Shaving?


Berenger and Zane sure look awefully clean shaven to have spent so much time out in the jungle. I'd list that as a faux pas...

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I'm a college-educated man, and have worked with lots of different people. I still have to laugh every time I think back to a certain lady several years in my past who LOVED to use the phrase "faux pas", as well as several other words, phrases, and terminology which would be "above" the common language used by most 'real people'; in fact she used it so often that many coworkers got to the point of avoiding her simply because it became obvious that she was just using these terms to make herself sound more 'prestigious' than she really was.

C'mon, folks.... I may know what you mean when you use 'out-of-the-ordinary' terminology, but most people won't. And I think most of those who DO know what FAUX PAS means, have the sense not to use it as it is just a fancy way of saying, "Ooooopsy!!"

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If there's one thing the IMDb boards lack, it's prestige.



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"Faux pas" is in the popular vernacular in the US and Canada, at least, in the context of a fashion faux pas or social faux pas. Its used in Cosmo, on VH1, etc quite a bit.

Anyway, one would think they'd have grown a beard or something out there, but that wouldn't be sexy, and sexy sells.

"One million years of evolution, we get Danny Quayle!"
-Boingo - "Insanity"

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The first time I ever heard the term "faux pas" was as a youngster when watching an old Laurel and Hardy film. Hardy used it while twiddling his tie to describe a mistake they had made. Can't get any more "common" than those two.

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In the military you shave everyday usually even in the field the exception being Special Forces. Look at the pics from Iraq most are clean shaven.

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Being a sniper they would want to shave, black facial hair can create an outline if thick enough, they would shave so the could camo their faces better as well.

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Ungroomed facial hair makes a face even harder to distinguish (as long as it isnt too long). In the military we are required to shave daily with the exception to Special Operating Forces. The term used to describe this is called "Relaxed Grooming Standards". What that entails is to blend in with civilians in whichever area you are stationed. You are then allowed to grow a beard, grow your hair past normal military regulations, or even wear earrings. Not everyone in the SpecOp community is allowed to do this, it is up to the descretion of your command. In an environment like "Sniper", they would generally not be shaving. I wouldn't bother carrying a razor and shaving cream, and I sure as *beep* wouldn't be dry shaving as razor burn in an operation like that would suck, and shaving cream if i were carrying it has a strong (if you are in the woods for a week any smell besides yourself and normal body odor is strong) smell, and anyone could smell that from quite a bit away and would know you're there.

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As an ex-marine I shave everyday. I never use shaving cream.
You can sharpen your knife with a leather belt or on your boots enough to shave without razor burn.
Oh and you don't need a mirror. just go by feel.

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Well, it's hard to "blend in with civilians" when the civilians are wearing rags, and you're wearing a uniform, carrying weapons, and loaded down with combat gear. And the notion of the smell of soap and shaving cream being detected from a great distance (let alone someone perceiving the direction it's coming from) is a silly urban legend.

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I hate to be the turd in the punchbowl here, but not all men have heavy beards and they simply weren't in the field that long. I could spend three weeks without shaving and wouldn't much scruffier than a homeless person.

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