h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Linton is great for getting bits of fluff of your jacket

That's as maybe, but when I grow up, I WILL have that beard.

A fine article Pheroneous, well done, I'm very impressed.

Thanks gang. I'm not sure you've quite got it right, Livzy, Lint is a form of fluff, and best got off with upturned sellotape, but the effort is appreciated, and I'm glad you read the entry. He was a bit of a geezer, wasn't he?

Linton rather than lint roll.

and yeah, top geezer!

Wow, nice beard. That was an age when men really knew how to cultivate facial hair. I personally think we need a Guide entry on great facial hair fashions through history. So we'd have such greats as the Muttonchop or Dali's extreme waxed moustache.

And we can't forget the Cavalry Whiskers, which did so much for Flashman

If you want to, you could look at the original entry on my page, which contains a link right near the end to a photo of the man himself at the age of 78, and you will see that IRL his beard was pretty terrific for a chap of that age. The picture in this approved entry is a (very good) approximation only.