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- From: greg.grainger@rose.com (greg grainger)
- Subject: Re: Beards vs. Make-u
- Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:33:13 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.233314.1799@rose.com>
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- Date Entered: 11-23-92 18:21
- On Nov. 23, seldner@hdi3sun.kfk.de (David Seldner) wrote:
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- S(>In article <1992Nov22.114245.2638@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>, xenon@drycas.club.
- S(>cmu.edu writes:
- S(>|> re: Recent episode of Star Trek where Dr. Beverly Crusher says that beards
- S(>|>are an "affectation" comparable to the wearing of makeup by women.
-
- S(>|> [...]
-
- S(>|> I think the one similarity between beards and makeup is that each of these
- S(>|> things is more popular with the sex that wears it than with the opposite s
- S(>|> but I'd be willing to bet that there are a lot more men who don't like mak
- S(>|> than there are women who don't like beards... ;)
-
- S(>That's an interesting point. Psychologically, men who have beards want to
- S(>hide something, they don't want to "show their face".
-
- Horseshit! I've had a beard for over twenty years. I clearly remember the
- frustration and agony of shaving every morning - I *hated* it. I grew a
- beard simply to avoid this onerous chore. I discovered that I looked
- better with it than without, so I had a rationale to *keep* it.
-
- Cheers,
- Greg.
-
- Greg Grainger
- Toronto, Ontario.
- greg.grainger@rose.com
- 5:59:24 pm, Mon 11-23-1992.
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