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Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Thursday, May 15, 2003, 13:13
 --- John Cowan skrzypszy:

> > Hehe, as for me, the biggest surprise was John Cowan. I would never have > > imagined him like that!!! > > I'd be interested to know what sort of appearance you expected > (consciously or otherwise).
Well, I'm not Christophe, but since your appearance was a surprise to me too, you will excuse me for answering the question as well? It is always difficult to imagine the face behind the words; all you have is written text, and all you can do is imagine what kind of face would be most likely to pronounce it. In your case, I would have expected the stereotypical scholar; perhaps not with pointed beard and rimmed glasses, but definitely not with the kind of beard and glasses you actually have on the picture. As a matter of fact, I had expected something along the lines of Morgan Freeman. Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer

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