And now for something completely different

[Astronuc]

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

Beard Team USA!
http://beardteamusa.org/index.html


I guess I need to sign up.

 

[Cyrus]

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.

 

[Moonbear]

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

You're right, it's completely different!

Hmm...I think you should try for the look in the second photo.

 

[Cyrus]

I want mutton chops!

 

[Moonbear]

I want mutton chops!

Lamb chops are more tender.

 

[Astronuc]

You're right, it's completely different!

Hmm...I think you should try for the look in the second photo.

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.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Weird. With a beard.

 

[Integral]

I am so unworthy
Those are some awesome beards!

 

[Hootenanny]

I feel strangely inadequate with my box-beard now

 

[Astronuc]

I feel strangely inadequate with my box-beard now

You need to submit your picture.

 

[Integral]

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.

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!

 

[Astronuc]

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.

 

[Integral]

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.

 

[ice109]

that's gross

 

[oedipa maas]

Hey Astronuc, have you ever considered membership in the Flowing Hair Club For Scientists?

http://www.improbable.com/category/lfhcfs-hair-club/

 

[lisab]

Hey Astronuc, have you ever considered membership in the Flowing Hair Club For Scientists?

http://www.improbable.com/category/lfhcfs-hair-club/

That's great!

 

[Integral]

for the record, me 2yr ago, I haven't changed much.

 

[Astronuc]

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.

Nice photo, Integral! Looking very distinguished.

 

[Danger]

I feel strangely inadequate with my box-beard now

I thought that we left our mention of merkins back in Franzbear.

 

[Hootenanny]

I thought that we left our mention of merkins back in Franzbear.

You won't be getting a picture of that! :rolf:

 

[jim mcnamara]

'merkins?

What have Americans got to do with this brouhaha?

 

[lisab]

What have Americans got to do with this brouhaha?

Red-blooded, God-fearin' 'merkins!

 

[Danger]

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.