The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 02, 2023

Low testosterone?

He’s been working on it since he was sixteen.

Your mustache is coming along quite nicely, Gladys.

I can’t grow a beard and I’m glad. I shave every other day and I’m not complaining.

That’s ok, Brutus. You can excel in shaving. (Don’t cut yourself!)

He didn’t as much start it as he just kind’a stubbled upon it.

Some men just are not meant to grow beards. Brutus is one such man.

Six weeks is a long time to wait for a 5 o’clock shadow.

time to shave off the hard work… don’t worry, it don’t sound like she likes you all scruffy anyways. :J

A beard gives your face balance when the hair on top of your head has gone AWOL.

It’s coming in nice Brutus .

This is so me … It requires ages fro me to show a simulacra of a beard … Brutus, you’re not alone :)

I’ve had a beard or mustache (or both) since the Carter administration. They are not a time- savers. Mine requires twice a week trims plus neck shaves ( Otherwise I look like Duck Dynasty).

I tried shaving again once. I decided to grow it back after the grandkids wanted to know who the new guy was.

Some guys can only grow peach fuzz……..

It took me all of the pandemic, and a bit more, before I ‘came out’ from under the mask. I thought the short whiskers would act like Velcro to hold the masks in place (OVER the nose), but… not so much.

Brutus, if you want to grow a beard, go for it, however long it takes. However, l think you look great clean shaven. I never grew a beard, though in my Army and Cop days, I did sport a mustache. However, as a prosecutor, I changed my image and became clean shaven and never went back….

Shave, Brutus.

Brutus is just practicing for next month’s “Movember”.

Go with it while you can Brutus. In the not too distant future whatever you grow will be gray or white and nobody will be able to tell whether or not you are growing one!

My greatest social sin in the 70’s was my half-inch hairless gap where I couldn’t grow sideburns between my head hair and my beard.

I can still grow a beard, but unfortunately it now comes out in at least 3 colors and looks awful

Brutus, it’s time to give it up.

There are two Fahrenheit 451 movies. I recently watched the 2018 version, which differed quite a bit from the original movie and really far from the book. Then I watched the Soylent Green movie – I haven’t read the book again yet, still waiting for it – I think it’s from 1973, also way after the book. Soylent Yellow and Soylent Red are made from soy and lentils respectively. Soylent Green was made from plankton, which gave it the green color, I guess, but the oceans were dying and the plankton also, so they started using people. Consumers really ate it up, you could say. I have enjoyed the movies and the first book, and look forward to the second book. I will happily take suggestions for other older books.

There comes a point in life where it grows everywhere except where you want it to. I don’t need a haircut so much as I need an ear trim.

Always remember Brutus, a man has to know his limitations. If you don’t got it, don’t flaunt it.

i’ve tried growing a beard, but the mirror kept laughing at me…

See my beard. Ain’t it weird? Don’t be skeer’d. S’just a beard.

shaving after all these years is part of my morning wake up routine. Even if I go a day without shaving it throws me off so no beard for me.

Many years ago, I was friendly with a co-worker, but I didn’t see him regularly — we were both in NYC but worked in different offices. One day when we did cross paths, I noticed some growth on his upper lip and said, “Hey, you’re trying to grow a mustache!”

Oops . . . actually, like Brutus, he’d been “trying” for about six weeks. He shaved if off very shortly after that.