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Bombadil Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 01:57 PM Okay, as some of you know I recently made the change from having hair almost to my waist to having none at all. My main reason for this post is a question for the other shiny-headed people out there: how do you prefer to shave it? Electric razor? Safety razor? Straight razor? I'm curious. And how often? And since everyone keeps wanting to know: ------------------------------------- Why Bom shaved his head FAQ: ------------------------------------- How could you? I didn't do anything, I just sat there. Mrs. Of The Sith was kind enough to do the honors. You know what I mean. Several reasons: I'm in my thirties, ergo my hair is thinning. 2 foot strands of it everywhere is pretty messy. Looking around lately I just don't like how long hair looks on men. I'm in Texas. It's hot. Real hot. Damn hot. And it's only May. I was curious what my head looks like. What does your head look like? Lore's. What did you do with the hair? I donated a 17 inch braid to wigmakers for children undergoing chemo. How does it feel? Very cool. Kind of like having a head of wet hair all the time only without the weight. Do you miss it? Nope. I do notice it, though, when I drive with the windows down and when I get out of a pool. Showering is also much easier. Are you still a really good looking guy? Flatterer. Actually, I look better now as I look quite a lot like Lore. The cartoon, of course... not the man/myth/legend. Yeah, but does Goldberry like it? Loves it. She thinks I'm dead sexy. ------------------ My wide head helps me see, swim and hear really well. (edited... just edited.) [This message has been edited by Bombadil (edited May 08, 2001).] [This message has been edited by Bombadil (edited May 08, 2001).] IP: Logged
Y2Karen Cereal Subunit	posted May 08, 2001 02:03 PM Hooray for Baldbadil! I'm not crazy about long hair on guys either. Depends on the guy, I guess. I'm curious to see what the head looks like. (Was I the only one expecting a link to the newly shorn head? Cough it up!) I am excited about the head. And I am proud that Bom had the guts to expose the world to his head. Hooray for h----- er, nevermind. I'll leave that to Owlet. IP: Logged
Clickie Cereal Subunit	posted May 08, 2001 02:07 PM Personally, I much prefer shaved-bald men to long-haired men. So yay Bom! Just make sure your head doesn't sunburn. ------------------ "I hope you all get Static Cling Monsters and Wedgie Beasts for being so pesky." --clawdia The Big List of Sigs IP: Logged
Michelle Marie Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 02:08 PM For some reason I picture bald guys as Mr. Cleans. But I'm sure you're a lot better looking than that and you don't spend your life making floors smell like lemons. Congrats on the new look! ------------------ Torgo wobbles, but he won't fall down! [This message has been edited by Michelle Marie (edited May 08, 2001).] IP: Logged
Bombadil Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 02:11 PM Pictures? Here you go. IP: Logged
Owlet Cereal Subunit	posted May 08, 2001 02:15 PM But he DOES look like Mr. Clean! Minus the earring, of course. It's those big brawny shoulders of his. And fear not! I have notified Bom where all the Super Giant Sunscreen to Protect Translucent Owlet from the Evil Texas Sun lives. Now we just have to get him to use it. ------------------ I have no bones. My skeleton is made of cartilage. IP: Logged
DramaShrink Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 02:40 PM I have this thing against long hair on men(not that I would have anything against long-haired men unless they deserved it). I just don't like it. But I guess it's a matter of personal choice. ------------------ "Smile. It increases your face value."- "Truvy" from "Steel Magnolias." IP: Logged
Killian's Red Cereal Subunit	posted May 08, 2001 02:59 PM Why is it, when the pete-awful Missouri winter is blowing -20 degree windchills and snow, I keep my hair to a short minimum, but when the equally pete-awful Missouri summer hits, along with its "99% humidity coupled with 105* heat in the shade", I let my hair grow out almost the entire time? Am I just some kind of freak? Do all my hair-styling ideas come from some Bizarro-Land? Am I just naturally hot-blooded, and the summer heat unleashes the animal within? Do I need to get out more? Bom, congrats on the hair choice! maybe i'll get to see it in "Killian's Kerouac-Like Summer Tour of America"! IP: Logged
