46 Comments - Huh? - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 12:43 pm: I am so glad to get that fur is off my face. It was getting too hot for the summer heat. Now my significant other will let me in the house. Now I don’t have to taste my lunch for dinner. Those crumbs in the beard were a mess. I won’t be getting any more kisses from Rich’s dog, Oscar. He was always trying to kick the crumbs out of my beard. - @MisterJayEm - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 12:43 pm: Behold: Illinois’ final popular budget-related cut. – MrJM - Huh? - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 12:45 pm: Who are you and what happened to the Beard? Did you see the face on my new baby? Didn’t recognize me without the beard? - Annonin' - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 12:45 pm: “Wonderin’ what I do when BigBrain does not pay our local agencies. Better get some glue” - Huh? - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 12:48 pm: Since I didn’t get a call back from that Duck Dynasty audition, I decided to cut the beard. They said it wasn’t scraggly enough for the show. - Big Joe - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 12:54 pm: Which one of these men would you buy a used car from? That’s what I thought……Neither one!! - Chicago Cynic - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 12:57 pm: So that’s who that is! - 47th Ward - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:03 pm: There are lots of hipster wannabes who would kill to have that kind of beard. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:05 pm: “Service Cuts” - pool boy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:08 pm: Rich Miller’s much younger brother. LOL. - d.p.gumby - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:11 pm: Never denigrate the power of the beard! - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:12 pm: “… and then… all his superpowers faded… “ - LizPhairTax - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:16 pm: No guys, this is how I’m drawing attention to the cost overruns of the Brazilian Olympics. Your move, Pearson. - Norseman - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:18 pm: Gadzooks, grow it back. /s - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:21 pm: “We’re told Kaergard, while shaving his face, kept his 3 foot braided ponytail… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:28 pm: “Collecting remanence of the beard was daunting, as the beard, removed from Mr. Kaergard’s face, kept moving and evading capture… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:31 pm: “The beard, upon completing its mission, asked for a bowl of Chili, and privacy, as it plans to spend time with its family in the coming weeks… “ - Michelle Flaherty - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:46 pm: In other news, Central Illinois women still disappointed. - Robert the Bruce - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:48 pm: Asked if it had any regrets, the Beard said “Only that I didn’t communicate the need for better structural reform of all facial hair. But it is tough to do this in a state dominated by Mike Madigan’s cleanshaven look.” - Now What? - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:58 pm: No spare change to assist the budget standoff was found in Chris’ beard. - muon - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 1:59 pm: Even the media is not protected from haircuts in the stopgap budget. - Stones - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:03 pm: “Wait until you see the beard that I will grow 6 months from now!” - Earnest - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:04 pm: Stopgap budget results in fleecing of higher education, human services and reporter. Rauner spokesperson says the excess hair is wasteful (edit: unnecessary). - Todd - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:06 pm: no fly list — fly list - A guy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:25 pm: Before- After- still to come the after, after, when the swelling goes down from shaving that beard. - Educ - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:25 pm: In an unanticipated development, Kaergard can no longer buy beer. - A guy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:26 pm: Pearson’s problem was with the guy on the left. The guy on the right is ok. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:28 pm: “Richard Kimble has now shaved and is still looking for the one armed man somewhere in Chicagoland. If you see this man… “ - A guy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:28 pm: Donated it to “Locks of love for Cocker Spaniels” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:31 pm: Kaergard is now in the process of throwing away about a dozen clip-on ties that no one knew he was wearing… - zatoichi - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:32 pm: …do you wanna go? to that shack outside LaGrange. You know what I am talking about, ahow, how, how, …… (crash);boom;screech;ehhehehhehe …… Do you know the way to Santa Fe? I going to find some peace of mind in Santa Fe…. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:34 pm: While losing all that sweet Smith Bros. Cough Drops endorsement money, the beard plans to move to the Florida Keys and fish and write in retirement. - SAP - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:36 pm: ZZ Top just canceled your callback. - SAP - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:36 pm: zatoichi: You beat me to it. - Filmmaker Professor - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:40 pm: Who. Cares. - Federalist - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 2:41 pm: Helped! Well a little bit, maybe - Joe M - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 3:01 pm: Looks like Rauner campaign poster material: Left: Status quo budget under Madigan Right: Trimmed budget the Governor proposes - YungG - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 4:00 pm: “My face is as empty as a promise from an Illinois politician” - Anonymous - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 4:04 pm: Now, as you can see, I’m not David Letterman. - Jake From Elwood - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 4:07 pm: Primp and Clipperstance. - Juvenal - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 4:35 pm: Kaergard Loses FY 16 Budget Beard, Launches FY 17 - Rabid - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 4:46 pm: Face off with pearson come January - My New Handle - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 4:53 pm: And they call the “stopgap”a gimmick! - James Knell - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 7:12 pm: It’s hard to get many people to pay attention. I appreciate Chris Kaergard’s efforts with his pen & his beard. - expat - Monday, Jul 11, 16 @ 8:09 pm: It got pretty hairy for awhile - the Cardinal - Tuesday, Jul 12, 16 @ 6:35 am: “Me no nothing new, Oh, I got new glasses 2 years ago” Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.