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During the late 70’s my uncle couldn’t find his lighter to spark up a fag.
In his desperation for a smoke he tried to light up off the kitchen cooker and promptly set fire to his beard.
Sometimes I think I might be missing the ubiquitous aromas of stale fag smoke, B.O.-infused crymplene and leaded petrol-fumes.
About time Ch4 did a Smells Of The Seventies special.
. I describe my single figures effort (and what an effort) as stubble. Everyone else seems to call it a beard. Probably just to be polite.
Man after my own heart 🙂 .....
Definitely in the if you’re using clippers then it ain’t really a beard camp.
I’m a year at least into my DILLGAF ‘look’. I might have cut an inch or so off earlier in the year but then again that have been last. I usually just hack a bit off (scissors) now and again. And hope it’s relatively even...
It is a bit like GoT and the there’s only 5 midget jokes (yup, I’ve heard them all, many times. Although the best was at a funeral tea (in Nov) in the church hall and the women serving teas said ‘you must be busy this time of year...’. Because everyone one knows Santa wears a dark suit and black tie). I usually leave the camera off on Teams to avoid the Gandalf comments.
Most disaster like I get is when I forget to tuck it in when eating soup or curry... about 18-20cm is the worst stage for that I reckon.
I can’t remember what my chin looks like
Me neither, I did once shave everything off when I went on holiday, because nobody knew me where I was going, just to see how I looked sans beard/‘tash. Just enough time for it to grow back enough nobody really noticed. It was a goatee back then, I let it grow out fully, but keep it a moderate length, I don’t do full-on Viking!
It gets trimmed once a week, when I give my head a once-over with the hair trimmer.
The hours/days/weeks I must have lost cumulatively over the years trying to keep my hair tidy, and my beard trimmed neatly. Ten minutes once a week - what a relief.
Is it really a beard if it is trimmed to a number ?
I don't have the guts to go full-on Viking but I'm definitely well past the stubble stage. I can get food stuck to it without trying and ice creams can be a bit messy so I'm counting it as a small beard.