And what about earrings?
And what about earrings?
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pdv6

16,442 posts

288 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Noooooooooooooooo!

JohnL

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1,766 posts

292 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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My wife wants me to get an earring. Not something that's ever been high on my list of priorities, but I'm slowly coming round to the idea.

So what's the view on men with earrings?
Will it affect my prospects in a business where people generally wear suits but never look askance (as far as I can tell) when I can't be ar$ed with the jacket or tie bit - and many others dress fairly casually?
Will it look weird with short hair (no ponytail for me!)?

MDG

118 posts

285 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Men with earrings? OK if you're a gypsy or sailor, otherwise...

MDG.

>> Edited by MDG on Thursday 19th December 13:16

Mrs Fish

30,018 posts

285 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Don't do it

Don

28,378 posts

311 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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I got an earring years ago. I can still stick one in the hole (ooer) but now I never bother. Once its all healed up and you can wear one or not as you like.

Its no big deal - but there will always be a tiny spot that people can see and say - "Oh. You had an earring once."

You have to wear something really *small* if you have short hair.

I wouldn't bother if I were you...unless the Mrs is promising the earth!

PetrolTed

34,468 posts

330 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Noooo. If you're working in a professional environment then for god's sake don't start hanging bawbles from your ears.

Instantly reduces your IQ as well from what I've seen.

raceboy

13,828 posts

307 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Are you......
A) A pirate
B) A pikey
If none of the above think it's a NO

Podie

46,649 posts

302 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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No

>> Edited by Podie on Thursday 19th December 13:18

fish

4,063 posts

309 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Oh yes they look so smashing immediately giving an inpression of intelligence and a general nice guy feeling.

I'm glad you brought it up as I'm now definately thinking about having it done, yum yum.

Mrs Fish

30,018 posts

285 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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You had better not Mr. Or I'll

fish

4,063 posts

309 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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but there loovveeellly

please please i'll be so good honest please santa

raceboy

13,828 posts

307 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Whats next, large facial tattoos, a good idea in the workplace?
Used to work with a chap who went through a bit of a crisis, starting getting all over body tattoo's and started piercing himself, he actually did his prince albert in the company loos

Bodo

12,557 posts

293 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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An earring on a men's ear is like a blue LED-washerjet on an Aston Martin.

Prince_Charming

2,646 posts

296 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Just think David Brent......

whatever

2,174 posts

297 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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My wife wants me to get an earring. Not something that's ever been high on my list of priorities, but I'm slowly coming round to the idea.




Trade with her -- get somewhere less public pierced and see what the quid pro quo is...

CarZee

13,382 posts

294 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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I took my ear ring out forever when I got married.. kept my other piercing though

Some amusing comments from our ever-broad-minded contributors as always though ...

JohnL

Original Poster:

1,766 posts

292 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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Bodo said: An earring on a men's ear is like a blue LED-washerjet on an Aston Martin.

Now vain I may be, but I'm not going to pass myself off as the Aston Martin of the human race


whatever said: Trade with her -- get somewhere less public pierced and see what the quid pro quo is...
Don't think I like the sound of that!

Thanks for the comments ...

She's also on about tattoos, which I really don't fancy because of the permanence. At least with an earring it's (more or less) reversible if you go off the idea.

I also don't want to look like I'm trying to recapture my lost & (not very) mis-spent youth before I've lost it (so to speak). In other words, will it make go from looking like a reasonably youthful looking (so I'm told ) 32 into 52 trying to look like 22?

CarZee

13,382 posts

294 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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JohnL said:

whatever said: Trade with her -- get somewhere less public pierced and see what the quid pro quo is...
Don't think I like the sound of that!
Ye big Jesse!

MDG

118 posts

285 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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raceboy said: started piercing himself, he actually did his prince albert in the company loos


O....MY....GOD!!!



I wish you hadn't posted this...

MDG.

Marcos Maniac

3,148 posts

288 months

Thursday 19th December 2002
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whatever said:

My wife wants me to get an earring. Not something that's ever been high on my list of priorities, but I'm slowly coming round to the idea.




Trade with her -- get somewhere less public pierced and see what the quid pro quo is...


Dont get your ear pierced!!!

get a nipple done instead