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...corpse late into Wednesday night. The graphic images of the bullet-ridden 51-year-old man, clothes hanging off and hands grasping religious beads, were soon plastered across the Internet alongside triumphant declarations from Mexican officials. The marines had shot Arturo Beltrán Leyva, or "The Beard," one of the bloodiest and most powerful drug traffickers in Latin America, they said. This death, they claimed, marked a major victory in the war against the drug cartels that are wreaking havoc south of the Rio Grande. "This is a crushing strike against one of the most dangerous criminal organizations...
Plus, with a distinctively impressive beard that grows icicles (literally) when he runs outside in the sub-20 degree weather, the captain really isn’t easily mistaken with his other cross-country teammates...
...wore a plaid shirt, tie, and biking shorts for a full two weeks. Prior to the trip, he had been growing out his hair for a few months to equal the length of his regular beard. Right before embarking, he cut it into what his teammate Daniel J. Chenoweth ’11 called “the most impressive mullet he’d ever seen… The hair flowing out the back paired with his protruding beard was just ridiculous. It was pretty hard to take him seriously for a while...
...children, visiting Santa Claus is the highlight of the year; for parents, it can be a complicated, stressful nightmare. What if your child notices that his beard isn't real? Or asks what Santa's doing in a shopping mall? (This year you have an easy out: just say he's working a second job because of the recession.) What do you do if your child starts to cry? Or won't sit still? What if he yawns or sneezes or drools just as Santa's elflike assistant snaps the photo? You just waited in line for over an hour...
Santas should adhere to St. Nick's traditional dress code - red coat, red pants, white beard - at all times. Not a creepy mustache, not a dirty dishrag and clown nose, but a real honest-to-goodness beard that can withstand some curious tugs. They should be friendly but not too friendly. And they probably shouldn't be drunk...