An Interesting Demographic Experiment
My long commute to work is a nice quiet pensive time with my pipe. Sometimes I'm pondering something very specific and other times I just think about whatever shows up. This morning it was the later and the following occurred to me.
The premise is that most of the guys on MPC are bald dudes that wear beards. Me, Morleysson, Rick, Lars, and Capt Bob all seem to fit that profile. There are of course exceptions, both Muddler and Matches, despite their advanced age seem to have that clean shaven, full head of hair, fresh out of university look (good genetics no doubt.) I'm guessing Quaffer is not balding (although can't be sure because I've never seen him sans the trademark sombrero) and clearly favors chin whiskers. Henrick of course sports the rock star hairdo so he's not balding (besides he's probably too young to be bald) and at least in his pictures, he doesn't seem to be bearded. In an effort to provide some empirical evidence of this claim, I thought an informal survey would be revealing. Please vote below using one of the following codes:
BGWB=Bald(or balding) guy with a beard
HGNB=Haired (full head of hair) guy no beard
HGWB= Haired guy with a beard
BGNB= Bald guy no beard
My Vote: BGWB
"Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows?" T.S. Eliot
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This IS kind of interesting.
I have hair - it just moved to a different location.
But I'm still cute as a button.
Rick Piatt
BGWB. Big is genetics (6' 3", 275), the beard came in 1971 because when I came back home from the ARMY I refused to shave again ever, and the bald was partly genetics by 25YO and electric clippers helping the rest.
"What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet, Long live the weeds and the wildness yet. " Gerard Manley Hopkins
When I first went in the service I had very little to shave but had to anyway, then one day the beard fairy came but I still had to shave daily. When I retired and shaving was optional I opted not to. Now, I'll clipper down the beard once I begin to resemble Walt Whitman but that's about it. The hair? Well back when I could have grown it long my parents refused to allow it, then the Air Force refused to allow it, then I was just bald and long hair was no longer an option. Now I only have fringe around the side and clipper that off every couple weeks. There's not even enough left to go through the bother or expense to have someone else cut it.
"Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows?" T.S. Eliot
I really, really really hate shaving and besides I look 16 without a beard. Had to do something to keep younger women away from my sexy ass.
6'4" - 270 lbs of briar smokin fury rockin the flat top and a goatee.
Wicked visual, huh?
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BGNB... I know my picture shows a beard, but I shaved it off for the summer. It will be back for winter down hill skiing, I assure you! I'm six foot tall, Age 58 (look forty) That's bullshit. 154 pounds stark ass naked and soaking wet and damn proud of it. (Proud of what?) You figure it out.
Appleton, Wisconsin USA
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BGWB - I got the beard last christmas. it was time for a change. It's a goatee. this august while on vacation, I stopped shaving completely, but I'm back to the goatee now.
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LAMY Safari
No hair, no beard, no clock.
Class 1974.
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I do have a respectable head of salt and pepper hair but it is making a bit of a migration. My forehead seems to be getting a tad bigger each year. I have not paid for a haircut in a good number of years now. My wife just gets the clippers, puts on the attachment for super short and flys right at it. When it starts to touch the ears, time for another mowing. I used to wear a beard but it just seems easier now to shave.
"I think people should be allowed to do what they want, as long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."
(Attributed to Oscar Wilde's Cleaning lady when she testified at his trial.)
Jim
Full head of hair guy. No beard.
HGNB
HGNB -- I'm young and beautiful.
Cheers!
Corneel Vermeulen
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HGNB
I have tried to grow it, it never looks good, and itches like a %#¤%&". Hair is longer tho:
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in the winter time I only shave during weekends, going out newly shaved in the extreme cold is not very nice.
Now, I got this tub of ERRd, perhaps it will make my beard grow in a nice fashion
This is my Pipe.There are many like it, but this one is MINE.
My pipe is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
My pipe without me is useless. Without my Pipe, I am useless
At 53 I still have a full head of blonde hair which has some gray in it if you look hard enough. I let my beard go on my days off and if I were to grow it, it'd be snow white (I think).
