# A minute ago, I shaved off my goatee. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048 "2001-11-24T18:50:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/1 "2001-11-24T18:50:09Z")
I know there’s one picture from the DopeToberFest that shows me with hair on my chin. (BTW **Esprix** , no dye in my hair; the gel made it darker.) I’ve just shaved it off. Frankly, the moustache was bugging the hell out of me. So off came the moustache. off came the beard. I left a soul patch under my lip though. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/2 "2001-11-24T19:01:09Z")
Comfy, isn’t it? Go outside and experience the wind. When I first ditched my mustache many years ago I noticed that my friends and coworkers knew something was different, but many just couldn’t quite put their finger on what it was. And it only took a few weeks to learn how to not cut my nose while shaving. ---
**Author:** ![Squeezly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Squeezly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeezly)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/3 "2001-11-24T19:28:36Z")
Goatees always make me think of Colonel Sanders. Wait here, while I go for a bucket of wings. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/4 "2001-11-24T19:57:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Goatees always make me think of Colonel Sanders. I thought of that, but my moustache was blonde and my beard was brown. I did get two “Burl Ives” comments. I’d been twirling the ends and they thought of that xmas show. It won’t be hard living without it. I only had it for about 2 1/2 months. ---
**Author:** ![RenegadeLibrarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RenegadeLibrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RenegadeLibrarian)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/5 "2001-11-24T20:08:07Z")
So long as you still have a decent profile once the thing is gone, more power to you! I tried shaving off my goatee once… and then promptly found that without it, I realy don’t have much in the way of a chin 😉 I quickly re-grew it. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/6 "2001-11-25T01:46:48Z")
Please be sure to cancel your subscription to “I’m Hip”. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/7 "2001-11-25T01:50:24Z")
Nah…I couldn’t shave it clean. There’s just too much facial real estate not to have some landscaping. Without my goatee, I look like Seinfeld’s Newman. No thank you… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/8 "2001-11-25T01:53:53Z")
> [@](#): > > It won’t be hard living without it. I only had it for about 2 1/2 months. WUSS! I shaved off my 24 year-old beard for Ohiodope. Left the mustache. Still sporting the 'stache. Trying it out for a while. ---
**Author:** ![maidenunicorn41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maidenunicorn41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maidenunicorn41)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/9 "2001-11-25T01:56:36Z")
My guy shaved off his goatee the other night, it is hard to get used to having no hair on his face. But I like it .🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/10 "2001-11-25T03:56:30Z")
I’ve had a beard for more than half my life. Have no intention of shaving it off. Betcha it’s chilly when you step outside now, huh? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/11 "2001-11-25T04:07:30Z")
Hmmm…I had goatee for a couple years (w/out the moustace, though) then shaved it before heading off to college. Now, about a year and a half later, I’m thinking of growing it out again. I go to school in NY, and it gets damn cold in the winter! ---
**Author:** ![gasser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gasser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gasser)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/12 "2001-11-25T04:16:29Z")
I like goatees. I wonder how I’d look with one? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/13 "2001-11-25T04:48:14Z")
I wore a goat for the last few months and just shaved it off a couple of days ago. For some reason, it only itched when I was trying to get to sleep. (PS- I’ve had a moustache since 1972, and have only shaved it off twice. Once, some other guys and I all shaved our 'staches down to little “Hitler”-type things one Halloween after too much ethanol. God, did that look stupid.) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/14 "2001-11-25T06:02:44Z")
What a coincidence! I grew one today! ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/15 "2001-11-25T07:01:32Z")
**OH NOOOOOOOO!** I thought it was very distinguished, and handsome, and sexy. Well, at least this way I will recognize you when I see you. I apologize for not recognizing you right at first at DTF. Honestly, I am not lying. The goatee confuzzled me. But…I really liked it, and I am sorry to see it go. When you moving up here, ya’ big lug? [sub]Better be soon, it is LONELY up here without you![/sub] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/16 "2001-11-25T19:19:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rysdad \* > \*\*I wore a goat for the last few months… God, did that look stupid.) \*\* [list][list][list][list] **Dead or alive?** …:D[sup] What smells?[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/17 "2001-11-25T19:22:52Z")
I think [this](http://www.ragadio.com/oafh/) website may be of some use. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/18 "2001-11-25T20:01:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*When I first ditched my mustache many years ago I noticed that my friends and coworkers knew something was different, but many just couldn’t quite put their finger on what it was. > \*\* That’s because it is easier to see something different that has appeared than something different that has been removed. This happened to a coworker of mine a few years back. He had a full beard for as long as I had worked with him, then he showed up one day and it was gone. I didn’t even notice it was gone, but was wondering what was different about him. It took me 2 days to realize it was gone. I may decided to shave off my goatee, but I could never get away with shaving off the moustache. Mrs. D would never forgive me. (I grew the moustache for her when we first met). ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minute-ago-i-shaved-off-my-goatee/95048/19 "2001-11-25T20:07:43Z")
Another one. At one point in college I had a full beard and mustache. One night I shave my chin and neck so I had muttonchop sideburns and a mustache. The next morning one of my roommates and I were bumbling around in the kitchen and she finally asked me, “How did you grow those sideburns overnight?”