What Men Have to Put Up With

cookiemonster wrote:

Cutting onself shaving isn't that bad (unless its your lip) and something both sexes share (hopefully not the lip cutting bit) but razor rash is a true pain.

Unless you have good shaving balm which is quite salving.

I used to suffer from it quite regularly but I've come across a shaving foam, razor and balm combination that keeps it at bay. Spendy but worth it.

cookiemonster wrote:

I used to suffer from it quite regularly but I've come across a shaving foam, razor and balm combination that keeps it at bay. Spendy but worth it.

I dunno, but I rarely get it. I must have a well-balanced skin that is largely immune from razor rash.

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

I used to suffer from it quite regularly but I've come across a shaving foam, razor and balm combination that keeps it at bay. Spendy but worth it.

I dunno, but I rarely get it. I must have a well-balanced skin that is largely immune from razor rash.

Or skin like a Jockey's bol...

*ahem*

Always having to put up that damn toilet seat..

Auditor #9 wrote:

Always having to put up that damn toilet seat..

You can put it up?

cookiemonster wrote:

Auditor #9 wrote:

Always having to put up that damn toilet seat..

You can put it up?

Are you unmarried?

cactus flower wrote:

I had been thinking more along the lines of cutting oneself shaving, but I must admit to being both impressed and sympathetic at WMHTPUW.

Agreed, cf.

And I agree strongly about the shaven head. I don't think baldness of itself is endearing - it's what a man does with it that matters. Comb overs, for instance are hideous.

Are you fully grey, Auditor or just speckled? Well cut, grey hair can be very appealing.

Do any of you have a moustache or beard? My father grew one because he hated shaving and my mother abhorred it.

I have speckled grey hair I think - I don't really look at it that much. It's also due a shave with the razor soon.

Shaving in general is something to avoid if you can, like ironing. Thus I have a stubble a lot of the time - I shave on Monday morning and try to get away with shaving once during the week - somehow the French and Spanish fellas can get away with a bit of maintained stubble at work but we get looked at sideways ...

Kate P wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

I had been thinking more along the lines of cutting oneself shaving, but I must admit to being both impressed and sympathetic at WMHTPUW.

Agreed, cf.

And I agree strongly about the shaven head. I don't think baldness of itself is endearing - it's what a man does with it that matters. Comb overs, for instance are hideous.

Are you fully grey, Auditor or just speckled? Well cut, grey hair can be very appealing.

Do any of you have a moustache or beard? My father grew one because he hated shaving and my mother abhorred it.

Beard and moustache - nearly 25 years behind the beard now, man and boy. It's gone a fair bit grey now, since my first business.

I can't think of beards without recalling this Roald Dahl character, Mr Twit.

But I'm sure yours is far more distinguished, ibis.

ibis wrote:

Kate P wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

I had been thinking more along the lines of cutting oneself shaving, but I must admit to being both impressed and sympathetic at WMHTPUW.

Agreed, cf.

And I agree strongly about the shaven head. I don't think baldness of itself is endearing - it's what a man does with it that matters. Comb overs, for instance are hideous.

Are you fully grey, Auditor or just speckled? Well cut, grey hair can be very appealing.

Do any of you have a moustache or beard? My father grew one because he hated shaving and my mother abhorred it.

Beard and moustache - nearly 25 years behind the beard now, man and boy. It's gone a fair bit grey now, since my first business.

Personally I think a beard is a fine manly accoutrement, and a way of expressing personality.

Yeah but do you know what's becoming popular? Those awful Amish beards where there's no moustache.

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I can't think of beards without recalling this Roald Dahl character, Mr Twit.

But I'm sure yours is far more distinguished, ibis.

Neater, anyway!

cactus flower wrote

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Personally I think a beard is a fine manly accoutrement, and a way of expressing personality.

Yosemite Sam expresses personality through a beard. So do the guys in ZZ Top and Willie from the Simpsons.

I think most men hide behind them but that, I know is a gross generalisation.

Ever thought of dispensing with it, ibis? (Of course, I'm not for a moment suggesting that you hide behind yours!)

Kate P wrote:

cactus flower wrote

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Personally I think a beard is a fine manly accoutrement, and a way of expressing personality.

Yosemite Sam expresses personality through a beard. So do the guys in ZZ Top and Willie from the Simpsons.

I think most men hide behind them but that, I know is a gross generalisation.

Ever thought of dispensing with it, ibis? (Of course, I'm not for a moment suggesting that you hide behind yours!)

I couldn't hide behind it - my younger brother, on the other hand, could hide behind his much larger beard. I don't think men do hide behind them, although I have been turned down for jobs (in the UK) on that basis.

No, I've never really thought of dispensing with it.

ibis wrote

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I couldn't hide behind it - my younger brother, on the other hand, could hide behind his much larger beard. I don't think men do hide behind them, although I have been turned down for jobs (in the UK) on that basis.

No, I've never really thought of dispensing with it.

Here's the science...

http://www.beards.org/impressions.php

"...the male beard communicates an heroic image of the independent, sturdy, and resourceful pioneer, ready, willing and able to do manly things."

That's a brilliant site! 'Beard success stories', 'beard topics', it's got it all.

"...the male beard communicates an heroic image of the independent, sturdy, and resourceful pioneer, ready, willing and able to do manly things." [/quote]

The OM !

cactus flower wrote:

"...the male beard communicates an heroic image of the independent, sturdy, and resourceful pioneer, ready, willing and able to do manly things."

The OM !

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cookiemonster wrote:

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

I used to suffer from it quite regularly but I've come across a shaving foam, razor and balm combination that keeps it at bay. Spendy but worth it.

I dunno, but I rarely get it. I must have a well-balanced skin that is largely immune from razor rash.

Or skin like a Jockey's bol...

*ahem*

Perhaps that's it. I could have Teflon for skin!

ibis wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

Auditor #9 wrote:

Always having to put up that damn toilet seat..

You can put it up?

Are you unmarried?

No, I have five muslim wives. I shared a lift with them in a shopping centre and we've been happily married ever since.

cookiemonster wrote:

ibis wrote:

cookiemonster wrote:

Auditor #9 wrote:

Always having to put up that damn toilet seat..

You can put it up?

Are you unmarried?

No, I have five muslim wives. I shared a lift with them in a shopping centre and we've been happily married ever since.

Five wives....well, that would explain why you always see the toilet seat down.

Clearly I'm way too easygoing in the toilet seat department - mental note to self: must be tougher on toilet seat offenders.

Kate P wrote:

Clearly I'm way too easygoing in the toilet seat department - mental note to self: must be tougher on toilet seat offenders.

Maybe you're one of those who don't have the toilet-seat gene?