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Go problem

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why do so many go players have beards?

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Re: Go problem

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Scratching-touching while thinking? There is a very old picture of yours truly with... small beard and sideburns, playing in a tournament. The only time in my life (like, 10 days!) I had any of them.
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Re: Go problem

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Go players have an instinctive fear of cutting, whether stones or hair.
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Numsgil wrote:Go players have an instinctive fear of cutting, whether stones or hair.


Not at all, we love to cut, but only if we are cutting off a lot.
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There are 16 beards (and one moustache) out of 60 photos, about 26%, but that rises to 32% when we disregard the 10 ladies. There should also be a different photo for Matthew Macfadyen, since he has shaved his beard off. You are just fortunate that my Santa Claus effort of 2006 does not get onto that page.

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TMark wrote:There are 16 beards (and one moustache) out of 60 photos, about 26%, but that rises to 32% when we disregard the 10 ladies. There should also be a different photo for Matthew Macfadyen, since he has shaved his beard off. You are just fortunate that my Santa Claus effort of 2006 does not get onto that page.

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