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The resemblance is uncanny. (http://www.draculas.info/gallery/picture_of_portrait_of_vlad_the_impaler-2/)   :o

The thing that always fascinates me about that picture - and, yes, I have seen it before - is that thing underneath his mustache?  It just can't be a mouth, can it?  Nooo. 

I hate that painting so very much. MOUSTACHES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!

Maybe he has some sliced tomato in his mouth. :P

(http://yourargumentisinvalid.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/there_is_a_windmill_in_my_beard.jpg)
Mostaches work any way they want.

Maybe that face is why Vlad Tepes was not very nice?!

Poor old Vlad. History has served him ill with besmirchment of biblical proportion. He was trapped between the footstools of Islam and the Hungry Ostriches of Christendom. Is it then surprising that he was apt to resort to a little benign impalement now and then?

And he loved to picnic!  Can we truly condemn him for that?

He had some serious underbite.  Or tomatoes.

Or his mouth was bleeding, or artists just weren't very sophisticated back then.

Your post reminds me of the difficulty of explaining to some people why the Romanians consider Vlad Dracula to be a national hero.  XD

It goes like this:

"Well, he defended Romania from the Muslim Turks."

"So?!  He killed people!"

"That was par for the course for the time.  The Turks also practiced impaling and if they'd been allowed to overrun Romania, would have killed anyone who didn't convert to Islam."

"So?!"

"So for all his faults, he had his upsides.  The Romanians are grateful for what he did for them."

"HE IMPALED PEOPLE!"

*sigh*

Clueless drive-by...

Oh, yeah, from what I've read of old Vlad, he quite enjoyed his sports-loved watching people being impaled, made a picnic out of it, holiday pay, the whole works. Unfortunately, the people from the Inquisition were guests at these events and took detailed notes.
Vlad the partier killed thousands of people by impalement. He took his fun very seriously!

ZOMG! I thought Pescado was the only guy out there with a prehensile beard.

Clearly Weird Beard Man has a talented beard as well.

I know I should be looking at Weird Beard Man's beard, but, I cannot tear my eyes away from the glasses. I am not sure why.

Also, on a whim, I googled beard championships. I am pretty sure this is the same guy: http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/elmar.html

World Beard Championships. Not only do people compete at this, enough do so to justify a worldwide competition, with multiple categories.

And, further off track, are The Beards (http://www.thebeards.com.au) who, and I quote, only play songs about beards and having beards. Their bio is peppered with beard references. "The rhythm section of Nathaniel Beard, John Beardman and Facey McStubblington is complemented by the immensely talented frontman, Johann Beardraven." They actually sound alright, though I lack the beard required to fully appreciate their lyrics. Also, they apparently have a policy that the bearded get in free to all their gigs.

I was actually not going to post this, thought it was far too off-topic, but then 'Big Bearded Bruce' came on, on The Beards' website. "And when he walked, the beard swayed back and forth, like it had a mind of its own. And they say that he's killed a dozen men, throughout his many long years. Oh, but where does he hide the bodies? Well, they're all buried deep within his beard!" ... It goes downhill after that, though. In a face-to-beard encounter this beardless guy rips Big Bearded Bruce's beard out from the roots, and escapes with his life. All Bruce does is scream, "My beard! My precious precious beard!" Pfft.

To continue on the wrong track, I've always been amused by the fact that the only person in ZZ Top without a beard is in fact named Beard...

Gah, what is it with men and facial hair?  Revolting.

Eh, I'd rather see a full beard than only a mustache. Mustaches remind me of fascists and chauvinists, but beards remind me of Santa Claus.

I'd be tempted to enter if I wasn't allergic to being photographed. Do they have a category for prehensility?

mmmmm hmmm.  Understandable.  ;)  I love facial hair on men.  It can add (or detract) interest to their best features.  On women, it just confuses me and I stare. 

I don't like the look of a mustache without a beard, but the look of a beard without a mustache is just weird.

In my hometown we have a resident bearded lady who is apparently quite famous (for being the bearded lady). There's a group on facebook petitioning to get her on Big Brother.

