Beard of the Week X

When I was in graduate school, our department (physics) had a secretary who was very sweet, very helpful, but rather naive in many ways. One day — and I don't remember how this came about, since encouraging females in this way was not exactly up my alley — she happened to feel my beard. I have always kept it pretty short, but never stubbly.

She was surprised to find that it felt soft. I was surprised, of course, that she was surprised. Just now I've started wondering whether this softness has a noticable variability with color. Empirical studies may be called for.

Posted on June 5, 2006 at 17.44 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Beard of the Week

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Tuesday, 6 June 2006 at 00.38
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    Hair color has nothing to do with it. The cleaner and finer the hair, the softer it will be.

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