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January 10, 2008
The Power of a Beard
I've had a beard since 1971. I don't know what I look like without one.
But I have always wondered if it gave me any special powers or had any special meaning. Well, Aydin Örstan at Snail's Tales consulted a book that he inherited from his father and discovered that a beard just might be a very good thing to have if you lived in Turkey during the Ottoman period.
Oh yeah, I also have more than a little white, okay, gray, hair on my head (and in my beard). Not sure what good this might do? Check out Aydin's post.
Posted by Duane Smith at January 10, 2008 8:52 PM | Read more on Odds and Ends |
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You might be amused by Ben McGrath's Strike Beards piece in this week's Nw Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/01/07/080107ta_talk_mcgrath
Posted by: Chuck Jones at January 11, 2008 4:18 AM
Duane
That is exactly the same beard you had more than a decade ago at Rockwell, and you still have abnormal interests.
Sandy
Posted by: Sandy Taylor at January 11, 2008 2:37 PM
I would recommend that you get hold of a time-travel machine & go back to the Ottoman times to test the powers of your beard. Let me know, I might joing you...
Posted by: Aydin at January 14, 2008 7:49 AM
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