Zeusblog

There was an article in the Guardian last Saturday, reviewing the Gillette TV ad where a mechanic looks at a razor. You can read it here. All very amusing - why we don’t need a blue strip to turn white to tell us when we need to change our razor, because a blunt and clogged blade will lacerate your skin to ribbons waaay before the strip changes colour - but then the writer went too far, suggesting that the reason there are so many beards about these days is because razor blades are too expensive.

So I’d just like to make it clear that the reason I’ve joined the beardies is not because I can’t afford the blades (although my wife does describe my beard as “looking a bit homeless” when it gets too long), but is because I am too lazy to shave. I just wanted to make that very clear.

Chalky

In the past, we may have expressed the opinion that men with beards were wierd and obviously using their facial hair as a mask behind which they were attempting to hide some deep psychological flaw.

We now know that not only are beard-wearers actually at the cutting edge of coolness, they are also the epitome of manliness.

Furthermore, with a beard, you look the same when standing on your head.