For more than ten years now, I've very rarely gone without some sort of facial hair. Usually a Van Dyke (moustache and goatee), followed by a full beard. For a bit there I had only a goatee. But generally, always chin hair. I have to hide that double chin somehow (thanks awfully Mom, you coulda kept that on your side of your family). Plus, as someone told me once, some people simply look better with facial hair. Guess that'd be me.
I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe it's the facial structure. Maybe it's the eyebrows. They're thick. Like, I've used them as blunt objects in a pinch before...thick. So thick that a dude working that Star Trek video thing in Universal Studios Orlando sort of mocked them when I did that back in high school (I was gonna be the Vulcan and he was going to make my eyebrows more Vulcan like...except he didn't really have to...and he made sure to say it loud enough for most of the park to hear). Maybe because unlike some of my friends that will remain nameless, I can actually grow facial hair. Who knows. I know my father rocked the 'stache for most of my formative years. Perhaps it's hereditary. Though I doubt I'd rock it like he did. Again...he had a chin. If only I could have inherited his chin instead of his "ability" to sneeze about 6 times in a row.
I shaved my fuzz. It doesn't come in thick enough I suppose.
ReplyDeleteHi Bart,
ReplyDeleteI reckon it makes you look distinguished.
Gives you gravitas, like!
Cheers
David
I just stuck a pin in the diagram and got a "chin curtain".
ReplyDeleteThanks a million, Bart, how am I supposed to explain that to my g-f?
i am just glad you did say you have a Hulihee or a French Fork!
ReplyDeleteWish I had facial hair to grow real long and then shave all off!
ReplyDeleteFacial hair gives that "rugged-sexy" look. Its a good thing!
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ReplyDeleteWhat is it with men and facial hair??? My fiance is alwasy trying new "styles" and shit, I guess it is your form of expression since you don't have that many options with hair do's!
ReplyDeleteDan - ha ha!
ReplyDeleteDavid - makes me look older, and somewhat meaner, actually.
ReplyDeleteChert- get her drunk first?
ReplyDeletedawn - I've experimented from time to time...but never that goofy.
ReplyDeleteChewy - You could always get stage facial hair.
ReplyDeleteCopper - thanks. Like I said, with my lack of a solid chin, I need that rugged sexy boost.
ReplyDeleteJenny - I can't speak for others, like I said, I mainly do it to hide my chin. And because when I started to grow it everybody I knew liked it, save my mom. She's a pretty good barometer for things like that...if she doesn't like it, odds are it's awesome.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I've been told by the Queen that I should really keep it on my face. The lady prefers me with facial hair, so why fight that? ;)
Bart,
ReplyDeleteI'm no stylist, but I'd have to recommend you stay clear of:
Mutton Chops
French Fork
Hulihee
I like the Boxed Beard myself.
Deborah - Oh no worries. Though sometimes I toy with the idea of not mutton chops, but sideburns that go down to the jawline along with my van dyke. I wouldn't let them go all wild like your typical mutton chop though. Not unless I was playing an 1800 century sailor in a play or something.
ReplyDeleteNone of those look like David Ortiz. They need to expand the diagram.
ReplyDeleteBrian - Contrary to popular New England belief, the world does not revolve around the Sox. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
ReplyDeleteBare chins and upper lips are for little boys. My man is a M-A-N. Yeah!!
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