The Soul Patch

[Angola!]

So, I have a question for the females of the board.

I can't really grow facial hair, except for like 20 hairs above my lip and 20 hairs on my chin, but recently I discovered I can grow a soul patch.

I know a lot of my buddies had them in college and that was awhile ago, but are these out of style? My girl-who-I-am-complicated-with doesn't like it, but I was thinking of letting it grow for a week to see what happens because it amuses me.

Thoughts?

 

[HandsomeHarley]

Not much of a whiskey man myself.

I generally grow a complete goatee, and thought I had grown a soul patch, which I thought looked pretty damn cool, especially for an old man.

Then I play that Joytube 2 game and realize what I grew isn't called a soul patch but a Petit.

 

[sportschick]

They're dorky. They scream out, "I can't grow a full beard, so here's my attempt to prove I've gone through puberty."

 

[Angola!]

They're dorky. They scream out, "I can't grow a full beard, so here's my attempt to prove I've gone through puberty."

I was waiting for you to weigh in on this topic. How did I know this would be your response?

Of course, if it screams "I can't grow a full beard, so here's my attempt to prove I've gone through puberty" then maybe I won't get carded so much or asked to give details that are on my driver's license, since they think I am 16.

 

[DanOregon]

I think Judd Nelson killed the soul patch in "Tape Heads."

 

[Write-brained]

Totally do it. And get yourself a Red Sox hat while you're at it.

 

[Angola!]

Totally do it. And get yourself a Red Sox hat while you're at it.

This post is a good reason to shave it.

 

[wickedwritah]

They're dorky. They scream out, "I can't grow a full beard, so here's my attempt to prove I've gone through puberty."

I was waiting for you to weigh in on this topic. How did I know this would be your response?

Of course, if it screams "I can't grow a full beard, so here's my attempt to prove I've gone through puberty" then maybe I won't get carded so much or asked to give details that are on my driver's license, since they think I am 16.

They think you're 16, the high school girls think you're young ... I sense a running theme here. Next thing you know, you're gonna be sportschick's latest cradle-robbing conquest!

 

[Write-brained]

Totally do it. And get yourself a Red Sox hat while you're at it.

This post is a good reason to shave it.

Figured that would work

 

[Angola!]

They're dorky. They scream out, "I can't grow a full beard, so here's my attempt to prove I've gone through puberty."

I was waiting for you to weigh in on this topic. How did I know this would be your response?

Of course, if it screams "I can't grow a full beard, so here's my attempt to prove I've gone through puberty" then maybe I won't get carded so much or asked to give details that are on my driver's license, since they think I am 16.

They think you're 16, the high school girls think you're young ... I sense a running theme here. Next thing you know, you're gonna be sportschick's latest cradle-robbing conquest!

Well, I am almost as old as her, so in theory that is out. Plus, she had her chance.

 

[Angola!]

Totally do it. And get yourself a Red Sox hat while you're at it.

This post is a good reason to shave it.

Figured that would work

Thank you for bringing me to 2007. I'll appreciate it when I shave it on Friday.

 

[HandsomeHarley]

See, what he has there is apparently a soul patch AND a Petit. The Petit has no hair directly below the lip, but only on the chin.

 

[Write-brained]

See, what he has there is apparently a soul patch AND a Petit. The Petit has no hair directly below the lip, but only on the chin.

He's had just the soul patch before, which I think looks even dumber, believe it or not. Just couldn't find a better photo.

 

[Angola!]

See, what he has there is apparently a soul patch AND a Petit. The Petit has no hair directly below the lip, but only on the chin.

I always thought the no soul patch and what Beckett has is called a squirrel. Kevin Youkilis has a squirrel.

 

[Write-brained]

Totally do it. And get yourself a Red Sox hat while you're at it.

This post is a good reason to shave it.

Figured that would work

Thank you for bringing me to 2007. I'll appreciate it when I shave it on Friday.

Let me know if you ever start thinking about the mohawk because I've got a cure for that as well ...

 

[Angola!]

I had long hair in high school and me and my buddies cut our hair into mohawks. I used elmer's glue to keep mine upright. It was intense.

The girl-who-I-am-complicated-with wants me to cut my hair into a mohawk right now because I have longer hair for the second time in my life. But my big ears don't allow me to shave my head.

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

Totally do it. And get yourself a Red Sox hat while you're at it.

You call that a baseball soul patch? This is a baseball soul patch:

Angola! if you grow one, make sure you dye it your team's colors.

 

[HoopsMcCann]

and people were surprised he was on drugs...

 

[Starman]

For some reason over the past 5 years or so, Bruce Springsteen has fallen in love with the patch. Maybe Patti knows the answer.

Myself, I hate the hell out of it. I tend to rub my chin sometimes, and whenever the "patch" area starts to get scratchy, I'll run into the bathroom, dab my chin with soap, and scrape it off. I'll go 2-3 days without shaving sometimes, but the "patch" drives me nuts, and I shave it off. I look like a mountain man otherwise, but my lower chin is clear.

 

[Angola!]

See, what he has there is apparently a soul patch AND a Petit. The Petit has no hair directly below the lip, but only on the chin.

He's had just the soul patch before, which I think looks even dumber, believe it or not. Just couldn't find a better photo.

Just the soul patch looks worse? I think it looks better than just the squirrel.