Comments on: Zagreb/Plitvice Lakes/Zadar, Croatia

By: arnie

arnie — Sat, 14 May 2005 00:59:40 +0000

It sounds like you are having a real good time over there in Eastern Europe. But you must watch out for the Heroin Hustlers. They are everywhere. Like if you are sitting in an internet cafe and suddenly, you feel a pin prick in your leg or buttocks, you might think it’s just a mosquito, but it really is one of those hustlers trying to get you hooked on horse. Then they can control you and take all your money and you won’t be able to get back home again and you will find yourself begging on the street in a foreign language that no one can understand because you are slurring your words from so much heroin…But I don’t want to scare you. Have a nice day.
Your Friend, Arnie

By: arnie

arnie — Sat, 14 May 2005 00:59:12 +0000

By: red Sarah

red Sarah — Wed, 11 May 2005 16:36:56 +0000

Taylor. Don’t you listen to them. Beards are sexy. Please photograph extensively. Also, listen to your cousin, because it sounds like the man knows. Eastern Euro ladies and redheads love the well-conditioned beards. Trust me.

By: taylor

taylor — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 05:05:41 +0000

I guess the beard idea isnt being universally accepted. There were certain parties back home who were very much pro-beard. Formost among them was me, who hates shaving with a straight-edge razor. The whole concept is very much up for debate, however, and important constituencies, like the eastern europeans, have not yet fully weighed in.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:56:43 +0000

Jeez, I go away for a few days and things go to hell…a beard?? Are you gelling it? (perhaps more hip-ly “are you gellin’ like a felon?)
For some reason I think you’d look pretty creepy with a beard, then again, looking creepy might be good when traveling in creepy places like Zagreb and Zadar. i hope you are traveling armed. You should get one of those canes with a concealed sword. Then you could wear dark glasses (pretend you are blind) and kick people’s asses who try to jump you. I can see the front pages of the European papers – “Blind, Bearded Terrorist Strikes Again!”
That would be sweet. By the way, did you hear that Tattoo from Fantasy Island is on the terrorist watch list? No shit. I saw his photo in the Times the other day. I thoguht his midget-ass was dead, turns out he’s been kickin it OBL posse-style in Tora Bora (those caves are just the right height for him). Anyways, be on the lookout, if you see a latino midget with his eyes to the sky saying, “Da plane! Da plane!” head the other way and stay away from tall buildings.
That’s all I got.

By: Cameron Shaw

Cameron Shaw — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:51:19 +0000

Yuck! Why are you growing a beard? Don’t give me any of that “it’s easier” crap. It’s not THAT hard to shave every couple of days. Yeesh.

But I’m glad you’re having fun!

-Cam

By: Tobin O'Donnell

Tobin O'Donnell — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:34:32 +0000

A few words from a bearded cousin:

The itchy phase of beard growth is a common roadblock to a truly enjoyable bearded experience. Many a beard has been lopped off before reaching maturity because of the “itchiness”. the only other condition as detremental to beard production as “itchiness” is “scratchiness”. This condition is usually pointed out by a female and often is accompanied by drastic ultimatums in which the fledgeling beard is ordered to be shorn.
Luckily, the Itchy & Scratchy dilemma can be treated simultaneously. Common soap will leave you face dry and your facial hair prickly – hence itchy and scratchy. So the answer is conditioner – be it skin conditioner or hair conditioner any product that keeps moisture in both the skin and the beard will be helpful in eradicating these roadblocks to beard-health and facial hair enjoyment.

The towns “Split” and “Bled” are so ripe for humor. You should provide us all with a list of town names that double as simple verbs.

Don’t fall down a sink hole.
cousin Tobin