A hairy tale
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ciroccojIt's Movember, and many men are busily growing facial hair (mostly moustaches, a few beards) for Prostate Cancer Awareness. I noticed the other day that Justin's principal is one of them. His is looking a little thin right now, and somewhat grayer than the hair on his head, but I'm sure it'll look very nice soon.
Not all men can do this, though. Last year during Movember, as I watched stuff sprout on the faces of various lawyers, justices, and cops, I wondered how many of the ones who weren't participating had had unpleasant experiences with the whole procedure. I read somewhere that William Shatner once grew a beard, but only did it once because while the hair on his head was light brown, his beard came in bright red.
Although that may have been Captain Kirk, in a Star Trek novel.
David Duchovny had a beard once. Ouch.
This all made me remember a hairy story from my own university days.
Once upon a time, I had four friends who decided not to shave their beards until exam time.
The first already had a beard, so we didn't expect much of a change in him.
The second one had red hair and when he didn't shave for a few days you could see a sort of a gold something on his face, if you looked in the right light.
The third one had dark hair and I recall nothing about what he looked like slightly unshaven.
The fourth one was blond, but had to shave every day because by five o'clock he was already sporting some impressive black stubble. We expected great things from his chin.
So they didn't shave.
Weeks later, the first, as expected, hadn't really changed much. Other than his beard was a little longer.
Not that much longer. He wasn't Amish.
The second one had grown an amazingly respectable red beard. We were impressed.
The third had also grown a beard, same colour as the hair on his head, pretty respectable too.
The fourth... didn't fare so well.
I don't know if he's taking part in Movember. 'Cause even for the sake of Prostate Cancer Awareness... dude. Dude.
Not all men can do this, though. Last year during Movember, as I watched stuff sprout on the faces of various lawyers, justices, and cops, I wondered how many of the ones who weren't participating had had unpleasant experiences with the whole procedure. I read somewhere that William Shatner once grew a beard, but only did it once because while the hair on his head was light brown, his beard came in bright red.
Although that may have been Captain Kirk, in a Star Trek novel.
David Duchovny had a beard once. Ouch.
This all made me remember a hairy story from my own university days.
Once upon a time, I had four friends who decided not to shave their beards until exam time.
The first already had a beard, so we didn't expect much of a change in him.
The second one had red hair and when he didn't shave for a few days you could see a sort of a gold something on his face, if you looked in the right light.
The third one had dark hair and I recall nothing about what he looked like slightly unshaven.
The fourth one was blond, but had to shave every day because by five o'clock he was already sporting some impressive black stubble. We expected great things from his chin.
So they didn't shave.
Weeks later, the first, as expected, hadn't really changed much. Other than his beard was a little longer.
Not that much longer. He wasn't Amish.
The second one had grown an amazingly respectable red beard. We were impressed.
The third had also grown a beard, same colour as the hair on his head, pretty respectable too.
The fourth... didn't fare so well.
I don't know if he's taking part in Movember. 'Cause even for the sake of Prostate Cancer Awareness... dude. Dude.
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Date: 2011-11-16 12:18 am (UTC)|Meduza|
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Date: 2011-11-16 03:14 am (UTC)