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View Poll Results: Does President Obama Manscape?
Yes, I think he does 25 43.10%
No, I think he doesn't 21 36.21%
He doesn't but he should 2 3.45%
No Answer / Other 10 17.24%
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Old 07-17-2010, 12:05 PM
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Do You Think President Obama Manscapes?

I was on the subway yesterday and I heard one young woman ask another this question. Got me to laughing...And thinking?

Manscaping: Defintions

1) To groom a man. Shaving, waxing, cleaning up the superfluous fur

2) A term used to define male grooming below the belt

Well what do you think?
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Old 07-17-2010, 12:08 PM
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I would assume that with his schedule he has someone to do that for him.
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Old 07-17-2010, 01:00 PM
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You forgot to include "why the fuck are we even thinking about this?" in your poll.
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Old 07-17-2010, 01:29 PM
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Hell, no, he doesn't manscape. He's the President! The Leader of the Free WorldTM.

His great big bolshi yarblockos are completely carpeted in pubes the size of hawsers and twice as tough. He can only shave with depleted uranium blades, and then only once per blade. Chuck Norris envies his chest hair.

Manscape? With a flamethrower, maybe.
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Old 07-17-2010, 10:21 PM
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Looking at the famous swimsuit photo, it's clear that the man has no chest hair, which may or may not indicate waxing. However, I believe I can see a tiny wisp of belly hair peeking out from his suit, which tells me he does not shave "down there," which to me is the only definition of manscaping.
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Old 07-17-2010, 11:11 PM
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I so did not want to have those words put into my head.
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Old 07-17-2010, 11:16 PM
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I didn't know that was something that men even did? Why?
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Old 07-17-2010, 11:31 PM
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I didn't know that was something that men even did? Why?
So we females don't get our teeth flossed while blowing you.
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Old 07-17-2010, 11:40 PM
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I put that he manscapes, just because he seems like the type who cares about grooming and his appearance. I took manscaping to be any grooming of those manly bits. I don't think he shaves*, but I bet he trims. Michelle doesn't seem like the type who would put up with anything less.

*Why am I even thinking about this!?
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Old 07-17-2010, 11:56 PM
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I didn't know that was something that men even did? Why?
It's fashionable in gay*, metrosexual, and some nudist circles. And less pubic hair makes the genitals appear larger (though IMHO getting ride of all of his pubic makes a man look like a prepubecent boy which I haven't been into since I was one). This is the first President in my lifetime who's penis I don't mind thinking off.




*Well obviously not among Bears.
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Old 07-18-2010, 03:07 AM
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You left out "I think he does, but I wish he (and every other man) would stop."

I really, really hate seeing a man with dainty eyebrows. And men who are not thin should have some body hair.
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Old 07-18-2010, 03:09 AM
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I just don't know how anyone does it without themselves really itchy.
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Old 07-18-2010, 11:00 AM
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Obama doesn't but Glen Beck does.
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Old 07-18-2010, 11:20 AM
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It's fashionable in gay*, metrosexual, and some nudist circles. And less pubic hair makes the genitals appear larger (though IMHO getting ride of all of his pubic makes a man look like a prepubecent boy which I haven't been into since I was one). This is the first President in my lifetime who's penis I don't mind thinking off.




*Well obviously not among Bears.
I don't fuck any gay, metrosexual, or nudist males; I fuck regular guys who hunt and play football and other manly shit. Every single one of them has trimmed their damn pubes (and not at my request, they were already doing it when we met).
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Old 07-18-2010, 11:40 AM
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I voted "Other" because that was the closest answer to "don't know, don't care, and can't imagine why anyone would ever come up with this question in the first place"
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Old 07-18-2010, 12:12 PM
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I didn't know that was something that men even did? Why?
Trimming the hedge makes the statuary look larger. Supposedly.
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Old 07-18-2010, 12:19 PM
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I don't fuck any gay, metrosexual, or nudist males; I fuck regular guys who hunt and play football and other manly shit. Every single one of them has trimmed their damn pubes (and not at my request, they were already doing it when we met).
This must be a generational thing. I never heard of any guy doing this in my day. Certainly none of the dudes I knew. Not even the gay dudes.

I blame porn. Everybody thinks they're supposed to shave their pubes now.

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Old 07-18-2010, 12:31 PM
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So we females don't get our teeth flossed while blowing you.
A girl stopping to pull hairs out from between her teeth always amuses me.
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Old 07-18-2010, 01:33 PM
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This must be a generational thing. I never heard of any guy doing this in my day. Certainly none of the dudes I knew. Not even the gay dudes.

I blame porn. Everybody thinks they're supposed to shave their pubes now.
That might be it, actually. Any guy I've slept with under 30 does it- just like all women I know at the very least trim their bikini area. And if porn is to blame- thank you, porn.
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Old 07-18-2010, 07:10 PM
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Michelle doesn't seem like the type who would put up with anything less.
Yeah, but where does she fall in the "shave/trim" spectrum? I suppose that's a question for another poll.
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Old 07-18-2010, 08:46 PM
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No one over the age of 30 does this.
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Old 07-18-2010, 09:06 PM
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No one over the age of 30 does this.
This isn't true- I've gone out with a few guys who were 30-33 and they each trimmed. I honestly didn't realize that was odd for a guy over 30. Hrm.
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Old 07-18-2010, 10:14 PM
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I don't think he waxes/shaves the full monty...but I do think he probably cleans it up a bit. I don't know why.
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Old 07-18-2010, 10:55 PM
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I have to wonder if a Secret Service agent read this thread as part of a 'what the crazies online are saying about the president' detail.

And what they put in their report....
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Old 07-19-2010, 01:10 AM
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Yeah, but where does she fall in the "shave/trim" spectrum? I suppose that's a question for another poll.
My WAG is American; I don't think she'd go Brazillian and just imagine the scandal if word got out that she picked French over a good-old patriotic American wax.

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Old 07-19-2010, 05:55 AM
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My WAG is American; I don't think she'd go Brazillian and just imagine the scandal if word got out that she picked French over a good-old patriotic American wax.
Freedom wax?
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Old 07-19-2010, 08:42 AM
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This isn't true- I've gone out with a few guys who were 30-33 and they each trimmed. I honestly didn't realize that was odd for a guy over 30. Hrm.
I think it's just plain odd for any guy. I don't even know why women do it besides not looking like Chewbacca when wearing a bathing suit.
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