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Subject: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Will Fly Date: 25 Oct 12 - 05:10 AM I've been putting up videos on YouTube since late 2007 and, in that time, have been clean-shaven, short-bearded and long-bearded. I've been collecting the names of people that some commenters say I resemble - mainly because of the beard. So, at different times, I've been likened to (among others): Jerry Garcia Jesus Kenny Rogers Santa Claus Eric Clapton It would be great if I played like Jerry Garcia and looked like Santa Claus - but, you know, it might just be the other way round... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: John MacKenzie Date: 25 Oct 12 - 05:20 AM Catweasel was a favourite in days gone by. I also got compared to Billy Connolly a lot, when I had longer hair to go with the beard, but I guess it was the Scot's accent, rather than the quality of my jokes ;) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: JohnInKansas Date: 25 Oct 12 - 07:29 AM Apparently not because of the beard, since I've had it since "almost forever" without being told of any resemblance to anyone, but when I retired it was suggested (rather emphatically?) that I should let my hair "just grow." In the interests of domestic tranquility, I did so. In the past couple of years, I've been told multiple times that I resemble a "certain well known personality." I don't really see the resemblance, but within the past three or four months, in two separate incidents, two different sweet old ladies have run across the same street (in very heavy traffic on a six lane road to "see if they could get an autograph" while I was pumping gas into my truck at the same local station. Yesterday another one (in a hospital elevator) asked me again if I knew that I "looked a lot like him." I don't have a "career persona" to suffer from being mistaken for someone else, but Willie Nelson would probably clean up his act and lose his audience if someone pointed me out to him and told him that there was any resemblance. (We've already got a photo to prove he's worn a suit with a necktie - in performance - more recently than I've had one of them monkey suits on, and gettin' rid of that outfit apparently was a big help to his career.) I've got a shot of Jack for him if he wants to stop by and talk about it. He'd be welcome in our hovel, anytime. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Henry Krinkle Date: 25 Oct 12 - 07:38 AM No resemblance to Charles Manson? Or Leonard Lake? =(:-( )) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Mr Happy Date: 25 Oct 12 - 08:19 AM now & then someone will ask 'do you know so & so?' 'What d'they look like?' 'Y'know, beard, glasses!' |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: John MacKenzie Date: 25 Oct 12 - 08:24 AM That description fits about 75% of folkies, including the men. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: fat B****rd Date: 25 Oct 12 - 09:16 AM I grew a 'salt'n'pepper' beard for a panto in the 90s and shaved it off after two young lads called me 'George Best'. 'Captain Birdseye' was a favourite among Tv ad addicts and once, in 1969,I was told by Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople, but I doubt he'll remember) that I looked like Adrien Henri. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Rapparee Date: 25 Oct 12 - 09:43 AM When I had a mustache people asked me why I'd grown a "womb broom." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Will Fly Date: 25 Oct 12 - 09:49 AM My first beard - around the age 21 or so - was just around mouth and chin, with clean-shaven cheeks. Jim Lindsay (RIP), the landlord of the long-since-pulled-down New Inn in Lancaster used to look at me and say, "Get that whore's scrat shaved off!" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Mr Happy Date: 25 Oct 12 - 09:54 AM Are you Rolf Harris?? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Will Fly Date: 25 Oct 12 - 10:20 AM Aaaarrrgh! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Oct 12 - 11:48 AM I find the great prevalence of beards among male folkies...specially those from the UK...quite disturbing and disconcerting. Are they not aware that the term "barbarian" originally derived from the Latin word for "beard" (barba)...and that "barbed" wire also derives from that same root word? Can we really trust men with beards? Is it safe to be around them? Don't forget that both Blackbeard and Bluebeard had.....beards!!! (shudder) And so do those two idiots in the band ZZTop. Consider the case of Popeye the Sailor Man, a heroic good guy versus the monstrous Bluto (or Brutus, in some cases). Popeye, the good guy, is clean shaven. Bluto has a thick beard! Bluto's perverted stalking of Olive Oyl is a clear indication of what one can expect from these hirsute types who are too lazy to bother shaving their chins each day. NEVER walk down a dark alley with a bearded man! Anything might happen. Be sure you keep to well-lit areas and carry a can of mace and a straight razor at all times! One more thing to remember: the depilatory product Neet does not remove hair FAST enough to repel a determined attack by a bearded man! Do not expect it to save you! Carry a battery-powered hedge trimmer instead and make sure to keep it fully charged at all times. