The "Oh you've decided to grow a beard?" rant!

[digicig]

OK - i'm a bloke in his late 40's, and this has bugged me for almost 30 years!

A colleague noticed that i hadn't shaved for a few days, and innocently asked "When did you decide to grow a beard?"

This has always struck me as a dumb question - I never had a choice - it happens all by itself! Tease-smiley

"When did you decide to stop shaving?" is more like it!

Folk talk about the oil companies buying up all the alternative fuel inventions and such conspiracies - what about Gillette and Wilkinson Sword/Schick buying up all the alternatives to shaving?

If there were a viable depilatory cream available to men - how many would actually choose to shave instead? It would make the necessity for the latest vibrating 5 blade razor obsolete - at over a tenner for replacement blades

As for the convenience of Electric shavers - a good one being in excess of £100 - same applies.

A cream should last 3 days plus at least - doesn't require replacement parts, electricity or more than some warm water to rinse it off. Is it possible that it is beyond the realm of invention - or just more likely - that there's just not enough money it it by comparison?

If i didn't have to shave - i wouldn't - a goatee is my compromise - but in the 30 degree heat over here - no beard is definitely an advantage.

At the college the water supply can be 'intermittent' - sometimes we have running water and sometimes not - with the result that somedays i have more of a beard than others - having more of an option to have 3+ days without it mattering much would certainly get my vote

[calnorth]

May 9, 2016 12:19:35 GMT digicig said:

OK - i'm a bloke in his late 40's, and this has bugged me for almost 30 years!

A colleague noticed that i hadn't shaved for a few days, and innocently asked "When did you decide to grow a beard?"

This has always struck me as a dumb question - I never had a choice - it happens all by itself! Tease-smiley

"When did you decide to stop shaving?" is more like it!

Folk talk about the oil companies buying up all the alternative fuel inventions and such conspiracies - what about Gillette and Wilkinson Sword/Schick buying up all the alternatives to shaving?

If there were a viable depilatory cream available to men - how many would actually choose to shave instead? It would make the necessity for the latest vibrating 5 blade razor obsolete - at over a tenner for replacement blades

As for the convenience of Electric shavers - a good one being in excess of £100 - same applies.

A cream should last 3 days plus at least - doesn't require replacement parts, electricity or more than some warm water to rinse it off. Is it possible that it is beyond the realm of invention - or just more likely - that there's just not enough money it it by comparison?

If i didn't have to shave - i wouldn't - a goatee is my compromise - but in the 30 degree heat over here - no beard is definitely an advantage.

At the college the water supply can be 'intermittent' - sometimes we have running water and sometimes not - with the result that somedays i have more of a beard than others - having more of an option to have 3+ days without it mattering much would certainly get my vote

Would a Navy type set work? I attached one of those in the M. East having dumped the lunacy of filing my face down in the RAF. A Trimmer/Shaver thing is all it needs. I use similar here by Wahl about £20:

www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4435657.htm

If no elect..trim with blade shaver. Bin it when required...next!

[Karma]

There is one for men, not sure about the reviews though



www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Cream/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK

[jtc]

Yeah
Roll on a man pill that makes all hair on the body fall out!
Seriously though a good remington clipper all over head and face, twice a week does me

[Deleted]

Never mind the beard, I'm still getting over the fact that you wear shoes ....

[thebishman]

May 9, 2016 13:01:38 GMT jtc said:

Yeah
Roll on a man pill that makes all hair on the body fall out!
Seriously though a good remington clipper all over head and face, twice a week does me

Thats exactly what i do! With a remington clipper aswell lol

[digicig]

May 9, 2016 13:05:40 GMT @spikeyfridge said:

Never mind the beard, I'm still getting over the fact that you wear shoes ....

Rarely - in case thee hadn't noticed






and more recently

[digicig]

May 9, 2016 12:45:55 GMT Karma said:

There is one for men, not sure about the reviews though



www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Cream/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK

Downloaded them all a couple of years ago and created a pdf out of them - for Xmas attachments to emails

Definitely NOT going to be used on me face - but exactly what i mean The shaving industry is worth probably a £Billion+ each year - there's just no profit in developing a depilatory cream for men in comparison - or the price would be more in line with shaving to make it worth their while

[chykensa]

I have a palm-held rotary type head razor which I use weekly, and a smaller trimmer for my goatee. Still have to scrape my face every day though Not sure about a man's cream, and I suspect that the shaving companies would be up in arms for reasons stated above!!

[jtc]

May 9, 2016 15:26:00 GMT thebishman said:

May 9, 2016 13:01:38 GMT jtc said:

Yeah
Roll on a man pill that makes all hair on the body fall out!
Seriously though a good remington clipper all over head and face, twice a week does me

Thats exactly what i do! With a remington clipper aswell lol

Don't tell me you also use the little brush to help clean your coils as well Copycat

[digicig]

I do have clippers - and a handy single AA battery Gillette buzzy thing that takes rechargeables - but it still fecking grows back too quickly

The buzzy thing is good enough to do me head too - if i do it every 4-5 days or less. I just reckon that the shaving industry - both wet and dry - are making sure it stays that way - and Big Pharma have either discovered it, but they consider it's either a) Profit wise a non-starter or b) the side effects are too great even for them

[*-SARIN-*]

The quicker that beards go out of fashion the better - only cos i can't grow one

[thebishman]

May 9, 2016 15:37:29 GMT jtc said:

May 9, 2016 15:26:00 GMT thebishman said:

Thats exactly what i do! With a remington clipper aswell lol

Don't tell me you also use the little brush to help clean your coils as well Copycat

Urggh no i dont lol

[jtc]

May 9, 2016 16:30:18 GMT thebishman said:

May 9, 2016 15:37:29 GMT jtc said:

Don't tell me you also use the little brush to help clean your coils as well Copycat

Urggh no i dont lol

I don't mean after being used on the clippers ya nut.
Mine came out the box and went straight into the vape toolbox

[thebishman]

Yeah yeah!!