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Shaving for hairy guys

Old 10-12-08, 05:45 PM
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Shaving for hairy guys

Is it ok to have shaved legs and an Austin Powers chest? Or is body hair and all or nothing kind of situation?
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Old 10-12-08, 05:48 PM
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Hasn't been posted in a while, so here you go.
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As long as you leave your chest hair poking out of your jersey like Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, it is OK.
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Originally Posted by thebarerider
As long as you leave your chest hair poking out of your jersey like Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, it is OK.
Hair poking out of shorts just isn't sexy.
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I shave everything. But I have trichophobia.
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Depends on how much hair you have on your chest. Gorillas might want to trim a bit for the sake of balance, but if its thin, who cares?
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Its all good man. Just do your own thing. Like me...

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I shaved my chest. Didn't like it much. Now I leave a little happy trail nicely trimmed and shave the rest. It goes well with the legs.

I'm a VERY hairy guy. My chest was covered completely. Stuck out through jerseys all over the place.
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Originally Posted by Hamish200sx
Is it ok to have shaved legs and an Austin Powers chest? Or is body hair and all or nothing kind of situation?
It shouldn't matter to you what any of the people on this forum thinks of that... unless you're hoping to score with them.

edit: Oh, and a set of clippers with a #2 attachment does wonders.
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nasty..
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Originally Posted by Hamish200sx
Is it ok to have shaved legs and an Austin Powers chest? Or is body hair and all or nothing kind of situation?
Short answer: Yes.

But it doesn't explain why urbanknight shaved his chihuahua in the tub.
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no. shave it all. use clippers on the chest and trim it down if you dont like the bare naked look. later.
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Originally Posted by scottmorrison99
But it doesn't explain why urbanknight shaved his chihuahua in the tub.
Chihuahua?!? I assumed it was a beaver.
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