It was a long lockdown. No-one was supposed to go to the barber. There were consequences
Let's admit it, after three, four months of lockdown and no barbers, some of us are a mess, hair-wise, right now. Right, John? Oops, never mind.
And I'll (Rob) admit it, I had a disastrous attempt at growing a beard. My wife, bless her soul, didn't say anything but I saw it in her eyes, she was thinking a lot about her life decisions while I was walking around looking like puberty had arrived 30 years after it had the first time. But I was sensible after a week or so and got rid of the offending scraps of hair. John, though has no problem growing a glorious beard and is proving it as we speak. He obviously has more testosterone than me, but that's not saying much.
So now to Andy Carroll and his "beard". I'll admit, I always thought mutton chops were kind of cool, ever since I watched Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider
But to paraphrase U.S. VP candidate's Lloyd Bentsen's famous line to another U.S. VP candidate, Dan Quayle, when he said "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy"* poor Andy is no Peter Fonda/Dennis Hopper. I present the ugly evidence.
Now, I know I'm picking on the poor chap but A) LOOK at it and B) here's a quote from young Andy. Let's admit it, he deserves a lifetime of razzing after that one.
"With the team we have and the way the manager is coaching us, we can win the Premier League." - Andy Carroll in December 2014 playing for West Ham at the time! (Yes, that West Ham.)
Youthful Indiscretions
So, our lad, Andy is still young (31). Not as a football player but as a person and we all know that most of us did stupid things in our youth. I, for one, thought I was mature enough to get married when I was young. Ask my ex how that turned out! As for John, I'm sure he did some dumb things too in his youth... oh, wait, breaking news, he was silly enough to just send me something...here it is. And by the way, he informs me this isn't a mug shot.
Back to Andy, sure the beard is a little silly but let's just remember when we feel compelled to make too much fun of it, nothing he could ever do would be worse than when he did this to himself!
He is adorable, isn't he? Tata for now - Rob.
* Wondering who the hell Lloyd Bentsen is and what I was talking about with that reference? Here it is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator,_you're_no_Jack_Kennedy
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