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That’s important. It’s important that all kinds of shaving ‘ are represented within society. This is the advanced stages of it. Usually I had long side burns that went across and joined up — Right. —but then I got tired of the bridge. As you can see, I eliminated the bridge. Do you like shaving? Yeah, I think it’s great. I totally dig shaving. Have you ever had a job where they made you shave? Yeah, this summer. I hated it. I had to shave every day. Until I came across this scam, the ‘I’m growing a beard’ scam. I just stopped shaving, and told my boss, “Yeah, I’m, uh, I’m growing a beard.” And so he got off my back. The only problem was that I had to keep that up. Yeah, I hate having to shave every day. Did your father teach you how to shave? Uh, yeah, yeah, in his way. What way was that? “You're not allowed shaving, you’re not allowed shaving, you’re not allowed shaving.” Until I insisted Oe GD) 1eG ?) 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