Facial Fungus

I have worn some form of facial hair for years, varying between a moustache, a full beard (very ugly due to my patchy growth), and what I tend to stick with these days, a small fringe around my mouth. This is basically because I find shaving boring and since I look even worse than usual with a full beard I like to just leave out the tricky bits around the nose and chin. But at least I don't have to bother with make-up and by avoiding excess I don't have to spend as much time as some on ensuring that the hirsute splendour is at its best.

I have been suggesting to Alistair for some time that the time had come for him to start suffering as well, because he has developed a good bit of what was known in my youth as "bumfluff" on his upper lip. On his returned from furrin parts yesterday he asked could he start shaving on Sunday. I left for work this morning (I hate working on Saturdays)before he awoke and am not sure whether he wants to go wet or dry. But we can sort that out later today.

He also wanted to shave his unibrow (as he refers to it). I am a bit against this since it seems to me to give a strong look to a face. But he doesn't like it and may ask Alice to pluck it. Well, its his face so I guess its his decision.

However it may be that as he gets older he may try from some exotica as is scattered around this blog. Personally I stick to wild and whacky ties but each to their own. The big risk of course is that it may delude some people concerning your nature, even back in 1864 it led to misunderstandings.

There is perhaps no need to go as far as ZZ Top in making yourself conspicuous, wear the beard by all means (or if a drummer, just a moustache) but perhaps keeping a derringer in your boot and accidentally shooting yourself in the stomach is excessive, surely?