"If you can't send money, send tobacco." -George Washington to the Continental Congress, 1776
I am 5ft 8in
210lbs
56years old
Hair halfway down my back
a full beard
When I was young a lot of hair wasnt allowed
I was one of the few non-hippies lol
as I got older it was my choice
Dave
One of the constant pains in the neck is cutting hair. For the last three years I've been to six barber shops here. One was decent but, I guess, owner changed and sometimes I think this shop is a cover for something else. I will either go Dave's and Henrick's ways or will change the first letter in HGWB.
Misha
BGWB, per my picture.
Jim
BGNB. Not totally bald yet, but retreating faster than the Zimbabwean border jumper from a German Shepherd. Had a goatee, grew a beard last year, cut it off because I looked even scruffier than normal. And my partners wouldn't let me see clients with it on. Maybe time for a goatee again. Someone once said I looked distinguished with it on. Yeah sure.
Seems all the dark hair on top couldn't get along with the gray sides so they left. I see a razor once every couple of months. Could never stand wasting time in front of a mirror.
Fume in pace, ckr
Maybe time for a goatee again. Someone once said I looked distinguished with it on. Yeah sure.
The only problem I have with it is that it seems every third guy you meet on the street has one. I'm not much of a leader, but I'm an even worse follower.
"I think people should be allowed to do what they want, as long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."
(Attributed to Oscar Wilde's Cleaning lady when she testified at his trial.)
Jim
Class of 1970, 6'4", 235#. I used to be 180# before I married a woman who could cook really well.
Smokey
depends on whether or not my girlfriend gets her way...if she does...then I have no beard...until I slowly grow it back...and eventually she calls me out on it again...oh well...at least she likes my pipes...
Cheers,
Josh
One of the constant pains in the neck is cutting hair. For the last three years I've been to six barber shops here. One was decent but, I guess, owner changed and sometimes I think this shop is a cover for something else. I will either go Dave's and Henrick's ways or will change the first letter in HGWB.
That is one of the reasons mine is long
most barbers can't cut hair and a lot of them can only barely style some stylists decide they want it their way
and my hair is difficult to cut it lays in a different way and has a tendency to spike
I have found very few that do a good job on my hair
I would rather have it long than mess with trying to get it cut right
Dave
I am 5ft 8in
Starting to feel like I was the only one under 6'.
I'm still young, but I have noticed over the past 5-6 years that my hairline is starting to show on my back.
29yrs old and 5'-11'.
Since my wife loves bald men, going bald for me won't be a big ordeal. I already cut it really short.
As for the beard, I've had a goatee then eventually just grew it in. If I were to shave my facial hair all off, I'd look like I still have to go through puberty. Although, I am starting to notice more lines.
“The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.” -Ben Jonson
What is a bootleg bon vivant, you may ask? Well, it’s kinda like a monkey stealing a soldier’s last MRE. You know, that feeling you get when something is forbidden, yet you have to sample the best of the best. Not saying an MRE is all that great or anything, but it’s prime rib to a monkey who is stuck with nuts, berries, and bananas all the damn time. ~ BBVV
Sorry, double post...
“The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.” -Ben Jonson
What is a bootleg bon vivant, you may ask? Well, it’s kinda like a monkey stealing a soldier’s last MRE. You know, that feeling you get when something is forbidden, yet you have to sample the best of the best. Not saying an MRE is all that great or anything, but it’s prime rib to a monkey who is stuck with nuts, berries, and bananas all the damn time. ~ BBVV
I am 5ft 8in
Starting to feel like I was the only one under 6'.
Yes I know it looks like I must look up to everyone lol
I have always been short and wide I wear the same cloths now as when I was 12 lol
Dave
I resemble that remark - its all good.
Rick Piatt
Hell Dave you're a tall guy. I also are short wide. Rick, there's no way that you are not my Dunhill, can popper evil twin.
"Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows?" T.S. Eliot