fine sheep. :uhh::rofl: That sounds like a great idea!I could never sculpt anything like that.That sounds like a great idea!I could never sculpt anything like that.
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christ, guys used to walk around with these things all the time in the 1800s!

That one guy makes me want to go out and shoot a big buffalo.
 
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Astronuc said:

:rofl: You're right, it's completely different! :biggrin:

Hmm...I think you should try for the look in the second photo. :biggrin:
 
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I want mutton chops!
 
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Cyrus said:
I want mutton chops!

Lamb chops are more tender. :biggrin:
 
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Moonbear said:
:rofl: You're right, it's completely different! :biggrin:

Hmm...I think you should try for the look in the second photo. :biggrin:
I don't like the curly stuff.

I like this one - http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/gunnar.html .

I've always wanted a beard that I could tuck into my belt - like Gimli. :biggrin:
 
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Weird. With a beard.
 
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I am so unworthy :cry:
Those are some awesome beards!
 
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I feel strangely inadequate with my box-beard now :frown:
 
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Hootenanny said:
I feel strangely inadequate with my box-beard now :frown:
You need to submit your picture. :approve:
 
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Astronuc said:
I don't like the curly stuff.

I like this one - http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/gunnar.html .

I've always wanted a beard that I could tuck into my belt - like Gimli. :biggrin:

That would be fun indeed, currently I am working in a clean room, I think the clean room police shutter every time I gown up!
 
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Integral said:
That would be fun indeed, currently I am working in a clean room, I think the clean room police shutter every time I gown up!
I was looking for job on an offshore oil rig, and I had to shave and cut my hair, because an oil soaked beard and hair were considered unsafe. That was May, 1981. I shaved for about 1 or 2 weeks, then I ended up getting a construction job onshore, so I stopped shaving. My kids have never seen me without a beard. Before that I had a beard from August '77 through mid May '81.

I might be excluded from some jobs or industrial sites in which respirators or gas (face) masks are required.
 
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I shaved it off in ~'92, having had a beard since the late '70s. My wife had never seen me without a beard. I shaved, she screamed.. BUT IT BACK ON! Needless to say I have not shaved since. :rofl:
 
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that's gross
 
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for the record, me 2yr ago, I haven't changed much.

pic12.jpg
 
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oedipa maas said:
Hey Astronuc, have you ever considered membership in the Flowing Hair Club For Scientists?

http://www.improbable.com/category/lfhcfs-hair-club/
Hmmmm. I'm not much for clubs.

My hair is a little shorter than Integral's, but then I trimmed it a couple of months ago to get rid of split ends. :rolleyes:

Nice photo, Integral! Looking very distinguished.
 
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Hootenanny said:
I feel strangely inadequate with my box-beard now :frown:

I thought that we left our mention of merkins back in Franzbear. :uhh:
 
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Danger said:
I thought that we left our mention of merkins back in Franzbear. :uhh:
:rofl: You won't be getting a picture of that! :rolf:
 
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'merkins?

What have Americans got to do with this brouhaha?
 
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jim mcnamara said:
What have Americans got to do with this brouhaha?

:rofl:

Red-blooded, God-fearin' 'merkins!
 
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You'll have to consult a dictionary. Merkin = box-beard.

Astro, I just had me an idea. Given the popularity of topiary art, you could sculpt your facial foliage into the semblance of a really fine sheep. :uhh:
 

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