The Great Big Hairy Thread

[Eran of Arcadia]

Little hair, overall.

The hair on my face grows at about half the average rate - and what does grow is pretty sparse, meaning that if I stopped shaving eventually I would have a handful of hairs down to my neck, and an otherwise bald chin.

At least the hair on top is still thick and strong. I just got a haircut the other day, in fact.

 

[Mirc]

I first began shaving at the age of about 12 or 13 and have always preferred to wet shave.

Same, though I actually started shaving at 14, not 12-13. The weird thing is that my hair is blond, but my moustache and the rest of my facial hair is black, while the hair on my feet is black near my ankles and it gets blonder and blonder as it approaches the upper part of my body, becoming almost fully blond near the upper part of my legs.

As about the poll, I have no idea how hairy the people in the poll are, so I can't vote.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Oh, and my big toes are the same deal as my face - not a lot of individual hairs, but they get pretty long.

 

[Bartleby]

I'm not that hairy, but currently I'm fully bearded. I went to a costume party last night dressed as Sebastien Chabal.

 

[Mirc]

Oh, and my big toes are the same deal as my face - not a lot of individual hairs, but they get pretty long.

Here's a weird fact about the hair on my toes - I had hair on my big toes since I was about 5-6 (and I can't really remember not having before, but I have no idea). It was the only place where I had hair at that age except for my head, of course.

 

[Che Guava]

I always knew I was going to be hairy. With a blend of Persian, Indian, Arabic and Portuguese genes, it was bound to happen.

God god! You've got everything but werewolf in you!

I can admit that I feel lucky for not being one hairy mofo. Being a good old canadian mix of Irish/Scottish/Scandinavian/Acadian(french), I can get away with not shaving as regularly (got a goatee anyhow, another wonderful canadian-ism!), and I didn't really start until I was about 17.

However, there are some abnormalities than do get on my nerves sometimes:

(1) I've got sandy blond hair, but a red beard. There's actually a line right under my sideburns where one ends and the other begins. I don't really mind, but I can't count the number of times folks have asked me "Why do you dye your beard?" Sure folks, i got nothing better to do with my time than dye my beard twice a week just to look as 'styling' as this!

(2) Uneveness! For some reason, on my chest, the hair seems to be favouring my right side over my left! It's not a huge difference, but enough to notice...

(3) That silly shoulder hair! No, I'm not talking about the thick mat on the shoulders, I'm talking those long dark hairs that seem to grow 2 cm apart. I hate 'em....

There are my confessions! I feel much better now. Thanks Ram

 

[Berrie]

I'm not that hairy, but currently I'm fully bearded. I went to a costume party last night dressed as Sebastien Chabal.

Respect if you pulled that off!

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Somewhere between Alec Baldwin and Brian Blessed. I have lots of long head hair and less facial hair.
Specifically, my head hair is half a metre long in places.

Does long hair equate to a lack of professionalism?

I dunno about "equate". It certainly correlates in my experience, though!

As about the poll, I have no idea how hairy the people in the poll are, so I can't vote.

Alec Baldwin

Brian Blessed

 

[Rambuchan]

Im going to guess your ancestors are Indian Ocean traders that regularly transport Spice from Indian to Arabia and stop somewhere in Persia for a restbreak where your respective ancestors met, married and consumated. Then the Portuguese came, and took one of the Indian Cities where your family lived and they stayed there till they moved to Britian. Am I right?

Pretty much spot on, except for the end, which was Britain via Africa. The spices were pepper and also coffee.

On topic, Im like the most hairy person in my class. My leg hair occasionaly gets tangled with each other and hurts me doing so. The longest leg hair should be about 3 cm. My arms are still quite normal. And um my pubic hair needs trimming every once in a while. I said too much

Thank you for your confession

Indeed, thank you for all your confessions. I hope you feel better now.

If Conan was a barbarian, why is he clean shaven? Does he carry a toiletry kit in that loincloth he wears?

I often wondered about that myself!

 

[Hygro]

I voted Chewbacca, based on the length of my hair (which covers my nipples nowadays), and my constant state of beardiness which i should shave more than every week.

you mean total torso hair completely hiding your nipples or some hairs around your nipples because whereas one deserves chewbacca, the other gets to be a 4.

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

I can't grow chest hair but besides that I am hairy like a man should be.

 

[downtown]

I voted Alec Baldwin. I'm not hair *everywhere*, but there are parts of me that have a lot of of hair, and it grows pretty quickly.

1) My head. In its natural state, my hair actually looks similar to the Alec Baldwin haircut. However, it grows super fast, and its pretty thick. This wouldn't be a problem, if my hair grew our from side to side or something, but it only grows *up* or *down*, so I don't get a haircut almost every 3 weeks, I have this big poofy quasi mullet. It would be awful. There might even be a pic of it in the picture thread.

2) my face. I have black hair, dark eyelashes, dark eyebrows...pretty much dark everything, but i grow a RED beard. I get a 5 o clock shadow, and after 3 days, I'm not going to be able to pass airport security..but I can never grow a real beard, because the coloring is all wrong.

3) At 20 years old, I appear to have developed adventuresome nosehairs. Its pretty awesome.

But everywhere else....not that hairy. My back is smooth like a baby butt

 

[Rambuchan]

What's with all the Captain Redbeards on OT?

I mean, Che's redbeard story is quite shocking.

 

[Che Guava]

What's with all the Captain Redbeards on OT?

I mean, Che's redbeard story is quite shocking.

It shares a common gene with nerdiness

 

[Hygro]

indeed, I, a partial nerd, have essence of blonde but brown hair a reddish tint to my otherwise brown beard

 

[Lokolus]

I think Im an average Jane, But Im a guy...

 

[Rambuchan]

I'm half way to believing this redhead / nerd genetic trait.

I think Im an average Jane, But Im a guy...

Aha! You can be the first to tell us all about waxing then.

 

[nonconformist]

you mean total torso hair completely hiding your nipples or some hairs around your nipples because whereas one deserves chewbacca, the other gets to be a 4.

I mean my head hair completely obscures my nipples these days

 

[downtown]

I'm half way to believing this redhead / nerd genetic trait.

I was actually going to make a thread asking about this, because I'm really confused (I'm a Brazilian, nobody in my family has red hair)...but this whole nerd thing makes sense!

 

[Rhymes]

I've got some red hair, but only in the beard in the chin area....