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Growing a beard says what about you?

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  • #32
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,453 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Exactly. Paper Bags ftw

    4f06b.jpg



  • #33
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    A, they could be a jihadi, or b, a drinker of craft beer


  • #34
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Arghus wrote: »
    For myself, it means that I'm too lazy to shave regularly.

    How do you get past the itch? If I miss a shave in the morning I'm snookered if I don't get home by 5pm. If I'm lucky enough to to get a seat on the train and 5pm rolls around the itch starts. By 5.30 the I'm tearing the face of meself like a well dressed leper after a morphine dose. God can only guess what the poor tired commuter sitting across from me knows where to look. They don't need to be dealing with that sh*t at the end of a tiring day. And that's when I'm lucky enough to get a seat, you can only imagine what it's like when I'm standing and grabbing the handrail.


  • #35
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    His laces are open, he could trip and fall!!!

    He'd be better off with velcro shoes and possibly a bicycle helmet.


  • #36
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Outlaw Pete wrote: »

    Whereas this guy's beard says............. go fuck yourself.


    sturgis-2003aug17.jpg

    I dunno, I'd say he grew it because he wanted the approval of all his little motorbike friends.


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  • #37
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    RayM wrote: »
    I dunno, I'd say he grew it because he wanted the approval of all his little motorbike friends.


    The fella sitting behind him has no beard?


  • #38
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    The fella sitting behind him has no beard?

    Looks like a beard to me.


  • #39
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,415 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    How do you get past the itch? If I miss a shave in the morning I'm snookered if I don't get home by 5pm. If I'm lucky enough to to get a seat on the train and 5pm rolls around the itch starts. By 5.30 the I'm tearing the face of meself like a well dressed leper after a morphine dose. God can only guess what the poor tired commuter sitting across from me knows where to look. They don't need to be dealing with that sh*t at the end of a tiring day. And that's when I'm lucky enough to get a seat, you can only imagine what that's like for all concerned.

    I dunno I've never experienced this beard itch that people talk about. I don't feel anything.


  • #40
    wexdevil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭wexdevil


    My beard is down past my nipples, I grew it out for vikings. I also work in a cleanroom so getting it into the beard hair net would be impossible without being able to braid it.


    Women always seem surprised that I can braid it myself :confused:


    Its never been itchy either


  • #41
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    RayM wrote: »
    I dunno, I'd say he grew it because he wanted the approval of all his little motorbike friends.

    Check out the guy sitting pillion, strange bedfellows indeed.


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  • #42
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    The fella sitting behind him has no beard?

    He's also substituted a tie-dye bandana and a white t-shirt in place of a visorless helmet and leathers.


  • #43
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    The fella sitting behind him has no beard?
    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    Check out the guy sitting pillion, strange bedfellows indeed.
    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    He's also substituted a tie-dye bandana and a white t-shirt in place of a visorless helmet and leathers.

    lol. That's a woman sitting pillion. Hence the blouse and breasts :pac:


  • #44
    mulbot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,643 ✭✭✭mulbot


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Growing a beard is fine.
    But if you grow a beard and start dressing like this......
    PL1425390Paul%20Galvin%20Tweed.jpg

    Do I see a camel toe?


  • #45
    radiata
    Closed Accounts Posts: 386 ✭✭radiata


    Hipster dick nonsense


  • #46
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    lol. That's a woman sitting pillion. Hence the blouse and breasts :pac:

    I'm not a woman, I'm developing a good pair myself. Haven't worn a blouse in weeks though.


  • #47
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    It means you are struggling to find some identity for yourself. At a deep level you have some unresolves stress on how you perceive yourself, and how you think other people see you.
    Growing a beard is an expression of this desire to change something fundamental in yourself, and the person that looks back at you (for less time now admittedly) from the mirror everyday. It is an effort to disguise yiu previous self from both yourself and the world.
    It indicates a high degree of psychological stress, which would be better helped by a professional psychologist than be saving on razor blades.
    To finish on a positive note, growing a beard is at least an acknowledgement to yourself that you have a problem, and that itself is an important step on the road to recovery.
    Good luck on your difficult journey op.


