I was just cruising along the information superhighway and checking out a review of Drew Toothpaste's beard, when I looked to the right and noticed a link to this guy's beard.
dalas! Anyone else remember that guy? Good to see he's growing a beard.
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Besides a good band name, of course
What on earth is a "Chinchilla Beard"?
I've been reading Sherlock Holmes stories lately. It's way more enjoyable than when I tried as a younger man. Largely, I think, because of the steady evolution of the English language. But this particular story, "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," features a man with a "chinchilla beard growing from the creases of his double chin."
I leads me to believe it's one of those beards that grows on the soft, fleshy part of the neck. The part that I hate shaving because I worry about slipping and cutting open my carotid and bleeding out on the old-soap-green linoleum tiles.
I think it's the beard you see a lot on basketball players? Almost like chin straps, but further back on the neck. Under the jaw.
I'm also, of course, puzzled by the name. I've been looking at pictures of Chinchillas (Awwwwwwww) and they don't seem to have any sort of beard. The name "Chinchilla" is Spanish and means "Little Chincha." And the Chincha in this case refers to the Chincha People of the Andes. They were conquered by the Aztecs about a century before the Spaniards showed up BUT their taste for wearing and eating Chinchillas lived on.
Maybe those guys had beards like that?
Maybe it looks like the beard you'd have if you strapped a Chinchilla under your chin. Which sounds like a highly worthwhile adventure, if you ask me. And if you don't care about my opinion, I must question why you're reading this.
I don't know. If anyone has any answers, I'd like to hear them.
A mystery solved?
Mum pointed out to me an article about a Beard Growing Competition in a town in Queensland, Australia called Chinchilla. The town, it seems, is named after an Aboriginal word for a kind of vine. BUT a "famous" resident was an explorer by the name of Ludwig Leichhardt. Apparently he disappeared and was never found again. The important thing here, though, is his Great Bushy Beard.
If he instilled in the town of Chinchilla a sense of Beardy Pride, could it be that it's fame creeped out like some insidious fungus? Much like the name Sideburns coming from General Burnsides?
Mum also suggested that perhaps the Chinchilla Beard is rather soft. I would guess that hard to infer from Sight, although it's possible Holmes walked up to the man and caressed his beard.
Also, holy crap, check out Henrik Ibsen's Sideburns.
And also, a handy list of Facial Hairs.
I've been reading Sherlock Holmes stories lately. It's way more enjoyable than when I tried as a younger man. Largely, I think, because of the steady evolution of the English language. But this particular story, "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," features a man with a "chinchilla beard growing from the creases of his double chin."
I leads me to believe it's one of those beards that grows on the soft, fleshy part of the neck. The part that I hate shaving because I worry about slipping and cutting open my carotid and bleeding out on the old-soap-green linoleum tiles.
I think it's the beard you see a lot on basketball players? Almost like chin straps, but further back on the neck. Under the jaw.
I'm also, of course, puzzled by the name. I've been looking at pictures of Chinchillas (Awwwwwwww) and they don't seem to have any sort of beard. The name "Chinchilla" is Spanish and means "Little Chincha." And the Chincha in this case refers to the Chincha People of the Andes. They were conquered by the Aztecs about a century before the Spaniards showed up BUT their taste for wearing and eating Chinchillas lived on.
Maybe those guys had beards like that?
Maybe it looks like the beard you'd have if you strapped a Chinchilla under your chin. Which sounds like a highly worthwhile adventure, if you ask me. And if you don't care about my opinion, I must question why you're reading this.
I don't know. If anyone has any answers, I'd like to hear them.
EDIT:
A mystery solved?
Mum pointed out to me an article about a Beard Growing Competition in a town in Queensland, Australia called Chinchilla. The town, it seems, is named after an Aboriginal word for a kind of vine. BUT a "famous" resident was an explorer by the name of Ludwig Leichhardt. Apparently he disappeared and was never found again. The important thing here, though, is his Great Bushy Beard.
If he instilled in the town of Chinchilla a sense of Beardy Pride, could it be that it's fame creeped out like some insidious fungus? Much like the name Sideburns coming from General Burnsides?
Mum also suggested that perhaps the Chinchilla Beard is rather soft. I would guess that hard to infer from Sight, although it's possible Holmes walked up to the man and caressed his beard.
Also, holy crap, check out Henrik Ibsen's Sideburns.
And also, a handy list of Facial Hairs.
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