I think Shorty has seen too much beard growth this week, her brain is fried and she's confused even herself!

As for me, no worries. I'm not in the competition, never was. It's simpler this way. Like I said I would never let my beard go all untrimmed/shaped for that amount of time though if you ask me the competition for best beard growth should really be 1 month (30 days) and whoever has the longest/thickest beard or whoever has the best beard (with shaping allowed) wins this whole 6 months thing is a bit extreme really and thats why I'm not entering not because I refuse to shave my beard off, or any of the myriad other reasons stated by others in this thread. I am refusing to be a part of this because I will not and have not ever gone all hobo with the beard and refuse to do so therefore shaving my beard off to join the competition is simply, not happening, If Shorty and the rest want to throw me in the competition as I am a week ahead of someone (basically like a late starter but the opposite, I would have to present a final photo before the rest did or like we should be doing after the same amount of days to be judged on) then fine so be it, not like I won't shape and trim so I wouldn't be in for long lol. I could tolerate a month maybe of hobo-ing it up before my compulsions would either make me shave clean or shape and trim but really 6 months? Sure it'll be funny but some of us have better things to do in those 6 months.