Just a preview of the standard to which I intend to hold all of the participants in the Fall 2008 English Beard Off.
Grizzly Adams (pictured here with his trusty comrade, Benjamin Franklin) sought refuge and adventure in the mountains of California after suffering economic crisis in the early 1830s. He spent several years in the mountain ranges, collecting a troupe of amicable grizzlies along the way and often wrestling with them (keep an eye out for an official Beard Off arena-style wrestling match next month). Although most of his bear buddies kept it clean, one rogue caniform cracked Grizzly's skull on multiple occasions. Like any real man with the beard to back it up, Grizzly didn't let this injury bring him down. Oddly enough, he died while training a monkey with P.T. Barnum in 1860.
Now, whether you want to use Grizzly or Ben as your beardspiration is up to you. I, for one, mostly find the prospect of living it up in bear country a comforting alternative to the economic bailout.
Looking forward to seeing all your baby faces in the WC tomorrow.
Cheers,
1981 Surf
3 comments:
Grizzly Adams is a truly magnificent specimen. I don't know where beard ends and bear begins.
I think that the bear is actually trapped in the beard. What a truly magnificent beard it must be if it can single beardedly out wrestle a full grown grizzly.
You can't spell beard without BEAR! The legend of Grizzly lives on!
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