I did in Dubai. They're vile manky creatures so I don't feel the needs to do it again.

Nice pics Jim, but I think you might have been bigging up your "beard" slightly too much ... I got the impression it was going to be some massive Brian Blessed style thing!

Ditto - I was expecting the mountain man beard. :D

Is it continuing to grow or are you keeping it short & subtle?

Gimme a break guys I've only been growing it a few weeks :D

I've not decided what I'm going to do yet. I quite like the idea of just letting it grow wild and go home looking like an apeman but I'll look like shit.

So the other option is to keep it short-ish (though longer than it is in the photo) and neat. It's growing really slowly at the sides though which is a pain. I don't want a goattee I want the full shabang.

I had ago on one in Morocco and I've never forgotten it. Like you say manky creatures.

There's my new word for the day - "manky"! Thank goodness for online slang dictionaries. :D

Hehe, I have to admit...manky is a word us British use quite a lot! ;) :)

See all the cultural advantages of hanging out on a rock board LOL.

Manky = Scottish slang word to describe a situation, person or object in a poor state of affairs. Commonly used in Scottish bars to describe the state of the toilets or glasses.

I'm going to make a point of using that word at work tomorrow. I love using words that my co-workers don't understand. Like the word "menial"...and yes, I wish I were joking about that

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