Comments on: When Growing a Real Beard Just Isn’t Enough http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/ by Jane Austen Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jason http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-79628 Jason Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:29:53 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-79628 <p>Awesome, thanks! And don't worry, we are unlikely around these parts to correct transliterated old Russian. (It's when people use "Я" as "R" to make something <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faux_Cyrillic" rel="nofollow">"look Russian"</a> that gets our goat.)</p> Awesome, thanks! And don’t worry, we are unlikely around these parts to correct transliterated old Russian. (It’s when people use “Я” as “R” to make something “look Russian” that gets our goat.)

]]> By: Kostya http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-79591 Kostya Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:00:08 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-79591 <p>opps i got alphabets mixed up when I tried to transliterate that... should be dengi vzyati</p> opps i got alphabets mixed up when I tried to transliterate that… should be dengi vzyati

]]> By: Kostya http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-79590 Kostya Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:58:47 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-79590 <p>It says dengi bzyati (in old russian writing). It means money paid, or taken. It shows the the owner has paid the beard tax so he can keep his beard.</p> It says dengi bzyati (in old russian writing). It means money paid, or taken. It shows the the owner has paid the beard tax so he can keep his beard.

]]> By: doombot » More on Beards http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-43338 doombot » More on Beards Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:17:58 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-43338 [...] the beard coin? Well, someone else remembered it, too, and “Jenny” offers this grain of knowledge in a [...] [...] the beard coin? Well, someone else remembered it, too, and “Jenny” offers this grain of knowledge in a [...]

]]> By: doombot » The Faces of Victory http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-32048 doombot » The Faces of Victory Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:27:54 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-32048 [...] A Time photo set: The World Beard and Moustache Championships. I hope they get medals. [...] [...] A Time photo set: The World Beard and Moustache Championships. I hope they get medals. [...]

]]> By: doombot » Hypothetical Goods and Services http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5413 doombot » Hypothetical Goods and Services Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:32:52 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-5413 [...] As Hamed and Dan can attest, I have a pretty lousy track record at making t-shirts in a timely fashion. So, given my general cursed nature in this arena, I’ll probably keep doing what it is I do day in and day out and not make stuff (besides blog posts) for Doombot, for the time being at least. But if I were to make stuff, I’d make t-shirts, zippered hoodies (the most versatile article of clothing known to humankind), and beard badges. I don’t know that there would be enough demand for actual “merchandise” per se, rather than just general “craftiness.” But in my fantasy world where I am not doing schoolwork and playing bar trivia games all the time, that is what I would do. [...] [...] As Hamed and Dan can attest, I have a pretty lousy track record at making t-shirts in a timely fashion. So, given my general cursed nature in this arena, I’ll probably keep doing what it is I do day in and day out and not make stuff (besides blog posts) for Doombot, for the time being at least. But if I were to make stuff, I’d make t-shirts, zippered hoodies (the most versatile article of clothing known to humankind), and beard badges. I don’t know that there would be enough demand for actual “merchandise” per se, rather than just general “craftiness.” But in my fantasy world where I am not doing schoolwork and playing bar trivia games all the time, that is what I would do. [...]

]]> By: Dan http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5207 Dan Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:46:50 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-5207 And it took my dad to remind me that dengi = money. And it took my dad to remind me that dengi = money.

]]> By: Dan http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5154 Dan Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:28:09 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-5154 Thanks, Kristen. The better picture cleared up that it says "dengi" not "denti." Which has not helped me translate it at all. Thanks, Kristen. The better picture cleared up that it says “dengi” not “denti.” Which has not helped me translate it at all.

]]> By: Kristen http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5152 Kristen Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:10:33 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-5152 Better picture: <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/numismatics/russianc/beardorb.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a> I'll try to translate it later. Though I did find one site that claims it says "Beards are a ridiculous ornament." I doubt it though. If you search "beard token" you get better results. Basically, Peter the Great levied a tax on beards. Anyone who paid the tax could keep their beard and got a token saying as much. It's very interesting. Better picture: here

I’ll try to translate it later. Though I did find one site that claims it says “Beards are a ridiculous ornament.” I doubt it though.

If you search “beard token” you get better results. Basically, Peter the Great levied a tax on beards. Anyone who paid the tax could keep their beard and got a token saying as much. It’s very interesting.

]]> By: Jason http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5138 Jason Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:01:27 +0000 http://doombot.com/2006/12/12/when-growing-a-real-beard-just-isnt-enough/#comment-5138 From the current version of Wikipedia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard" rel="nofollow">beard</a> article:<blockquote>In urban circles of Western Europe and the Americas, beards were out of fashion after the early 17th century; to such an extent that, in 1698, Peter the Great of Russia levied a tax on beards in order to bring Russian society more in line with contemporary Western Europe.</blockquote>Maybe that was it. Most recent eBay link is <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/RUSSIAN-BRASS-IMPERIAL-PETER-I-COIN-BOND-BEARD-BADGE_W0QQitemZ8422005651QQihZ021QQcategoryZ3393QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">here</a>. From the current version of Wikipedia’s beard article:
In urban circles of Western Europe and the Americas, beards were out of fashion after the early 17th century; to such an extent that, in 1698, Peter the Great of Russia levied a tax on beards in order to bring Russian society more in line with contemporary Western Europe.

Maybe that was it.

Most recent eBay link is here.

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