A definite hint of the late, great Lemmy there!When you're a bassist in a rock band you tend to do daft things like this.
if I grow friendly mutton shops
Columnist Edith Sessions Tupper, of the Chicago Chronicle (1895–1908), condemned this style, along with the goatee, as indicative of a man "who was selfish, sinister, and pompous as a peacock."
I have a Circle, extended goatee, or Van Dyke beard depending on how you define such things and if I was concentrating while shaving that morning.
I recently heard this about a Van Dyke, which I think is rather marvellous:
I want to make a T-shirt with this.
I shave every couple of days with a "Safety Razor" which works far, far better than more modern alternatives, a fact known to shaving companies when they marketed their new 'disposable razors', but the disposables have higher profit margins.