beards
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18-and-a-half feet long
Monsieur Coulon wasn’t the only one with a long beard though – here’s Norwegian Hans Langseth, with his 18-and-a-half feet long beard (!!!) which he donated to the Smithsonian and they still have it…the world’s longest beard apparently.
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Seems to also have been a hit with the postcard buying public, in France at least…
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Love this picture of Louis Coulon, 1904. I have it as my Lock screen on my phone – how 2012! You might know the wallpaper image, an image I aspire to and look at every day. It’s this picture of Henry of Battenburg I posted months ago
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Man With A Great Beard In Louisville, Kentucky
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Buckingham’s Die for the Whiskers
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More strange taxes…I thought this was pure fancy but a brief search highlights there was indeed a ‘beard tax’.
“In 1705, Emperor Peter I of Russia instituted a beard tax to modernize the society of Russia following European models. Those who paid the tax were required to carry a “beard token”. This was a copper or silver token with a Russian Eagle on one side and on the other, the lower part of a face with nose, mouth, whiskers, and beard. It was inscribed with two phrases: “the beard tax has been taken” and “the beard is a superfluous burden”
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Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
Great pic! BTW I’ve heard that cats are pogonophobic, and it seems the opposite – actually cats seem rather obsessed with my beard, I usually have to stop them rubbing against it, cos fleas will happily jump over for a short while and it gets mega itchy. I’ve never had a cat ‘scared’ of my beard. And it aint short.
A brilliant study that brings together two of the most discussed things on the internet: cats and beards!
Apparently cat’s don’t like men with long dark beards or incomplete beards, but are indifferent to men with short beards. But read for yourself!
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Now THAT’s a long beard. I bet he still got the ZZ-Top jokes*, though.
* response: ‘OMG you’re SO original, never heard that one before…*rollseyes*
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Lovely! Alexei von Jawlensky (Russian, 1864–1941; worked in Germany 1896–1914 and 1922–1941; worked in Switzerland 1914–1922)
The Old Man (Yellow Beard), 1912 it sez here!Jawlensky