I used to have a pair, then didn’t, then grew a bushy pair for the post TdF / olympics. They so annoyed my mum that i’ve kept them (I’m 43 by the way)
Had a hair cut last week and the barber offered to straighten them up a bit – and the ****** took about an inch off the length with a cutthroat and trimmed all the bushiness out.
So now I’ve got 2 speed sideys – ‘normal’ length to about top of the earlobe and another inch below that will take a week or so to look like sideys as opposed to bad shaving; which I’ll then have to rehabilitate back into the full community.
They do make my face look quite different actually – better of course, although my mum would argue that point.