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Toque with detachable 'beard' popular
upi ^ | Jan. 28

Posted on 01/28/2011 9:18:36 AM PST by JoeProBono

TORONTO, A Canadian man with little facial hair says his invention of the Beardo, a cold-weather toque with a detachable knitted beard, is selling nicely.

Jeff Phillips, 31, told the Toronto Star the acrylic beard with a hole for the mouth is held on by Velcro and is detachable or can be folded up inside the toque.

He said he came up with the idea while snowboarding in 2006 in British Columbia and began selling the Beardo online in November.

One of his Toronto clients, Andy Ye, said apart from keeping most of his face warm, the Beardo doesn't set off alarms in banks and stores as a full ski mask might.

Phillips said some men who can't grow real beards enjoy the opportunity to wear one.

"I have the facial hair of a preteen girl but I think the advantage a Beardo may hold over a natural beard is that a Beardo needs no maintenance," he told the Star.

He said he is expanding the line this year to include more colors and smaller sizes for children.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Weather
KEYWORDS: beardo
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1 posted on 01/28/2011 9:18:39 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Canuck man-fashion ping!


2 posted on 01/28/2011 9:21:37 AM PST by pingman (Price is what you pay, value is what you get.)
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To: JoeProBono

Just to make absolutely, positively sure you get that “Special Serarch” from the TSA?

(Come to think of it, TSA would probably give you a pass if they saw that.)


3 posted on 01/28/2011 9:23:29 AM PST by shibumi (I am the Astro-Creep, demolition style an American Freak!)
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4 posted on 01/28/2011 9:24:40 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: JoeProBono

That’s One Toque Over The line ...


5 posted on 01/28/2011 9:25:06 AM PST by ClearCase_guy ("Borrowing a trillion is compassionate, cutting a billion is heartless." -- VDH)
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To: JoeProBono

I would totally get one for my little boy.


6 posted on 01/28/2011 9:25:27 AM PST by ReagansShinyHair
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To: ScottinVA

Just when I got over the Rangers losing the World Series, you had to open that wound back up.


7 posted on 01/28/2011 9:25:27 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: JoeProBono
Epic Beard Man Approves.


8 posted on 01/28/2011 9:25:40 AM PST by Daffynition ( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
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To: JoeProBono
Phillips said some men who can't grow real beards enjoy the opportunity to wear one.

...Because it looks so REAL!!


9 posted on 01/28/2011 9:26:45 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: JoeProBono
"call it , Beardo"


10 posted on 01/28/2011 9:27:11 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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11 posted on 01/28/2011 9:27:30 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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"An' it keeps the beer dribbles from runnin' down yer shirt, eh?"


12 posted on 01/28/2011 9:27:39 AM PST by shibumi (I am the Astro-Creep, demolition style an American Freak!)
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To: dfwgator
Just when I got over the Rangers losing the World Series, you had to open that wound back up.

Awfully sorry.. oh, wait... no I'm not! ;-)

13 posted on 01/28/2011 9:28:14 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: JoeProBono
This guy needs one to go with his mullet wig:


14 posted on 01/28/2011 9:29:25 AM PST by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: ScottinVA

And those of us who can grow nice bushy beards. :)

Seriously I’m sure the ladies will learn to appreciate just why beards are good in cold weather.


15 posted on 01/28/2011 9:30:22 AM PST by BenKenobi (one of the worst mistakes anybody can make is to bet against Americans.")
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To: JoeProBono

Isn’t this technically a “facial merkin”?


16 posted on 01/28/2011 9:30:57 AM PST by Nomen Klatura (Global warming - the biggest scam since global cooling)
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To: ReagansShinyHair

People make and sell them on Etsy.com too.

http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=beard&search_type=category&category=crochet.hat

Some real cute ones there.


17 posted on 01/28/2011 9:31:16 AM PST by Nickname
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18 posted on 01/28/2011 9:34:17 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

I remember that ad on the back of comic books when I was a kid!!


19 posted on 01/28/2011 9:35:58 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: shibumi
Take off you Hoser!

....singing....

5 golden toques,

4 pounds of backbacon

3 French Toast

2 turtle necks....

And a beer (in a tree).

20 posted on 01/28/2011 9:36:16 AM PST by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
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