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Henry Krinkle Date: 25 Oct 12 - 11:53 AM A nasty hairy mess is what it is. With a hole in the middle of it all. Hmmmmmmm....... =(:-( o) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 25 Oct 12 - 12:12 PM My husband has worn a beard for years. One thing he had had to get used to is that little kids are afraid of him at first. I suppose it's because on TV and movies, the guy with the beard is often a thug. He makes an effort to be especially kind and friendly, and they soon get to like him. No doubt it helps that they see that their parents are not afraid of him. He has not been compared to a celebrity, probably because few celebs have such beautiful brown eyes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: GUEST,Big Al Whittle Date: 25 Oct 12 - 12:18 PM Turn it into a positive. make it part of your identity. When will The Bearded Man of Melody strike again? A Beard, a guitar, a modicum of talent (so it can't be Roger Whittaker).....its The Bearded Guitarist! Come and see Will Fly take off! He lives near Brighton. He's got a beard - but hands off boys! He's married! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 25 Oct 12 - 12:34 PM Apparently, my beard makes me resemble the grandfathers of half the two-year-olds in the southeastern US. I'll be in a grocery store and some kid sitting in a shopping cart will suddenly extend her arms and exclaim, "Paw-paw!" And it's always "Paw-paw", never "Grand-dad" or any other name. This has led me to conclude that the majority of bearded grandfathers prefer to be called "Paw-paw", even though my own grandchildren were told at early ages that I am "Grandaddy" and any attempts to call me "Paw-paw", "Pee-paw" or any other moniker with "Paw" in it would be met with dire consequences. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: GUEST,999 Date: 25 Oct 12 - 01:38 PM "Names I get given because of my beard" Too fuckin' lazy to shave. Not a name really, more a statement of fact by a few people. I don't know if I mentioned, but don't ever get involved with a case of beer and an electric dog trimmer. It'll take months for your hair to grow back. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Jeri Date: 25 Oct 12 - 02:58 PM I wondered what happened. So you de-forrested (mistyped that as "de-ferreted" - oops) your head and your beard, but the mustache escaped? Did you have to shoot it to make it lie still? I notice all the other post-menopausal women are giving this a wide berth. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: meself Date: 25 Oct 12 - 03:13 PM Shane McGowan claimed, in his autobiography, that several of his uncles comprised the first Bearded Ballad Band in Ireland. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: frogprince Date: 25 Oct 12 - 03:46 PM I've worn a mustache for approx 42 years now. Over the years I've had a beard a couple of times, a few months or a year or so each time. The daughter of a long time friend once looked at me and said, "I don't like Uncle Dean; him fuzzy", but she was grinning and playing with my beard when she said it. She now has a daughter in college. Three years ago ? I grew the beard version I have now; I found I was gaining a little reputation around town as a photographer and visual artist, so I allowed myself to fool with the image a little. One local friend started calling me Colonel Sanders. He let it go before he wore it too thin. Now I get introduced as an artist on occasion, and commonly get "You look like an artist" in response" Sadly, the only time I ever remember a woman saying "Hiya, Handsome" was a little Chinese hooker in Taiwan. (She was cute, but that was back in my puritan days; I passed on the deal). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: gnu Date: 25 Oct 12 - 03:46 PM LH.... "And so do those two idiots in the band ZZTop." Oh, now, THAT is just wrong! You take that back ya varmint! They are master bluesmen and they have MILLIONS of dollars and fans all over the world to prove it. I hear they also play some rock and roll.. a how how how. Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for Orillia... Ontariooooo... cause takin care a business... is his naaaaame. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Oct 12 - 05:36 PM Awww....jeez! Okay, gnu, I admit they are master bluesmen. No doubt about that. I just find that kinda music a bit too...loud...y'know? ;-) But I must admit they do put on a good show. What freaks me out is the thought of men with beards that looooooong having sex with nice looking women, and I expect they do now and then. Horrifying! ;-D |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Rapparee Date: 25 Oct 12 - 07:07 PM Indians out this way -- Shoshone, Blackfeet, Lakota, and so on -- called white men with beards "Dog Faces." It was not a compliment. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Will Fly Date: 26 Oct 12 - 04:09 AM "Dogface" - I like it! Good blues name... Will "Dogface" Fly |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: GUEST,999 Date: 26 Oct 12 - 05:49 AM Yeah, that woiks. But if I may, try Will "the Dogface" Fly. That woiks too. (Stuff in parentheses is spoken.) My baby and I, (now you listen to me) My baby and I, (send your kisses to me) My baby and I, (yes you listen to me) My baby and I, (send your kisses to me EXpress post) I love her the most Like cheese and jam on toast Signed Will "the Dogface" Fly |
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Subject: RE: BS: Names I get given because of my beard From: Will Fly Date: 26 Oct 12 - 08:45 AM LOL! |
