When the Cat's Away
I was twenty-something. Probably twenty-even. It was the Scottsboro summer and I remember it well. But I'll not have time for meandering in nostalgia this morning. I have a job to do while Ann is away and not here to deride me: I'm going to shave my beard.
If she were here, I'd come from the task sheepishly, hoping she wouldn't notice the beard was gone. And many times--when I've been brave enough to de-beard--she hasn't noticed right away. But when she does, you should here the hoots.
"Ha ha ha. You look like Frank Burns. Ol' Ferret Face. Go grow a chin, Depitty Fife."
And so I give you exhibit A, indicating that I do indeed (or did indeed at one time) have a chin.
By the time she gets home, I'll probably have seen enough to grow back more salt than pepper and will look like Gabby Hayes again. Heck of a choice: Gabby or Barney. I get no respect around here.
Comments
Holy Moly! I thought something had happened to your blog overnight and had been replaced with a beefcake blog. Whoosh.
Posted by: Jane | March 31, 2005 9:23 AM
meeeooowww!
Posted by: zee | March 31, 2005 6:19 PM
THAT. is one of the most amazing photos. ever. I mean, I always knew you were cute. But goodness. Dearie me.
Posted by: trish | March 31, 2005 10:45 PM
Good God Phred! I don't have enough coffee in me yet this morning to face this.
Posted by: Doug Thompson | April 1, 2005 7:48 AM
Amen to what everyone else say: yeee-ow-zer! You missed a great opportunity, though. YOu should have posted this on April 1st and titled it "Fragments Goes Soft-Core" along with a fake post about how you're selling beefcake pix for a little extra spending money.
(btw, I laughed out loud at the post about your & Ann's response to the wayward coffee spoon!)
Posted by: Lorianne | April 1, 2005 8:04 AM
You were a right handsome dude "back then".......
Posted by: Dottie | April 1, 2005 10:07 PM
Hubba-hubba!
Who took the pix and inspired the expression?
Posted by: BJ | April 2, 2005 1:51 PM
There is a third alternative to gabby and barney, Yes, you feel a little vain, and yes it only lasts a week or two, but the formula of the greeks can spiff up a beard without causing suspicion, and it has been known to be a more predictable stimulus on the endoctrine system of observers.
Posted by: RGB | April 3, 2005 3:51 PM