SpicyJ Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 03:22 PM Bom, that rocks. I so want to shave my head cuz I hate my hair. But my wife's all "no way" and I'm all "but c'mon" and she's all "uh-uh" and I'm all "dammit". Yea. SJ ------------------ On a good day, there is a general feeling in the States that Britain is somewhere to the East of us. - mr911 IP: Logged
Bombadil Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 04:02 PM I don't suppose that your wife is some big fat hermaphrodite with a Flock of Seagulls haircut and one nostril, is she? Go for it SpicyJ! It feels gooood! IP: Logged
tv's Spatch Shuttlecock	posted May 08, 2001 04:07 PM I worked with a fellow who would grow his hair out during the fall and winter, and then shave it off every spring. A sort of spring rite, I guess, and kept him nice and cool during the summer. But the first few weeks of working with him in the spring after knowing him as Shaggy Man was rather disconcerting -- but the coolness that he did this every year sort of made up for that. I also knew a guy who shaved half his mustache off as a joke and liked it. ------------------ In his house at Reading big fat Abbie waits dreaming. IP: Logged
Earl Junior Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 04:56 PM There was a time when I was bald headed. I used a beard trimmer to get it as close to the scalp as possible, then I used an actual razor (not a Bic, or any of those cheap replaceable head things, but one which uses a razor blade to shave) for the initial shave. I soon learned that neither I nor any of my friends were talented enough to not cut my scalp off. Perhaps it had to do with the beer, perhaps it had to do with the lumpiness of my head, I dunno. But after that first time, I sought professional help. I soon found an obliging barber to shave me with a straight razor once a week. Hot towels, fresh shaving cream, barbesol, all the accoutrements of a better life. This would be my suggestion. I would assume a real barber would be fairly easy to find in Texas. I'm a barbershop whore and go weekly. I did a rating once. Just something about them that screams Americana. Oh well. Congratulations on the change of style, Bom. ------------------ "The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.'" - George Carlin ---------- Check me out. I got a web presence. [This message has been edited by Earl Junior (edited June 05, 2001).] IP: Logged
Fast Learner Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 05:01 PM I suggested shaving my head to my SO, and she pretty much screamed bloody murder. Which is good, I suppose, because I suspect that I do not have a well-shaped head. Bom, we really do need to see a pic of you now. IP: Logged
Bolingbroke Self-Made User	posted May 08, 2001 11:32 PM Yeah, cough up the pics, Bom! But I'll take Goldberry's word for it -- I'm sure you look great. (That Lore cartoon was awesome, too... ) ------------------ "Oh, I thought that was just a SINGLE entendre." -- nebulous menace IP: Logged
IsMaryann_WantsToBeGinger Cereal Subunit	posted May 08, 2001 11:59 PM Bom's got a shiny pate!?? Oh NOW I get why he was hypnotizing me with it in the aside thread.... WOW! I mourn for hair that I never got to see in person, but have no doubt's as to Bom's DeadSexy quotient with a smooth noggin. Think Patrick Stewart. That Goldberry is lucky. It must be kinda like having a new boyfriend. Heh. IP: Logged
Bombadil Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 12:22 AM Pictures will be coming when the film is developed. Gimme a few weeks. Thanks for the advice Earl Jr.! IP: Logged
Hallam Cereal Subunit	posted May 09, 2001 04:39 AM Hooray for Bom and his glistening pate! ------------------ Fast and Bulbous! That's right, The Mascara Snake, fast and bulbous. Also, a tin teardrop. Bulbous, also tapered. That's right. IP: Logged
Wondrous Fnordia Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 04:54 AM Hmmm... am I just some sort of freak that I like guys with long hair? Actually, it depends on the guy. But since I'm a Ren Festie, I've kinda gotten accustomed to it. Congrats on the blinding glare, Bom! ------------------ "...all these years I've been trying to self-identify as a Drag Queen Trapped in a Woman's Body, and its back to being a ordinary ol' Fag Hag again..." --IsMaryAnn IP: Logged
