A late New Yorker clause onStrike Beardssuggests a broad spectrum of circumstantial beardification – the clause is primarily about beards develop in response to the writers ' strike , but it also bear on on dissertation beard , neck beards , Wimbledon beards ( Bjorn Borg , anyone ? ) , and the unforgettable Unabomber beard ( I shall call this facial adornment a " solitary gunman byssus " ) . During the writers ' hit , Conan O’Brien and David Letterman are uprise strike beards – and the trend extends to writers on the picket lines :
All this beard talk reminds me of the"Holiday Neck Beard"(warning : a minuscule coarse language ) , an annual solemnization of neck opening - only beard . If you want to participate next class , just begin farm your neck byssus at Thanksgiving . Be certain to document its progress with exposure , which you could share with your horror-stricken fellowship at the holidays . After growing a epicurean one - calendar month neck beard , shave it off at Christmas ( or whatever engagement you feel is most impactful ) as a gift to your female parent . Thus far I ’ve been too pusillanimous to set about a holiday neck byssus , but I must say it ’s alluring .
There ’s also the " dissertation beard , " which is just what it sound like – the gentleman in question grows a beard while writing his college thesis . Then there ’s the eld - one-time question – to shave the face fungus prior to thesis Defense Department , or after ? Only you could settle . ( For what it ’s deserving , a search for"thesis byssus " on Flickrturns up only fourteen beard ! Let ’s get those whiskers on , academic ! ! )
I ’m considering growing a " Good Book whiskers " this twelvemonth – the theme is that I ’ll bulge growing the beard when I start write the Word , and only shave it when the first tipple is complete . But I ’m worried that this will stray dangerously close to the said " lone gunman beard " ( based on previous personal beard experience ) , and in the outcome of loser to polish off a first draft , may render me permanently bearded . So … maybe not .
So here ’s the inevitable doubt : have you ever develop a byssus for some special circumstance?I’m peculiarly concerned in social bearding , where men grow whiskers together ( ahem , in solidarity– anybody turn a " atomic sub beard " or a " playoff beard ? " ) . Also , ladies : what ’s your take on this stage business ?
