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

Dogs that are born outside and stay outside are fine outside. Do you go gather all the wolves in your area and bring them in when it gets cold?

(Besides, I live on what used to be a farm, so they do have plenty of places to stay warm.. and there's surely enough body heat amongst the horde.

Well, I'm an urban feller, not accustomed to meeting wolves on a regular basis. So you might well assume that I don't lure them inside, either. However, Dogs and Wolves, although related, shouldn't be treated all the same; there's plenty of difference.

Anyway, if a dog (or a troupe of them) is used to life outdoors, there's no need to call them in. I'll agree to that Even cats are known to survive any kind of weather, provided they're used to it.
The average urban pet is NOT.

I'd second that!

I would even say that it's not natural to cut hair or even beard. If it falls off, it falls off. But otherwise it is where it seems to belong. I don't know of any animal that shaves

Perhaps because felines are solitary and independent, like computer nerds?

A possible solution to the cat and computer problem: Strew large enough amounts of clutter on your desk to prevent the cat from attempting to make its home there. It seemed to work pretty well for my dad; sometimes our cat would eye the top of his desk with a contemplative air, but he never attempted to leap up there. There just wasn't any room to land.

Then again, why not?

I can't understand the attraction of rubbing a razor sharp strip of steel up and down the side of my face.

Let alone the idea of letting someone else weild an open razor anywhere near my throat....

I'll stay furry and trimmed thanks, better that than diced and sliced.

Now.

Aftershave: why?

Aftershave = Masochism
Beard = Sybaritic delight (and saves you 10mins in the morning)
No guesses for the side I'm on.

When I got married, I signed over custody of facial hair to my wife. So it's up to her when beard and mustache get trimmed. I doubt she'll ever go in for shaving me every morning, but when I get scruffy enough to be mistaken for one of the farm animals she generally does something about it.

Well, this pack of mine ain't average and they ain't Urban, either.

Not only that, but there isn't all that much difference in them and the wolves, consider they have both in their bloodline (and not too distant, either. )

Heh.. Wouldn't do any good with mine. Seems they were of the notion that the more clutter meant more cushion, things to play with, things to scatter, etc.

Aftershave = headache & nausea
(severity proportionate to the strength of the scent)

I could never understand why some people (sadly, most) feel that a human being should smell like they just stepped out of a bottle, rather than their home. *sigh*

(or even a shower)

OI! 55245! AFTERSHAVE - NOOOOOOOO!

Well that's my opinion anyway. It's supposed to do more than give you a questionable odour of course - I think the word was "astringent". It's meant to close the pores or something disgusting like that (I mean, why would they be open in the first place?!) which is why it stings a little when you splash it on. I find cold water does just as well. But I've used an electric razor for years and don't seem to need either. The odour question is seperate. For every woman who loves the smell of one brand, there'll be another who hates it. So why not have a level playing field by not smelling of anything at all?

That most certainly is a way of looking at it, my man!

I'm on the electric apparatus, too. And after I've shaved (which doesn't happen too often, because the more you shave, the more you need to repeat it ), I make a choice for that moment. If I'm going to have company (or be some) who I think might agree with some bottled smell, I'll splash some on (never liking it myself, however).
Most of the time, however, I just smell like myself. A natural human being with no synthetic odours.

Ah... Men after me own heart!

Quite frankly, IMNSHO, the smell of a fresh-washed male (with -unscented- soap, that is) is quite an aphrodisiac.

I don't have a beard. I managed to muster one once many years ago but when my daughter took one look at me and ran away screaming I knew that having a beard was not a good idea. I don't have much trouble deciding if I want to use smellies on my face because the smell of the onions overpower what ever I use (I love onions). I am now at an age where it doesn't matter anymore, the hairs are white (and falling out) but I do not have a monks bald patch YET I suppose the reason most of these people like to have beards is that when they become hungry they just suck on the hair around the mouth and have a second helping of the last meal I had better go before I put my size tens in it again. Ta Ta.

Ah, you're easily addicted to "natural" men?

And pushing them away won't help either, huh? At least I know that mine aren't easily persuaded to leave my desk.

Cluttered desk => cluttered mind
Empty desk => ?!?

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You mean, like Ford's towel?

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