# Men with facial hair: Do you play with it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529 "2012-09-12T18:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/21 "2012-09-13T11:18:22Z")
The _reason_ I have a moustache is to twirl it. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/22 "2012-09-13T16:34:06Z")
I shave every 3 or 4 days, sometimes 5. When I do shave, my (Remington rotary, not recommended) shaver does a pretty poor job of actually removing all the stubble. When I’m finished, there are always about 30 or 50 individual hairs still standing around my manly lower jaw. And in the ensuing 24 hours I just pull them all out, one by one, between my fingernails, until they’re all gone. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/23 "2012-09-14T14:44:57Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > So, I’m the only one who plays with it in bed? While falling asleep? Of course! Wait, are we still talking about facial hair? ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/24 "2012-09-14T15:42:07Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Wait, are we still talking about facial hair? Facial hair !? 😕 Oh, right, facial hair. I wondered how **Mr.Dibble** was able to twirl it… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/25 "2012-09-14T16:07:31Z")
I’ve had a beard almost constantly for 40 years now. Never really played with it except to occasionally stroke it to intentionally appear thoughtful. I also have a pair of glasses with blanks in them to look smarter, and a tweed jacket with leather patches that I wear to conferences to look academic. People fall for this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/26 "2012-09-14T16:10:00Z")
i am thinking and i’m stroking it right now. so pleasurable. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/27 "2012-09-14T18:18:25Z")
Frequently. Especially when I’m sitting at the bar, which is also frequently… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/28 "2012-09-16T20:36:49Z")
I was twirling it when I saw this thread title. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/29 "2012-09-16T21:13:42Z")
I keep a low scrub/stubble look, but I seem to catch myself kind of pinching my chin/whiskers. I suppose it’s a thinking/or absentminded thing and is semi-consciously soothing in some way, kinda like hair twirling (which I used to do when I had hair). Also, stubble makes for a great way if you need to scratch an itch on your hand or something! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529/30 "2012-09-16T21:14:56Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > The _reason_ I have a moustache is to twirl it. Then, of course, continue with your evil plans to vaporize the earth? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-facial-hair-do-you-play-with-it/634529.md?page=1)