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Re: Nose Hairs
« on: August 13, 2008, 09:25:06 AM »
My body hair is in all the wrong places. I couldn't grow a beard if I wanted to (I don't, but it's the principle...) but my chest and back are really hairy. I also have loads of hairs coming out of my nose and I'm only 25.

Thank goodness the only hair I actually want, the stuff on my head, hasn't started falling out yet. My dad's hair was receding by several inches by the time he was my age, and my brother was the same. I haven't lost any yet so hopefully I take after my maternal grandfather, who never lost his hair.
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2008, 11:35:40 AM »
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Karlos wrote:
I have a few gray hairs myself nowadays.

Look again. I think you'll find they're grey.
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2008, 11:56:19 AM »
Speel's a bear... :-D
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2008, 12:12:11 PM »
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adz wrote:
All I know is that Firefox will recognise "grey" or "gray" whilst IE will only recognise "gray". I for one will not put up with Microsoft's Americanisation of the world so I stick with good old hex, #736F6E :-P

Your hair is #736F6E?

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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2008, 12:13:17 PM »
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Karlos wrote:
I blame sodding firefox and it's insistence on underlining grey (it's doing it as I write this post) as a spelling mistake despite being set to English/United Kingdom.

Can't you manually add it to the dictionary? Don't let them win!
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2008, 07:50:07 PM »
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2008, 08:21:57 AM »
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Now that's insulting :-(

It wasn't intended to be. I was referring to definitions 1 and 3 on that page. There's nothing wrong with being a stocky, hairy guy ;-)
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2008, 10:26:55 AM »
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Well, I'm not sure I'm "stocky", I'm quite a tall guy, I'm 2 meters/6.56feet tall.

Wow, that's tall! :-o Stocky doesn't necessarily mean short though. It refers more to a person's build.

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stocky |ˈstɒki|
adjective ( stockier , stockiest )
(of a person) broad and sturdily built.
DERIVATIVES
stockily |ˈstäkəlē| |ˈstɑkəli| adverb
stockiness |ˈstɑkin1s| noun

:-D
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2008, 10:48:38 AM »
Not necessarily. I would describe rugby players as stocky.

Stocky != Fat.
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2008, 12:09:05 PM »
I'll just stop digging now ;-)
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2009, 08:15:20 PM »
My nose is quite hairy. I wonder what effect Immac administered via a nasal irrigator would have...
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Re: Nose Hairs
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2009, 10:48:43 PM »
Quote from: Karlos;513767
That doesn't sound good. You'll probably end up with a nose like Daniella Westbrook


:lol: Perhaps I'll give it a miss then. It is tempting though, since it's amazing how many bogies I find matted in my nose hair :madashell:
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Re: Nose Hair
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2009, 12:57:11 PM »
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The plural form of "hair" is "hair".


No it's not. "Hair" is both a singular noun ("a hair") and a mass noun ("some hair"). It is not plural. The plural of "hair" is "hairs", as in "six hairs".
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