  • #48
    pauliebdub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭pauliebdub


    I have one because it suits me. I'm not a particularly attractive man without one as I have a chubby face.


  • #49
    Baron Kurtz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭Baron Kurtz


    OnDraught wrote: »
    If you have a face worth hiding, hide it.

    It’s just hipster nonsense anyway. Same as it was with the Dubliners in the 70’s. Another couple of years and it will be moustaches, 10 more and it will be clean shaved and then we’ll repeat it all ad infinitum.

    What's your favourite, ad infinitum or ad nauseum?


  • #50
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    It means you are struggling to find some identity for yourself. At a deep level you have some unresolves stress on how you perceive yourself, and how you think other people see you.
    Growing a beard is an expression of this desire to change something fundamental in yourself, and the person that looks back at you (for less time now admittedly) from the mirror everyday. It is an effort to disguise yiu previous self from both yourself and the world.
    It indicates a high degree of psychological stress, which would be better helped by a professional psychologist than be saving on razor blades.
    To finish on a positive note, growing a beard is at least an acknowledgement to yourself that you have a problem, and that itself is an important step on the road to recovery.
    Good luck on your difficult journey op.

    Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.


  • #51
    FishOnABike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,364 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    Meh, it's starting to get a bit chilly. If I wore a scarf I'd probably forget it and if I wore a balaclava I'd probably get arrested :-)


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  • #52
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Growing a beard is fine.
    But if you grow a beard and start dressing like this......

    PL1425390Paul%20Galvin%20Tweed.jpg

    This is like the photo of a man that couldn't find his contacts . the state of him . if he's in fashion I know I'm happy enough looking like an average Joe soap.


  • #53
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,602 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    “my home brewed craft beer is better than your crappy bottles of Heineken”


  • #54
    JamboMac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭JamboMac


    If you are a man you grow your beard, if you are a woman you shave it and if you wear no socks with your shoes or runners your a tosser.


  • #55
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,064 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    I have a beard because I have a face that needs hiding


  • #56
    LadyMacBeth_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭LadyMacBeth_


    I like men with stubble or a beard, not like a full on pube beard though, a somewhat groomed one. So what do I think? Well depending on the guy I might think "hot damn".


  • #57
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    I can't grow one it just turns into this patchy nonsense like I've been on a Napoleonic era boat for months and have scurvy or something, not to mention it starts going multi coloured. I always liked beards though but the current Hitler Youth hairdos combined with the sleeve tats and perfectly groomed beard look doesn't do it for me. I'd be a fan of the Abbey Road era Beatles ones.


  • #58
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,665 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Any man who would shave his beard for a woman deserves neither.


  • #59
    SnitchenBubs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭SnitchenBubs


    I've been growing mine for almost a year now, just 3-4 months shy id say.

    The beard itself doesn't take much maintenance, I use a pine tar soap on it once a week and co-wash it every day with a leave in conditioner. I shower everyday anyway so its no hassle, takes about 5 minutes to do. After the shower I just towel dry and brush it down with a good quality boar bristle brush, then oil and that's it. Very little maintenance, for me anyway.

    The only major difficulty I found is with the mustache, If you have a decent mustache then it will cause difficulty at some point, guaranteed, especially if you try and grow it out. Eating becomes very difficult, you have to modify the way you eat, things like sandwiches, burgers, etc are very troublesome, the sides of the stache that connect to the beard constantly get dragged into your mouth and it just feels horrible.


  • #60
    LirW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    Eoghan Murphy is just hiding his baby face.


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  • #61
    Beanntraigheach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Growing a beard is fine.
    But if you grow a beard and start dressing like this......

    PL1425390Paul%20Galvin%20Tweed.jpg
    That picture is the best thing on the internet :D


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