August 31, 2007
Soul Patch!
You know, that little dribbling of hair 'neath a guy's lower lip. He doesn't want the pain in the ass of a beard, and he doesn't want a moustache, which would brand him as a Freddy Mercury queer. So he goes for the soul patch. I believe Ringo Starr originated the soul patch circa Sargeant Peppers:
Anyhoo, I don't much care for soup strainers of any type. I've become more like the Senator, who used to tell me, during my experimentations with facial hair, "Boy, I don't know why in hell you would cultivate around your mouth what I let grow wild around my ass."
Amen, dad. Amen.
That is the most fabulous piece of home-spun wisdom I have ever heard.
Posted by: David K. at August 31, 2007 2:49 PMYour dad was a wise man.
Posted by: Maeve at August 31, 2007 4:34 PMOh my Lord. I have no words.
I am laughing and might have to send this little bon mot to my Pater Familia.
Posted by: Stormy70 at August 31, 2007 10:11 PMThat's priceless!!
Posted by: Marianne at September 1, 2007 2:06 AMFound a clip of Olive Oyl singing the Senator's praises.
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at September 1, 2007 9:02 AMTones down the ugly. Under my beard, I have ugly I haven't had the opportunity to use since 1978. If I were to shave this shit off I'd be a WMD.
Posted by: og at September 1, 2007 10:51 PMI used to rely on a well-trimmed beard to disguise my multiplicity of chins...until its rapidly greying appearance made me look older than my years.
I wonder what the Senator would have said about cigars. "Boy, why anybody'd want to set fire to something that looked like a dick and smelt like a dog turd, and then stick it in they mouth, is beyond mah feeble powers of comprehension."
Posted by: Elisson at September 2, 2007 12:01 AMMy father thought his graying beard made him look old. I thought it made him look distinguished, and, it turned out, hid an ancient looking set of sagging jowls.
Posted by: triticale at September 4, 2007 5:39 PMFans of Frank Zappa, who famously wore one, believe that Frank copied the habit from Johnny Rivers, singer of Secret Agent Man.
Posted by: Ed Flinn at September 5, 2007 7:59 AM