My beard is almost half a year old. I need to do some trimming soon, but I was waiting on a hair cut to do that so things looked even.
Beard story 1 (about my beard):
I was telling the girlfriend a story about a guy who complimented my beard and contemplated growing his own.
My girlfriend then says, "you incite rebellion".
Me, "You are saying my beard incites rebellious behavior? You realize you just paid me the best compliment ever".
Beard story 2 (a history of sorts):
The Northern part of Italy is known as Lombardy with Milan as its capital. Lombardy gets the name from the Lombard (Langobards) Germanic tribe that migrated there.
The Origo Gentis Langobardorum tells the story of a small tribe called the Winnili dwelling in southern Scandinavia. The Winnili were split into three groups and one part left their native land to seek foreign fields. The departing people were led by the brothers Ybor and Aio and their mother Gambara and arrived in the lands of Scoringa. Scoringa was ruled by the Vandals and their chieftains, the brothers Ambri and Assi, who granted the Winnili a choice between tribute or war.
The Winnili were young and brave and refused to pay tribute, saying "It is better to maintain liberty by arms than to stain it by the payment of tribute." The Vandals prepared for war and consulted Odin, who answered that he would give the victory to those whom he would see first at sunrise. The Winnili were fewer in number and Gambara sought help from the goddess Frigg, who advised that all Winnili women to tie their hair in front of their faces like beards and march in line with their husbands. At sunrise, Frea turned her husband's bed so that he was facing east, and woke him. So Odin spotted the Winnili first and asked, "Who are these long-beards?," and Frea replied, "My lord, thou hast given them the name, now give them also the victory."
Odin himself was said to have a fine beard.
