beards vs. babyfaces

[willy wooly]

hey everybody,

i just saw patrick at a restaraunt yesterday, and he shaved his beard, along with 20 years of age.  what a babyface!   :D

[patrickhallahan]

That's it......I'm wearing a burkha.

[sweatboard]

I wasn't sure what a "burkah" was................so, I did some research and basically it's Ninja gear, check um out.

[sweatboard]

Patrick you would be a Kick ASS Ninja.

[sweatboard]

You're already good with sticks and shit.

[primushead]

You're already good with sticks and shit.

The official term is 'drum-head mediums'.  Pfft...sticks.

[EC]

yeah yeah yeah, beards, burkhas - patrick, what everybody really wants to know is what are you gonna put on your drums next?  will it be another type of bear?  if so, i vote for the gummi bear.  the most gentle and delicious of the bears.

[sweatboard]

Holy Crap, is that a ninja star as your avitar Meg?

[rob]

http://www.beards.org/beard01.html   :D

[ben grimm]

Is that Will Oldham? sure looks like him.  ;)

[dragonboy]

I miss having a beard  :'(
Facial hair is a no-no with most Japanese so I have to stay clean shaven.
Man, I fucking HATE shaving!

Are there any pictures of Jim without a beard?
Maybe his Mum has a couple, what do you think?

[ratsprayer]

Facial hair is a no-no with most Japanese so I have to stay clean shaven.

is that because most of them cant grow it?   ;)

[EC]

Holy Crap, is that a ninja star as your avitar Meg?

mm hmmm.  :)

That dude's beard.  Okay, first of all, you can't even see his mouth.  His stache curls down over it.  How does he eat?  Also, what's so special about it?  Is it how full it is, or, how do people judge a good beard?  I mean it's a lovely beard, and it almost looks like it might extend to his entire body (;)), but I'm not sure what constitutes a really really great beard in other peoples' eyes.

[ben grimm]

It certainly gets points for 'fullness', no gaps and shit, I have a couple of gaps in mine and he gets away with having shorter head hair than face hair, which can be hard to carry off.

[marktwain]

More at:
http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

[EC]

Holy Crap, is that a ninja star as your avitar Meg?

At present, I am eating a valentine heart that (seriously) said "hot mail".  (?)  Iron and Wine is on the itunes in the office, and Yumiko is figuring out what the symbols on the ninja star mean.  I will report back later.  :)

p.s.  these beards are CRAYZAY.

[EC]

update on the hearts:  the latest says
ANY
TIME

I'm keeping it.  


(haha the next one says
GR8
DATE - god these are hilarous

to me

and i've eaten about 43 of them, so pretty much everything seems funny.)

no more until i know what the ninja symbols mean.

[EC]

We cannot believe the terrible things some of these hearts say.

HOPE
LESS

screw you, heart!

Okay, Ninja Star.

There are eight points.  I just learned that Japanese symbols come from chinese symbols.  I didn't know that.

So.  Here is the chart.  The first word is Japanese, the word next to it in brackets is the Chinene version, and then there's the English translation:

takara (hou) = treasure
makoto (sin) = truth (i find this hilarious)
yokoshima (ja) = bad. evil.
sakeru (hi/hi) = avoid. escape.  (again, hilarious)
ama (ten) = sky. heaven.
tatsu (ryuu) = dragon (yar!)
kami (sih) = god

and the last one is built from two symbols
mawari (shuu) = broadly
tori (tyou) = bird
so...  fly broadly?

Anyhow, neat-o.  I like that ninjas believed in dragons.

There must have been dragons on this planet sometime.  Whether they were dinosaurs or what, there's too many references in ancient cultures all over the world to deny that something big and flying didn't exist.

ec logic.

[EC]

TUNDRA, IS THAT ABE?  Oh wow.  What a little sweet pea!!  :)

[fitzcarraldo]