Anyway, I present the bearded lady of Guildford, for no real reason other than all the beard talk. There used to be this animation someone made of her eating a small child, but it got taken down...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/dubdlx/711814853_l.jpg)

BLoG MySpace (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=71229511)

No - I'm sorry, facial hair is revolting.  My earliest, most abiding (and clearly formative) memory of the horrors of facial hair involved a man who used to brush through his moustache with his fork after he had eaten to (and I quote) "get the last bits, mmmmm".  I went on strike when my husband grew a goatee.

I have (as does my selfsim) a moustache and goatee - Mrs.jolrei is fond of it, so she says.  She would likely go on strike if I shaved it off.  I do keep it trimmed and do not comb food out of the moustache with a fork.  Getting food in the moustache is a careless waste of food.  The trick is to aim the food-laden fork at the mouth under the moustache.

In my hometown we have a resident bearded lady who is apparently quite famous (for being the bearded lady). There's a group on facebook petitioning to get her on Big Brother.
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I rarely watch reality tv shows, but I would definitely stare at that one! 


Okay - ewww - very understandable reaction to that little tidbit of information.  Perhaps you could direct him to Jolrei's post as a "how to" guide.   Who knows, maybe the instructions of how to eat whilst having a beard is located on the beard website. 

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I'd probably be with Mrs. Jolrei on this one.  They can look super sexy.




That depends upon the nature of the beard.  If you consider stubble still beard, then the under the chin stubble can look quite cool.

I must admit that I enjoy the look of a nice goatee or, even better, a Van Dyke (goatee/mustache combo), but do not enjoy the feel of one touching my skin, lips, etc., unless the man has uncommonly soft facial hair. Since practicality always wins, no SO of mine tends to keep facial hair for very long.

I honestly can't see myself shaving off Red Goatee anytime soon.  Or putting up with anyone that demanded its removal.  There are few activities I loath more than wasting 15-30 minutes in front of a mirror, losing about a pint of blood, and then slapping aftershave on and dance around screaming obscenities for about 10 or so seconds because the acidic liquid is raping every pour in my face.  (which is a necessary evil btw.  because even though pour raping sucks, having a chapped face sucks more)

No, I think I'll just keep Red Goatee instead.  And if anyone is going to go to strike over something as silly as that, well, they will just have to picket by themselves somewhere else.

My beard is as much a vital appendage as an arm or a leg, since it is prehensile and I can use it to pick stuff up. You're just jealous you don't have an awesome beard like mine. I could wring your scrawny little pencil neck using only my beard.

One word: Norelco. I have extremely sensitive skin (the only reason that someone else's facial hair bothers me), but have found that the Norelco-type electric shavers do not cause the usual problems, and they feel like a massage, to boot. And they're fast! Not that you should shave, if you don't want to. I'm just mentioning this in case you ever change your mind and don't want to deal with the shaving irritation.

I too have very sensitive skin (the red hair might have drabbed out, but the fragile skin just gets more and more delicate as I age) and there is nothing--repeat: nothing--that can reduce my face to open abrasions like stubble--might as well use sandpaper on my skin and be done with it. Beards, always, accept no substitutes, and the longer, the better! The more they grow, the softer and silkier they get.

I was going to suggest the same type of thing. Electric shavers are great for that! They're fast, usually painless and the aftershave won't rape your face nearly as much. Plus no mess, or indeed fuss. Useful when you're in a gurry as well.

I found if a guy has really rough stubble then an electric shaver is the worse thing to use -- at least the worse thing for me -- I can't go near a guy with the "dirty face" "5 o'clock shadow thing"  and electric shavers always leave enough to irritate me.
Either save close with a blade,  or have at least an inch of facial hair -- no in between for me.

Not usually one for weighing in on completely non-sim-related topics.  However, my husband is sorta random about facial hair.  Seems like every 2 or 3 years he decides he is tired of shaving, likes beards, or perhaps he doesn't want to see his chin anymore and he grows a beard, sometimes a goatee.  I prefer him clean-shaven because I like his face, but I never object at all.  He is fastidious about cleanliness and it is his damn face.  He can do what he wants with it.  Besides, after awhile I start to like how he looks with the beard.  Then when he gets tired of the beard (6-12 months later) and shaves it off it takes awhile to get used to him without it.  He also alternates depending on how he feels between glasses and contact lenses - which is more visually jarring because I spend time wondering what's different all the time.