No Shave November

[Nathan]

I don't know who originally came up with this idea, but there was a post about it on another forum I frequent.

The idea is that for the month of November you don't shave your face. 13 days in and it's looking nowhere near as bad as I thought it would.

I've never tried growing a beard before, because I happen to know that it would be patchy and crap, but it's exceeded my wildest expectations.

Don't get me wrong, it still looks crap, just orders of magnitude less crap than I expected.

Pictures will be forthcoming at some point, documenting the month.

Anyone else taking part?

[Fist and Faith]

Pictures? The very image of Amplarx??

Never heard of NSN. I guess it's too late, eh? But then, I've had a beard a few times in my life. I'd still have one if it wasn't for the odd patches of gray. Not uniform, just weird patches here and there. Looks stupid.

[Nav]

Isn't it to do with raising money for prostate cancer awareness? I saw the Leicester Tigers players were all sporting newly-grown facial hair for their match in Leinster at the weekend and one guy in my office has grown a big, ginger handlebar moustache for the same charity.

I may participate next November, but I suspect that after two weeks of not shaving I'd look like a young Buster Merryfield. I've participated in various 'beard races' before though, and always put in a good performance.

[Queeaqueg]

That is nothing! I have a bet running with 7 people. I am not allowed to shave for one whole year. So far it has been 3 weeks and it is alright... I guess. I don't expect it to grow much. Everyone else thinks I will have a hugh beard n stuff but I doubt it.

I am going to enter the beard competition, though.

[sgt.null]

would love to. but work says no beards.

[balon!]

I already have a beard. Can I play?

[danlo]

I loved the Navy's beard policy when I was in-"as long as it establishes itself within two weeks and you keep it trimmed."-so damm subjective. I've had a mustache since '84 because I thought Dennis Eckersley (relief picther Oakland A's) looked extremely cool with one.

[[Syl]]

No beard, but I'm currently sporting some killer mutton chops and a slim goatee minus the mustache (it was a full goatee, but the wife complained about the mustache). I came close to shaving off the chin thing when I went to a local event and saw approximately one in five white adult males growing the same. But it looks good, and shaving it off because it's popular would be only slightly less pretentious than growing it for the same reason.

And you were lucky, danlo (bet you guys could smoke weed when you weren't actually on duty and by beer from the vending machines in boot camp too, eh?). In my time, you could have sideburns down to the center of year ear canal and a mustache that could not extend past the corner of your mouth or touch your upper lip. Unless you were a female. Supposedly, it was because the hair would interfere with the seal of an OBA, but considering the OBA's went away and the policy remained the same...

[danlo]

True about the first false about the second. Aside from the fact that there was no GI Bill and no one was volunteering after Viet Nam (60% of my "Honors" company at Great Mistakes were "lifers" either that or they faced long prison terms, I'm not kidding) we didn't wear crackerjacks (which was fine by me as I hate buttons) unfortunately we were quite often mistaken for milk men rather than sailors in public, in our plain white uniforms. (actually I did have a mustache in the Nav-but it was a cross between something decent and Adolf )

[emotional leper]

I have a goatee, minuse the 'stach, 'cause I can't grow a moustache for some reason. Really saddens me, 'cause I remember how cool Cmdr. Riker looked with his beard and moustache.

Nautical beards rock.

[Cagliostro]

I'm sporting a beard. I keep trying to think of something else to do with my facial hair, but....I just dunno.

[Nathan]

Facial hair is largely out of favour here in the UK, while it seems to be much more acceptable in the US.

You can get away with beards and sideburns, maybe a goatee, but if you just have a moustache, any kind of moustache, people WILL be laughing at you.

[The Leper Fairy]

I HATE Mustache November.

It's that time of the year when the boys on this campus miraculously manage to make themselves even MORE unattractive. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse...

[emotional leper]

I HATE Mustache November.

It's that time of the year when the boys on this campus miraculously manage to make themselves even MORE unattractive. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse...

Yes, because all that matters is how they look.

[Cagliostro]

I thought that all that mattered was the size of the bulge. I guess I'll quit stuffing then.

[emotional leper]

I thought that all that mattered was the size of the bulge. I guess I'll quit stuffing then.

Yeah, getting a codpiece is a much easier method.

GO FOR THE CODPIECE!

[The Leper Fairy]

I HATE Mustache November.

It's that time of the year when the boys on this campus miraculously manage to make themselves even MORE unattractive. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse...

Yes, because all that matters is how they look.

Please, I'm not that shallow. My school has a reputation for being generally hideous. The boys totally exploit this during NSN and go out of their way to make their mustaches as horrendous as possible. It's funny, it's meant to be, and a member of the community it's my duty to acknowledge just how bad it looks. Apparently I assumed the ":lol:" helped to convey more sarcasm than it actually did.

[Worm of Despite]

I'm a little late to the action, but the the stubble's coming!

When I was in high school, I once shaved HALF my face. A coach looked at me weird and asked why. I said, "I lost a bet," but in reality I had no good reason to do it.

No beard, but I'm currently sporting some killer mutton chops

[emotional leper]

I'm a little late to the action, but the the stubble's coming!

When I was in high school, I once shaved HALF my face. A coach looked at me weird and asked why. I said, "I lost a bet," but in reality I had no good reason to do it.

No beard, but I'm currently sporting some killer mutton chops

The Asymetrical beard rocks. There's a description of a Wunderlander Larry Niven gives in one of his short stories with a kick-ass asymetric beared. You can do all sorts of crazy stuff if you have a few years to let it grow out.

[variol son]

I've given up shaving for Movember, and I hate it. This is the first time in my life (and I've been shaving since I was 11) that I've let my facial hair grow for more than seven days.