Growing up I remember people saying my father had red hair. My father was many things tall,broad-shouldered,easy going but his hair was a melange of grey black. I guess the operative word was HAD red hair. It wasn't that I didn't believe it,my older brother has bright red hair,but there was no "empirical evidence" to back it up
But when I was about eighteen or so my Dad had to go into the hospital for a minor matter. Being an extremely active man,just sitting there was driving him up the wall. He had done every puzzle in the Sunday paper including one I never understood,he had watched TV and read books. By the third day he had grown a beard,vivid bright red that might well have made Hagar the Horrible green with envy! It was hairy subversion and twas wonderful
Everybody thought it was great but as the week went on he shaved it too a handlebar mustache,the beard was gone! Still it was a marvel,we begged him to keep it. But it got itchy and went the way of the beard. I only wish I had taken a picture!
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Sure,many people think I have a thick beard but his was like dessert weeds in an oasis..another good benefit of being Irish ,you don't get those matted clumps of hair on your back or ANYWHERE!
