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Beard stroker 24-May-2012 At 6:38:15 PM stonetroll

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On 21/05/2012 Olbert wrote:
>A beard stroker is a climbing stereotype with the following characteristics:
>- a beard
>- a tendency to stroke their beard
>- they are so old they probably forgot their own birth date
>- a tendency to talk about the old days as if they were the good old days
>- will chop any bolts that weren't there in the old days
>- will sandbag anyone silly enough to ask questions
>- a love of hexes and a corrasponding hate of cams (even though they own
>three sets)
>- will complain about the modernisation of the sport
>- will probably have some excellent stories perfected after years of cumulative
>embellishment which will be told if you happen to be caught round a fire
>with one

O.M.G im a beard stroker !!
Your description cracked me up when i read it and then the next day at work, while grouting pavers i hit auto pilot and thoughts went to climbing. And then i realised " oh hang on " "HANG ON"
beard * tick
stroke beard * tick
old * tick
the good old days * tick
hexes * tick
etc , etc , tick tick tick . . . . .

Hay . . . . I'm a beard stroker !!!!!!

So seeing as you seem quite an authority on this matter , before i go back out into public, i wanted to ask, Is being a beard stroker a good thing . . . . or a bad thing ??