Treasure Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 06:45 AM Yay! Lotsa hair is good, no hair is good, in between is good. In fact, men in general are GOOD! ------------------ "Perhaps it's time for me to find a new sig..." Deliriumfish IP: Logged
clawdia Cereal Subunit	posted May 09, 2001 06:57 AM Wait! Did you have a naked noggin when you were here a few weeks ago? GL said NO WORDS about your shiney nugget! I'm assuming you did it after you were here? I sure hope so 'cause I'd be extra fussy if I missed seeing this! I bet it looks great. IP: Logged
Roup Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 07:46 AM Potential reasons to consider shaving my head: Convenience. I hate personal grooming. Not that I don't do it or anything, I just hate the rigamarole. I'd like to get that whole "combing your hair" thing out of the way. (However, see negative note below.) Plus, I don't know what it is but whenever I wake up I look like a family of rats have moved in and established a household in my follicles. My hair isn't that long or anything - normal man-length, but it is amazing how wild it gets after just a half hour nap. Must be how I sleep or something. I could reflect light at people and blind them. I would be sending the ladies a signal that I am pumping with testosterone. Reasons to refrain: Hold it, hold it, I say I don't like having to groom, then consider a hair style (or non-hair style) which is going to take even more maintenance? It'd be more work to be constantly shaving! I have a beard and like it. Shaved head doesn't go well with a full beard, so I'd have to go for a goat. And I don't care for goats that much. My boss has a shaved head and I don't want anyone to think that I am trying to be more like him. Yeeecccchhhh. I am very fair - blonde, blue eyes, light, easily-burned skin. My scalp would look like the surface of the moon, most like. And keeping it from sunburn would be a frightening task. I might look like Curly of Three Stooges fame. Aieeeeeeee! My mom would kill me. So, I'm sure a shaved pate has its benefits, but I think I'll stay among the haired for now. IP: Logged
Mandarian Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 08:03 AM Bom, somebody makes a razor just for shaving your head. I don't know who or where (I know very helpful) but the handle isn't a stick, it has a ring you put your fingers through and a place to push with your thumb. All so you have better control and are less likely to scalp your self. Pun intended. Good Luck IP: Logged
RedTwo Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 08:28 AM waitwaitwait- Wondrous ia- You said "Ren Festie". Is that the same species as "Rennie" or "Ren Rat"? Indeed, most Wondrous ia, canst thou, in thy fashion, speak in the dulcet tones, much as the birds, that her most wondrous majestie and Faerie Queen Elizabeth (who is nigh unto my dearest of friends, and, I thank God, I am unto her most majestic self the same) and her departed, blessed and Royal Father Henry VIII, God have mercy on our souls? Just wondering, A former Sir Walter Ralegh ------------------ "Vewwy, vewwy quiet, be you! Hunting a wabbit, I am!" -- Spifferito babybabble IP: Logged
Bombadil Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 09:06 AM Thanks Mandarian, I saw that here when my office mate discovered it. I've thought about geting one, but there are no Rite Aids around here and I chopped up my credit cards a few months back. Do you know anyone who uses it? ------------------ My wide head helps me see, swim and hear really well. IP: Logged
Y2Karen Cereal Subunit	posted May 09, 2001 09:13 AM Stands (well, sits) rapt in front of the Head Blade. ~ooh~ IP: Logged
RedTwo Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 09:17 AM lives about four blocks from a Rite Aid Would send one to Bom if a mailing address could be had really would ------------------ "Vewwy, vewwy quiet, be you! Hunting a wabbit, I am!" -- Spifferito babybabble IP: Logged
Raven Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 09:18 AM Claws, his head was nekkid when he was in Chi town. In fact, it was nekkid when he was here last. I'm sorry I didn't tell y'all in IRC. I figured he wanted to tell people himself, so he could reap tons more of the dumbfounded expressions like the one I had. That first look was a doozy IP: Logged
