Bears: Large and/or Hairy?

[3113]

Hey, I know that just about any big, hairy guy can be a bear, especially if they've got that deliciously roundish shape as compared to the sculped "Hunk" shape...but, just FMI (for my own information)...need he be both large AND hairy to be a bear?

Can a short, relatively small, but very hairy guy be a bear (okay, a little bear)?
Can a virtually hairless sumo wrestler be a bear?

Into what "categories" do these two guys go if they're not "bears"--small but hairy/large but smooth?

 

[Guest]

Bears come in all shapes, sizes and states of hairyness. The bear is inside.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I've known little bears- but I've never known a hairless bear.
there's a proportion thing, too- bears are wide.

 

[3113]

I've known little bears- but I've never known a hairless bear.
there's a proportion thing, too- bears are wide.

Ah-ha! So my neighbor--a very small but very hairy guy, is NOT a bear because he's not wide..not because he's short. Yes?

But where do we put him then? He's not twink. He's not a hunk....are these poor guys category-less?

And what about the poor sumo wrestler? Some big, wide guys ain't got the hair. Can't they be hairless bears?

 

[bearlee]

Can a short, relatively small, but very hairy guy be a bear (okay, a little bear)?
Can a virtually hairless sumo wrestler be a bear?

Into what "categories" do these two guys go if they're not "bears"--small but hairy/large but smooth?

cubs

 

[3113]

cubs

So both small/hairy and large/hairless are cubs? Or just the small/hairy types?

 

[rgraham666]

For me,

Small, broad and hairy: badger.

Big, broad and hairless: rhino.

Small, broad and hairless: Haven't the slightest.

 

[Guest]

Bears must be hairy. There have been cases of bear losing all their fur, but we mock them relentlessly.

Then we eat them.

 

[Guest]

Help! I've lost all my fur!

 

[bearlee]

For me,

Small, broad and hairy: badger.

Big, broad and hairless: rhino.

Small, broad and hairless: Haven't the slightest.

Porky Pig

 

[3113]

For me,

Small, broad and hairy: badger.

Big, broad and hairless: rhino.

Small, broad and hairless: Haven't the slightest.

I LIKE the Badger especially; very apt. The Rhino's good, too.

But this is beginning to sound like rgraham's Wild Kingdom.

Whadda say? Can we hand you a camera crew and microphone and send you out into the jungle?

 

[hugo_sam]

....erm......ahem........All of my actual hair is pretty much on top of my head and my face. You saying I am not a Bear?

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/hugo_sam/bear.gif​

 

[rgraham666]

I LIKE the Badger especially; very apt. The Rhino's good, too.

But this is beginning to sound like rgraham's Wild Kingdom.

Whadda say? Can we hand you a camera crew and microphone and send you out into the jungle?

Not unless you want pictures of the local zoo.

I like my amenities.

 

[3113]

....erm......ahem........All of my actual hair is pretty much on top of my head and my face. You saying I am not a Bear?

Well, that's what I would call you...but does that mean the sumo wrestler qualifies as well?

And if you were to go bald...would the beard suffice?

 

[hugo_sam]

Well, that's what I would call you...but does that mean the sumo wrestler qualifies as well?

And if you were to go bald...would the beard suffice?

Bear is more a physical presence, an attitude, body language, power harnessed but not often demonstrated.
Suma maybe, maybe not, depends on his mannerisms and way of carrying himself.
I have all my head hair, a full beard and little anywhere else. Never had much.
I am however large.
Been compared to a bear much of my life long before coming here and it has never had much to do with hair beyond wearing a full beard most of the last 15 years or so.

 

[AppleBiter]

I refer to my SO as "Bear" (a shortened form of the nickname I gave him) and he's neither round nor hairy and stands about 5'4". "Bearness" is definitely a personal quality as opposed to an actual physcial definition, I think.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I refer to my SO as "Bear" (a shortened form of the nickname I gave him) and he's neither round nor hairy and stands about 5'4". "Bearness" is definitely a personal quality as opposed to an actual physcial definition, I think.

Neither round nor hairy, doesn't that make him an otter then?

If one grows out of being a twink, does one then become a stud? These are the kind of things I wonder.

 

[Guest]

Help! I've lost all my fur!

Ahh, you must be chilly.

 

[3113]

I am however large. Been compared to a bear much of my life...

Swoon

Love big guys