I doubt that the official statistics can help us much here, but does Ben Olsen play better with the Grizzly Adams look or after a session with Mr. Gillette? Is there some way to divide his goals and assists into two categories; bearded and unbearded? And if so, shouldn't we (and Coach Tommy) demand that he favor the look which brings him the most success? Should his new wife have a say in this?
100% hetero male, but at my age it doesn't make much difference. FYI, the purpose of the thread was to determine whether Ben plays better when sporting his backwoodsman look or when he cleans up and looks more respectable. Once this is determined, we should demand that he maintain that look for all future games. Last night he was grizzled, but not as hairy as I've seen him, and he scored twice. Does anybody know the state of his beard when he dropped three on the Red Heifers?
He performs better with some scruff. All real men do. That's why teams start sporting beards and mustaches during the playoffs in other sports, that's why General Mattis had us growing "war-staches" the first time around in the sandbox. I subscribe to this belief as well, as my finest rugby performance thus far was with some scruff on my face, my hair a bit unruly, and the #14 on my jersey. Coincidence? I think not.
No. This one is way too important for Olsen's wife to have any say in this. I'd have to say that hairy look brings Olsen the most success.
I like the version that scores multiple goals all game long. But while we are on the subject, has anyone else noticed that the guy in this commercial, that steals the car, looks an awful lot like Grizzly Ben...? [youtube]U_U_d-_I_Jc[/youtube]
All discussions on this board are 100% serious all the time. Any and all attempts at humor are met with a board of inquiry by a group of his/her peers at which time the comments are analyzed for seriousity. If the comments are lacking in the proper level of decorum that we have come to expect the source of the "kidding" is forced to drink RedBull and then lead the Barra in an indepth discussion of "War and Peace". To the matter at hand, Benny is better when shaggy. I have no facts to back this up and since I drink when I watch soccer I am often not even sure which player Ben is.
Sir, what you say is impossible. Because even if he shaved just before walking out through the team tunnel, he'd likely have stubble before the game started. Maybe if he shaved during the team photo he'd have a chance of starting off smooth.
so much to say - First, the scruffy Benny is the only way to go, but in order to maintain the scruff look and not the groomed beard look, it must be periodically shaved (?) and regrown. Cryptinomicon is a hell of a book, but I'm missing the reference, but there's ALOT in it so I don't feel bad. and YES, that guy in the commercial looks eerily like Benny - First thing I thought when I saw it and now I don't like the commercial b/c I don't like the idea of some bizarro benny stealing cars. ok... so there it is.
Speaking of Ben, anybody else catch his mug in the Sunday Source section of the Post? He was one of the "local celebs" giving their off the path places to take people in the area. He said bike rides at night, seriously. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083001516_5.html
I wouldn't dream of it. What I DO dream about is the golden years of my youth, when the sap was rising. Now there's not much sap. But enough about me.... The poll seems to show that the shaggy Ben is the scoring machine, so that's the Ben I want to see in every match.
Isn't it wonderful how almost anything can become a joke about sexual orientation? High five for the Todd.
well, saturday night, when i saw the beard, i told the misses that benny was going to have a good game. why she said, i replied he is growing the beard back. she replied oh ya