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I have had some time out of the office recently, and at age 41 have grown a beard for the first time in my life.

I look rather dashing  :nod:, and there is hardly any ginger in it.

I've done the opposite and not been at work and actually had a shave. I think it's good to do things in reverse logic.

I've now taken up to only shaving after Swindon lose.

Not had many this season naturally. Fingers crosses I wont have another one till August or something.

When we lost to Rovers I kept my Wolverine sideburns for a day!

Beards are brilliant.  I never fully trust a clean shaven man.  Who has the inclination to bother doing that every day?  Its the mark of the slightly insane - it is a little known fact that bearded men earn more and commit fewer crimes on average than clean shaven men.

I don't. Grey and ginger. It makes me look even more of a cunt.

Couple of grey bits, but the missus just says it makes me look distinguished.

I was fighting off female colleagues at work today with a pointy stick...

But more likely to commit crimes of paedophilia when they do

I really want a beard but just cant grow one :(

I want a big old white beard and a log cabin in a forest,then ill be happy.

Beards are indeed awesome, though mine never comes through as dark as I would like.

Cotton wool and a few storm felled trees up on Shaw Forest. Sorted.

I will pop over with flasks of tea.

I only need to shave weekly, or sooner if it starts to itch earlier. I simply don't have thick enough hair to grow a beard, so just look dirty, scruffy or like a 14 year old trying to look 15.

I have no beard.  Ken Bates has a beard.  That is all.

so some wankers have beards and others don't then? ;)

 :D

Fixed for you

the best thing about a beard is shaving it off and giving yourself the various styles on the way back to smooth face

But you both have large bellies?

i tried to grow one once,but it became so irritating after a week i shaved it off

I can't grow a beard. I always end up with bald patches :(

And so will you one day...you reach that age, 24/25, and without any warning at all your muscles wave a little white flag, and you're suddenly a fat bastard. - A J Rimmer.

Ace.

Good double use of the word :)

I saw an opportunity.

i have had some form of beard/facial hair for the last 10 years, i refuse to clean shave as it will make me look like a child.

Yeah I have that problem chubbs. With my hair the way it is at the moment I look a bit like Claire Balding if I'm too clean shaved.

I'm lazy and therefore opt for beardage, even though it makes me look like a twat. I've never been one to care about my appearance (evidently)

I don't like being clean shaven, and I don't like to be too beardy, so I try and keep a bit stubbly.
I did attempt a goatee a few years ago, but shaved it off after one day as I felt too self concious and looked a bit paedotastic.

I'd love to grow a beard but I suffer quite severely from Gary-Neville-tash syndrome so I tend to look like a total dick if I let it get too long.

I really want to grow a proper beard sometime. I've done about two weeks without shaving before, but that's nowhere near Dave's impressive face fluff.

I refuse to be clean shaven because it makes me look about 12 years old.

I always shave and it means I look like a 12 year old, which means loads of beardy blokes try and groom me on facebook

*Strokes chin*

*creates static electricity, attracts balloons*

For many years (on & off) I had a goatee, but there's too much maintenance involved with that. Therefore I've opted for the full beard for the last 5 years or so. Luckily I have good coverage and it's pretty dark therefore it looks fucking tremendous, plus the more of my boat-race that I can cover up the better it is for everyone. I am 40 now though, and more & more of my face-pubes are gradually turning grey.

All I do is trim it with my hair clippers (no. 1) every 10 days or so and I'm good to go.

I've been getting a bit fucked off with my razor and the alternatives. I won't pay out for the hype that is 5 blade madness from Gillette or even 3 for that matter, but read an interesting article in my search and thought some of the more sophisticated pube faces amongst you might be interested.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886845

It basically boils down to the consensus that the old fashioned double edged safety razor is the best shave coupled with old fashioned Italian or English shaving creams and a badger hair brush. So bought the cream and brush and am gonna wait on the razor until i run out of my current version.

Anyone gone this route?

I've got one of the five blade hype things and think they work rather well, but then I do only use it once a week

The Wilkinson sword ones clog up after one use, thus rendering them useless

It's all about the tash...

For some reason, all Gillette razors with more than 2 blades ruin my skin (rash, white heads, ingrowing hairs). I also fail to see how 5 blades is better than 2, apart from the less strokes myth, but then that's just me. :)

I often sport a poor effort. Mine tends to be an act of laziness.

I've not shaved for 3 weeks, and there's nearly 1cm of growth!

Every september...

Is it not itchy?

@Barry, only ever have a shave when you come out of the bath, shower etc, it softens the bristles and opens the pores and makes shaving less of a chore, tho I can still only be arsed once a week

I never get tired of shaving it off, and then fashioning various moustache types. I firstly go for some good old fashioned handlebars, to porn star, to Hitler. At each interval I ask the Mrs what she thinks, the joke is now very old (for her), but I find it fucking hilerious every time.

Ha, ha, great thread, especially Ben's "clean shaven I look like Clare Balding". I'm now seriously tempted to grow a beard, just for the partial stage shave off as so brilliant described by NN. Although obviously I won't because I have to drop my kids off at school and don't want to look like I'm hanging round the playground

I may well be shot down in a big fat ball of flames here and I will be standing by for the incoming, but shall we see how many moustaches we can get in the Town End for Brighton at home?

I prefer the hirsute Mr D personally. Out of interest and not being funny, but what happened with your alopecia? Did it just get better by itself?

Ha, ha. I see what you did there :) Yeah, grew back as suddenly as it fell out, almost exactly a year later. Weird (although not as weird as I looked). Apparently it happens like that. Some folk, it never grows back, sometimes you get it once then it never happens again and sometimes it can go in cycles so you get an "incident" every 2/5/10 years or so which can last for 12-18 months then it grows back and all falls out again in 5/10/whatever years. Have to confess I'm not on tenterhooks to see which category I fall into :)

I completely understand. I have been getting weird physical shit for years which turns up for a while and then never comes back. I'm currently enjoying psoriasis which will probably disappear in a few months. I have had odd foot rashes, piles, styes, warts, verrucas etc over the years.

I'm just waiting for the random penis enlargement to kick in.

Look at pictures of ladies...or men if you prefer.

Dennis Potter...Singing Detective  ...

Enlargement <> engorgement

Wiggy, are you still bearded? I am now in the beard club, I am pleased to report it's a full coverage.....last time I did this was 1995.  ::)

My psoriasis has magically disappeared in the last week thanks to this thread.

That might be a little rash claiming recovery too soon.

That's a bit of a scabby comment Nev.

You're the flaky one.

Ive only 2 rules for beards. If they start to get itchy or bits of food get stuck in it, then its got to go.