Comments on: Whiskerless

By: existingthing

existingthing — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:36:44 +0000

It’s not the beard on the outside that counts; it’s the beard on the inside.

By: gunner

gunner — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:56:57 +0000

My wife was cutting my hair, and was in the process of doing a rough thinning with a shaver before polishing it. She forgot to set the guard right and a second later I heard her go “oops!”. Not a good sound, yet the reason I shaved my head that first time.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:40:43 +0000

Uncle: I think you should have gone for the Lemmy look. And I've never seen you with a beard! Lornkanaga: Back in the days when I would shave seasonally, I did it the opposite of most. I'd shave in the winter, because the cold air actually soothes the razor burn, and grow a beard in the summer, because sweat running down a razor-burned face sucks.

By: Ride Fast

Ride Fast — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:14:31 +0000

Didn’t you have a similar mishap with a hair shear? Heh.

By: Breda

Breda — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:32:53 +0000

I don’t think I’d recognize this blog without your beard.

By: JJR

JJR — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:29:42 +0000

I’d probably do the same…would probably get rid of the mustache too since I don’t think it’d look good with the goatee gone.

Back before I had Lasik done, I used to wear contact lenses. But then when I started working nights, I couldn’t stand to go through an entire nightshift with the darn things in, so I would wear glasses. My driver’s license then was of me with contacts on; I eventually took to wearing my glasses full time because my eyes just couldn’t tolerate contacts anymore for anything more than a few hours at best. Whenever I had to present my ID, people would squint and stare at the photo, then at me, then at the ID again. Sometimes in frustration I’d rip my glasses off my face and stare at the fuzzy blob their faces quickly became, and they’d make the connection and hand me my ID back, and I’d put my glasses back on.

By: nk

nk — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:55:44 +0000

I could never grow a beard. It made me look like Basil Rathbone playing Shylock. I had a heck of a cookie duster for a long time, though. But, you know, it’s easier to shave it off than to trim it the way you like it.

Anyway, cheer up, Uncle. Beards grow back.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:36:15 +0000

I did that once while trimming the sideburns. Fortunately, I stopped before “Travis Bickle” became a potential solution.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:04 +0000

I should add that no one recognized me without it. My boss thought they hired a new guy first time I ran into him without the beard. . . .

By: JD

JD — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:33:24 +0000

been there, done that. . . . thank God it only took a few weeks to grow it back. . .

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:25:35 +0000

Oops.

I’ve had to shave because of an accident before… it’s not an unusual event.

Really though… this post is worthless without photographs!

Could have left yourself a set of mutton chops

By: Michael Hawkins

Michael Hawkins — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:08:28 +0000

I agree!
Do something wild for once!

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:18:52 +0000

Shoulda left it like that.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:27:49 +0000

That’s OK, yesterday morning, I went to shake up my morning orange juice to stir up the pulp…after I took the cap off. Yes, this happened at work. Yes, I spent the rest of the day smelling vaguely of oranges and slightly sticky.

By: ben

ben — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:06:41 +0000

Rule #3 dude, rule #3!

Every trimmer is always unguarded.

By: Lornkanaga

Lornkanaga — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:08 +0000

Now is the time of year to shave it off anyway. Although being a woman I wouldn’t know this from personal experience, but isn’t is cooler in the summertime when you’re clean-shaven?