Most of the orthodox Jews I work with wear them. They are not of the untrimmed variety, so they look decent. During the three weeks and other periods they let them go. It begins to look a little gross at those points.

My dad was always clean shaven except when he and his friends went to Ontario every year for fishing. Then he would come back with 2+ weeks of a beard. It scared the hell out of me to see him like that.

I remember my mom kissed Mr. Wolfe (perfect name) at a party at our house once. Mr. Wolfe had a mustache and I remember she liked it. The swinging 70s. That too freaked me out.

I would just look like a gay man if I tried to grow a beard. My uncle wears a beard and I look quite a bit alike him. He is gay.

So, yeah, I won't be growing a beard, but I support anyone's efforts to do so. I am also a supporter of gay rights.

I have a ziff at the moment. When I was younger and wilder I had a full Ned.

A beard is a commitment.  No wonder it's been used as a religious symbol for centuries.  You can't really fake it; either you have a beard or you don't

The Amish get one when they marry.  In Islam you are instructed to "trim the mustache but let the beard flow".  Even the Cuban revolutionaries believed in the beard.  The length of your beard showed how much time you had spent in the hills, away from luxuries like hot water and razors.

When I was into motorcycles, I once went for two years without shaving or trimming my beard.  It was an awe-inspiring sight.  Now I keep it trimmed close.  I've thought of shaving it off, but I just can't bring myself to do it.  I have forgotten what my chin looks like.  Maybe it's really ugly, and that's why I covered it up in the first place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_Liberation_Front

Flettski claiming the beard for socialists.

You can let your hair grow out but stay clean shaven and keep The Look. You can keep the hair short and neat and grow out the beard some and keep The Look.

But can you grow out your hair and your beard and keep The Look?

Discuss

I like a Jazz beard.     MJQ-ish.

Jazz Grooming deserves a thread...

I'll get a photo of my 2 day old efforts up here so you can scream hatered at me, if you fancy.

It won't change my chin, but you will all be welcome to scream, roar, cry, pee your pants and vent your spleen.

- If I can stop any of you from beating your wives and kicking the dog by letting you yell hatred towards me online then my living will not have been in vain...

Shalom.

Lol. Chin. Lol.