Speaking of both Mark Morton and man-children, this is still my favorite part from the Killadelphia DVD. Randy’s ridiculous faux-Scottish accent makes me laugh to this day. Not long after this he unsurprisingly checked into rehab. Incidentally, Watching grown men who fundamentally like each other fight is something I enjoy almost as much as beards. “I wanted to hit him again. And I did.” Another gem? “Well, if that’s what you wanna do, lemme find a hair tie for you.”
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In Praise Of Beards
My preference for facial hair over clean-shaven faces is well known, but I was ruminating yesterday on why exactly that is. This article also does, although its conclusions are different than mine. I decided yesterday that there are three important things about facial hair.
One: it signals somewhat of a lack of familiarity with razors… and that usually means no unpleasant surprises when the man in question takes his clothes off. Seriously, if you’re not shaving your face, you’re probably not spending an inordinate amount of time creepily “manscaping” what lies beneath (note, I just retched somewhat typing the latter part of that sentence).
Two: it indicates with almost absolute certainty that there’s at least one part of a man’s face that isn’t being compulsively moisturized, plucked, or made up. These are uncertain times, and beards impart a certain sense of stability.
Three: Let’s be honest, “adulthood” as we once knew it is being indefinitely postponed, at least by everyone I know. When surrounded by man-children, beards are a way of saying “hey, I’m a fully grown man”, even if it’s just pretend. ‘Cause seriously, if you take the beard off that dude sprawled on yr couch playing videogames, you might just think twice.
The absolute best thing in the world is when you take a beautiful face and hide it under a big ol’ beard. Think Mark Morton, or Artimus Pyle back in the day… it’s like a secret, a hint of what is and what might be, and one of life’s hidden pleasures.
(via fuckyeahbeards)
via etsy.com (found via Jezebel)
I was just lamenting last night that the optional velcro-attached beard that came with my felt viking hat didn’t have an optional mustache. This would solve that problem.
(via suninscorpio)
Greg, Bill, Eric, Liam, Ryan, Stephen, Robert, Carmine, and Jim!
Nothin’ makes me happier than dancin’ bears on my dash.
(via fuckyeahbeards)
The client looked at the storyboard and said to the bearded copywriter, “seems to work fairly ok, but I’m not sure anyone in my commercial should have a beard. Normal people simply don’t have beards.”
“Girls look at beards and think, that man knows commitment”
