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Saturday, October 15. 2011

Why do men shave?

Please shave your beaver, or have the Korean ladies give you a Brazilian.


Why?


Why must men shave their faces in Western civilization? It is just one more annoying chore in getting ready to face the day, and it is surely "unnatural," and doubtless a contributor to global warming cooling climate change whatever.


When I take a pass on this annoyance on the occasional weekend, She Who Must Be Obeyed tells me that I look like a bum. Well, I find taking showers a time-wasting burden too. I think I have an inner hippie, an inner Cave Man, or an inner Occupy Wall Street. Probably an inner Yankee Farmer.


If you shave your pet beaver, I will shave my face.


I don't really care if I look like a bum on weekends. Sue me. Good grooming is a hassle. When you reach maturity, hair grows revoltingly out of your damn ears and nostrils and everywhere else.


She is probably right that I need to conform to fit into modern society. I find it all tedious and tiring sometimes, but I have what it takes to keep on keepin' on. Happy wife, happy life, as they say.

Posted by The Barrister in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 17:15 | Comments (16) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hear, hear!

Upon completion of my military service, I informed my wife that from that day forward my appearance would be whatever suited me, and no one else.

She's not a fan, but as a former non-com herself, she at least understands and tolerates me.
#1 mitchel44 on 2011-10-15 18:40 (Reply)
A nice stubble can give that scalped beaver a proper thigh burn.
#1.1 Peccable (Link) on 2011-10-15 20:56 (Reply)
It's not the beard. It's the errant cookie crumbs and beer foam.
#2 Ralph Thayer (Link) on 2011-10-15 19:03 (Reply)
A beard makes a man look old. A clean-shaven man looks younger. A beard on some men makes them look distinguished. A beard on most men reveals their true nature, which is that they are slobs (especially those who use off-colored slang to refer to a part of a woman's anatomy).
#3 Agent Cooper on 2011-10-15 19:24 (Reply)
My husband didn't like to shave either. But one day on the internet he stumbled across a website about shaving and realized that he was approaching the problem the wrong way---that is to say: with a bad attitude.

Now he treats his face to the very best of creams, lotions, and potions (all unscented, because he doesn't like being perfumed). He buys highest quality razors/blades and changes them often (though they last much longer than cheap blades). Do I complain about how much he spends? No, because quality products actually last longer than the stuff you buy at Target or the grocery store.

So the chore he hated the most has now become a personal act of luxury. I cut his toenails, and trim his fingernails, and tweeze those annoying ear hairs, too. Sometimes I sit on the counter and shave his face for him. It takes a lot longer, but he no longer hates shaving.
#4 Not sayin' on 2011-10-15 19:36 (Reply)
Speaking of Brazilian Wax

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wewnMj0MkuM
#5 Joel on 2011-10-15 19:45 (Reply)
It's all bollocks. Go with your inner cave man.
#6 Texan99 (Link) on 2011-10-15 19:51 (Reply)
June Cleaver:

Ward, don't you think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night?
#7 rhhardin (Link) on 2011-10-15 20:25 (Reply)
I have been On Strike against Gillette since 1969. I don't remember why, but its irrelevant since they have never commenced to bargain in any faith...
#8 dorf on 2011-10-15 20:55 (Reply)
that doesn't mean you don't shave though. Lots of competitors on that market :)
#8.1 J.T. Wenting on 2011-10-16 00:34 (Reply)
I've not shaved since I was a teen slicing off the tops of pimples. Now, I'm too lazy.
#9 PacRim Jim (Link) on 2011-10-15 22:32 (Reply)
B - I suspect you've got some Alfalfa in ya (like most of us): A charter member of the He-Men Wimmin Haters Klub, but for some reason, you can't get Darla out of your mind! Keep on trucking, buddy.
#10 steve in CT on 2011-10-16 08:17 (Reply)
Mrs. Mudbug has never seen my chin. I won't discuss her shaving practices, but let's just say I'm not unsatisfied!
#11 mudbug on 2011-10-16 10:27 (Reply)
I forgot about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFSgXpyhoM.
#12 mudbug on 2011-10-16 11:32 (Reply)
I grew a beard twice. Once when I was 28 and a few fellows in the office had a bit of a contest. The second time was when I was 30 and fed up with my position and looking to leave. It was a visible manifestation of my discontent, and when I finally did quit, I shaved.

I don't shave on weekends, though. Why bother?
#13 Bulldog on 2011-10-16 17:10 (Reply)
I trim my short beard every day. Takes about one minute with an electric trimmer. Looks crisp, smooth, and neat, and works well for blue jeans or a suit.

I know I'm a bit lucky with this, though, because some guys scraggly beards just don't cooperate well at all.

I HATE scraping my face with a blade, and oils and creams don't make it any better.
#14 Fred on 2011-10-16 17:19 (Reply)

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