cheezdanish Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 09:19 AM And if you pass you mouse over it really fast, you can make it dance. IP: Logged
Bombadil Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 09:26 AM Isn't it neatospiffykeen? Claws, I've mentioned it no fewer than 5 times on IRC, and you were there one of them. ------------------ My wide head helps me see, swim and hear really well. IP: Logged
Bolingbroke Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 10:27 AM Wow, RedTwo, you're REALLY good at that! ------------------ "Oh, I thought that was just a SINGLE entendre." -- nebulous menace IP: Logged
SpicyJ Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 10:29 AM Bom spake thusly: quote: I don't suppose that your wife is some big fat hermaphrodite with a Flock of Seagulls haircut and one nostril, is she? Pardon my french, but what the hemmorhaging fuck is that supposed to mean? IP: Logged
Bombadil Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 10:34 AM You're not a fan of Weird Al, are you? No, don't answer, I can see that you're not. Suffice to say that a conversation like the one you illustrated with your wife is reminiscent of one that Weird Al has in one of his songs with a person of the afformentioned traits. No insult meant to you or your wife. Sometimes cultural reference jokes fizzle mightily. fizzle IP: Logged
SpicyJ Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 10:42 AM No, I am a Weird Al fan...but never heard anything like that song. Sorry for the explosion. One of those days, eh? And my wife says I can shave my head if I lose some weight...evidently fat guys are even less attractive spear bald. SJ ------------------ I just like saying "Niiiiice for the nether region." - I_like_cheese IP: Logged
Jesse Dangerously Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 12:11 PM Aw man... I was hoping that Bom had just said the funniest thing EVER... but all it was was a past-his-prime Weird Al quote. Damn. IP: Logged
Acsumama Shuttlecock	posted May 09, 2001 02:16 PM SpicyJ: get his new album. The quote is from "Albuquerque." I think Smurple can recite the whole song. IP: Logged
RedTwo Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 03:10 PM Bolingbroke: Thanks. Fourteen years in an Elizabethan Faire have to be good for something. I can extemporize Elizabethan for, quite literally, days. It's easy once you start. But thanks. And it took you long enough to respond to a 16th C. England reference! Sheesh! ------------------ "Vewwy, vewwy quiet, be you! Hunting a wabbit, I am!" -- Spifferito babybabble IP: Logged
Third from Left Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 06:43 PM Indeed: meseemeth she who is named for the great usurper of famous memory hath been uncommonly tardy in reply; but let not one fault stain the addition of the whole, lest men be for one defect forever villains in the sight of their fellows: this were a sin before God and reason. Let us be merry, then, and those around us be merry while the spring may last, for 'tis said, and wisely, too, that winter cometh to cling all men, respecting nor degree nor age, nor any distinction of one man to another. I'm out of practice... canst tell? IP: Logged
babylonia Self-Made User	posted May 09, 2001 09:42 PM My roommate shaves his head, and he bought the razor with the ring thingy on it. He says it works rather well, and just ignores the fact that it was signed by some wrestler or another. cries over Bom's beautiful missing locks - now he doesn't look like Bombadil IP: Logged
carrot Self-Made User	posted May 10, 2001 02:23 AM raises her hand I always go for guys with long hair. Well, usually. I did go out with a guy who was bald at 22 (by nature, not choice) once, but he had long hair when I met him. He just, um, got it all cut off one day and it never grew back... worries that she has said a Very Bad Thing ------------------ "Nearly everything you read signed "from God" is just somebody putting their words in My mouth." - God IP: Logged
clawdia Cereal Subunit	posted May 10, 2001 06:14 AM Yesterday was one of my less than bright days. All posts made yesterday should be met with head shaking and pitty for the dimmer animals of the world. That is all. (Today is an editing day.) [This message has been edited by clawdia (edited May 10, 2001).] IP: Logged

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