Friday, September 28, 2007

The greatness of beards and their advantages

ITS MY WISH!!!!
Abraham Lincoln, Bhagat Singh, Charles Dickens, BeeGees, Chrles Babbage, Sean Connery, Nana Patekar and ME Do you need any more reasons?
Try to search the Wiki for "beard" and you get a page-ful of information that shows why you may or may not have a beard. Give me one valid reason, keeping in mind the fact that I neither am in nor intend to join any of the armed forces. But if you have gone through Wiki then you will see even in the armed forces its a matter of survival rather than anything else.
Now think of it, long hair is acceptable, then why not a beard? If hair on your head adds to your beauty then so does it on your face (I know what you are thinking - go on I wont state it here in public).
Another reason is the large number of ways in which you can cut it or shape it. But if you are clean shaven then can you "shape" your "beard"?
Also, its a sign of wisdom in many cases, just like the uncombed hair of Einstein, an unshaven chin is a sign of genius, unless you fail to recognize it. Yes it might be a case of neglect, caused due to some of the "so-called" unavoidable issues of the heart with the opposite sex (read women, rather girls, as this is only for guys) as rightly pointed out by some of you and excellently portrayed by the great(?) ANR in his movie "Devadas". But guys, grow your beards (read think wisely) do you think I would be one?
Now coming to the so-called wrong impression it might create, let me tell you that its not so. I have faced two interviews and four presentations and all my engineering lab exams (some of the toughest, they are said to be) with a fully unkempt beard. And I am yet to fail. The problem of "first impression being best impression" is a great fallacy - you would only be foolish to believe it. Believe me, the first impression I create is very unimpressive (I have been told so) but yet that has not been the final impression in many cases.
All said and done it helps with the most basic of the temptations of humans - laziness.
So grow beards - stay lazy

2 comments:

vikky2vikram said...

First of All I demand an UNCONDITIONAL APOLOGY from u for writing about something that is exclusively my domain...

At the same time I must thank u for effectively putting up my cause...

There have been innumerable occasions where I had to hear
lots of nasty comments because
of the beard... some harsh enough to affect the RUTHLESS ROD within me.

Talking practically... every time
I shave my beard, I do realise that
I am fairer than I had thought.
Beard protects ur skin from the
harmful UV rays of the sun, in case
Ozone fails to do so...

Also... frequent shaving reduces
the smoothnes of the skin...

BEARD IS THE PREROGATIVE OF MEN...
WHY NOT FLAUNT IT... WHEN WOMEN
CAN FLAUNT THEIR specialities...

THE TWO BACHCHANS SPORTING BEARDS
HAVE BECOME SEX SYMBOLS... WHY NOT V...(HOPE I HAVEN'T WRITTEN MUCH)

Anil Sharma said...

KUDOs!! Add me up to your association!

To append the list of advantages, when you are idle and bored, you can play with your beard!!

I've always wondered, when heads go bald, why dont cheeks?

Can we transfer this hyperactive hair growth in unwanted areas to preferred areas? (Beards to heads I meant, you pervert! :D)