# He should have done this earlier! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-should-have-done-this-earlier/76149 "2001-08-14T04:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-should-have-done-this-earlier/76149/1 "2001-08-14T04:04:37Z")
Al Gore has grown a [beard](http://slate.msn.com/Gist/01-08-09/Gist.asp). I’m not particularly interested in what he does at the moment, but since it was brought to my attention, I like it. Kind of pulls his face together, to make him look much more healthy and robust than he did when he was Socks’ scratching post. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-should-have-done-this-earlier/76149/2 "2001-08-14T05:03:20Z")
While I prefer men with facial hair, that Gore beard looks patchy and gray! I know he can do better than that! My former fiance used to have his moustache touched up with color and it made him look ten years younger. ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-should-have-done-this-earlier/76149/3 "2001-08-14T06:10:58Z")
Personally I like it a lot. It makes him look less robotic. He almost looks like you could have a normal conversation with him now 🙂 ~Kittie **Cyn** : I love your sig! Harry Potter kicks ass! (sorry, I know they’re children’s books but they’re _so_ good…)