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beards by no1birdman on 11 Jul, 2008 00:29
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As a lot of sly guys are now sporting a beard, I ask are beards evil looking. Take the classic image of the devil; Horns sticking out his head, a menacing smile and a wispy goatee beard are almost standard issue. Several other evil people had beards. The Master (from the TV show Dr Who) wore a goatee and it's a well known fact that Rolf Harris has a goatee beard. And I'm sure we all know that he's the embodiment of evil.
Other goatfaced people include such evil fuckers as Anton La Vey, Rasputin, The Bee Gee's, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Charles Manson, Count Dooku and Jeremy Beadle. Going by that you could, conceivably, come to the conclusion that a beard not only makes you evil but may also have a strange side-effects.
Looking at the other side of the coin throws up famous beard wearers who were inspirational. John Lennon wore a beard. As did Aristotle, Ernest Hemingway, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Socrates, Frank Zappa, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Charles Darwin, Brian Blessed, Charles Dickens, Diogenes of Sinope, Dave Gorman, Matt Groening, Karl Marx, Sean Connery and Santa Claus.
The realization that there are just as many non-evil beard wearers as there are evil beard wearers may cause you to think that one cancels out the other. And you'd be right. To a certain extent.
There may be a kind of natural balance in the ratio of evil-with-beard/non-evil-with-beard that has developed over time. I don't know. I can only make wild stabs in the dark . -
#1 by Jer on 11 Jul, 2008 00:42
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Hmmm... so then according to that, I'm the embodiment of evil, as I have always had either a beard or goatee since I was 15. Ohhhhhhhhh, add to THAT the fact that it's red and red is the colour of the Devil!
Damn, and we can't forget that I'm a Government Agent, and we're all just evil, uncaring, thoughtless, selfish, ignorant, soulless and heartless people....
I guess you should all watch out for ME!!! -
#2 by no1birdman on 11 Jul, 2008 00:59
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Then again U could be a nice guy
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#3 by J Digory on 11 Jul, 2008 02:19
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Bald headed villains have been a staple of bad cinema for a really long, time, too.
In regards to beards, there are certain types of beards that classically look evil. They are usually VERY well maintained, and very defined, and dark. My mother has said I looked like the devil a few times (not now, of course)...I got a chuckle out of it. -
#4 by no1birdman on 11 Jul, 2008 04:53
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Hi,when i grew one, I looked 10 years older, could not pull any ladies,
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#5 by J Digory on 11 Jul, 2008 08:37
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I have always been told I look much younger than I really am. I think with a beard I have to look closer to my actual age of 32.
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#6 by JohnMont on 11 Jul, 2008 11:00
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I was once told I looked "demonic"; but that was in a room with "black lights" ; it was also before I was sly . ...
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#7 by MagmaBabe on 11 Jul, 2008 11:34
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Hi,when i grew one, I looked 10 years older, could not pull any ladies,
A beard maybe not, but I could
totally see you with a goat on your face
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#8 by Timmay on 11 Jul, 2008 11:40
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You talking about a goatee or an actual GOAT Magma? LOL
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#9 by MagmaBabe on 11 Jul, 2008 11:46
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You talking about a goatee or an actual GOAT Magma? LOL
and so, for the second time today Timmay.... whatever!!
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#10 by Timmay on 11 Jul, 2008 11:48
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can we get a third??
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#11 by MagmaBabe on 11 Jul, 2008 11:49
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can we get a third??
lol, the way you're going you'll get more than a third!
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#12 by Timmay on 11 Jul, 2008 11:50
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OH AM I GOING TO MAKE IT HOME BASE?
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#13 by Timmay on 11 Jul, 2008 11:51
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SCORE!
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#14 by Timmay on 11 Jul, 2008 11:53
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ever wonder why Timmay has his tongue hanging out?