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And I'm not talking about the trimmed to the face, clean, neat beard, but these things that straggle off the chins by 3 or more inches. They seem to be everywhere these days. Far too many men do not keep them trim, neat and CLEAN. They are as susceptible to germs and micro bacteria as a dog's butt. And some of them aren't even that clean. I've seen some scraggly, ugly and filthy beards.

We recently went to one of our favorite eateries. The waiter had this grotesque looking thing hanging off his face. We looked at each other and, without exchanging a word, got up and left, but not before telling the manager (who we've known for years) that this felt like a good time to call the State Public Health Department and find out what the rules were on food handlers and beards.

Enough with the facial hair/macho statement, guys. On most men, it's not attractive, it's gross.

When I was in the NAVY, beards were fashionable, but were always trimmed to regulation, clean and looked nice. You could always tell who served on the submarines. They'd come off cruise and generally hit the base barber shop within a day or two.

Time to clean it up.