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While women remain divided on the facial hair issue, I think we can all agree on at least one thing: A man with a beard in the shape of a snowshoe is exactly the kind of man you bring home to mama. (P.S. In my house, "bring home to mama" is code for "run from in the street.") Ladies, meet David Traver. The Associated Press reports that Traver, who lives in Anchorage, won the freestyle category in the World Beard and Moustache Championships by fashioning his face mop into a snowshoe. A snowshoe. Made of beard. Let us pause for a moment to soak that in. (Gives a whole new meaning to putting a foot in the mouth, no?)
But what's more, Traver is something of a patriot. He is the first American to ever place in the freestyle event at the Championships, which have been held -- unbeknownst to most of us -- every year since 1990. Nearly 300 hairy dudes from across the world gathered to compete in this year's championship, which included categories like "Full Beard," "Natural Full Beard With Styled Moustache," "Imperial Partial Beard," "Alaskan Whaler" and "Supremely Horrifying to This Blogger." The AP says the full natural beard category is the most competitive. This year, 144 mane-ly dudes were able to clear their face fur away from their eyes enough to find their way to the event and compete in that category. Among them was another fine, hairy American named Bob Gengler. He finished second to some even hairier German guy. "I was very surprised," Gengler told the AP. "That is pretty exciting for me." (Though when he said it, I like to think it sounded more like "Mmmffff fffffmmmm mff mmmmff." And the reporter they sent out there just happened to speak Beard.) Congrats, beardos! 2 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Hairy men don't turn me on, but it looks like hair on the face is coming back in fashion.
Don't you just love fashion?
This one was obviously a shoe-in for first prize.