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  • Belgrove
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    • Nov 2010
    • 941

    #16
    Harry Kane.

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    • RichardB
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      • Nov 2021
      • 2170

      #17
      Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
      That would be the music, not the man's beard.
      He doesn't have a beard, S_A, he has something on his upper lip that looks like it comes from a joke shop.

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      • ahinton
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        • Nov 2010
        • 16122

        #18
        Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
        That would be the music, not the man's beard.
        I don't know about disguise but my reference to the joke sticks as far as I am concerned; perhaps I have gotten this wrong...

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        • smittims
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          • Aug 2022
          • 4165

          #19
          I thought you were referring to the side-whiskers. One still sees them on eccentric American millionaires, such as the boss of a large food company (can't recall his name) who had huge white pointed side-whiskers projecting several inches out.

          I think one reason for them , and moustaches, was the difficulty of getting a clean shave without cuts over thin skin before the introduction of safety razors. King's Regulations for many years required soldiers to leave their upper lip unshaven, and I think this was because of the danger of infection from shaving the lip in the field.

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          • RichardB
            Banned
            • Nov 2021
            • 2170

            #20
            Originally posted by smittims View Post
            I think one reason for them, and moustaches, was the difficulty of getting a clean shave without cuts over thin skin before the introduction of safety razors. King's Regulations for many years required soldiers to leave their upper lip unshaven, and I think this was because of the danger of infection from shaving the lip in the field.
            Excellent contribution, smittims. I imagine the risk-of-infection justification extended to other professions too. (Including, perhaps, the practice of magic! ) On the other hand, if I'm not mistaken, the navy demanded a full set or nothing. What was the difference I wonder? And where do composers and conductors enter the equation? Scriabin, for example, died from sepsis whose origin was on his upper lip, despite having a moustache.

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            • Petrushka
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              • Nov 2010
              • 12254

              #21
              Leif Segerstam.

              "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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              • gurnemanz
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                • Nov 2010
                • 7389

                #22
                Emperor Nero, an early neckbeard wearer, was a bit of a musician but not an angel.

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                • kernelbogey
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 5749

                  #23
                  Originally posted by RichardB View Post
                  Excellent contribution, smittims. I imagine the risk-of-infection justification extended to other professions too. (Including, perhaps, the practice of magic! ) On the other hand, if I'm not mistaken, the navy demanded a full set or nothing. What was the difference I wonder? And where do composers and conductors enter the equation? Scriabin, for example, died from sepsis whose origin was on his upper lip, despite having a moustache.
                  You may recall that Baldrick's effort resulted in his being called the 'slug balancer'.

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                  • Bryn
                    Banned
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 24688

                    #24
                    Originally posted by edashtav View Post
                    C’mon Richard, it’s unlike you to be wrong!
                    How about ‘Gnarly’ Gruber?
                    "C’mon Richard, it’s unlike you to be wrong!"

                    "Nali", surely? Or was it autocorrect?

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                    • edashtav
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                      • Jul 2012
                      • 3670

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                      "C’mon Richard, it’s unlike you to be wrong!"

                      "Nali", surely? Or was it autocorrect?
                      It was delierate, Bryn.

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