May 22, 2009

• Maybe a Bit Too Much of a Good Thing

  I like facial hair on men.  Generally speaking, I like bearded men.  I think that a man who chooses to let his beard grow naturally is showing good sense.  Shaving and other forms of depilation are wasteful of time and other precious resources.  Stubble on faces is abrasive and not conducive to happy nuzzling and smooches.  In addition to all that, there is something a little creepy about a grown man who tries to look like a beardless boy.

  Some of these men, in my opinion, might have gone a little overboard with the beard thing, though.

  
  adn photo by Bob Hallinen

  Actually, the members of the South Central Alaska Beard and Mustache Club, hosts of the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championship, above,  look pretty much okay to me.  They just look like Alaskan men, letting it all hang out.  It’s the ones like Gerhard Knapp, below, a contestant from Germany, who turn me off.  I just don’t understand the rationale behind the wax and the freakish, funny-looking thing.  Who would want to nuzzle that?
   

  

  

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