Make up your mind, New York Times! In the Fashion Style section you say that men wearing shorty-shorts to work is totally comme il faut. Then, over in Sports, you say cauliflower ear is this years ultimate masculine badge of honor. Whats a guy to think? Cauliflower ear, an overgrowth of cartilage resulting from repeated beatings to the head, is the replica Rolex Sports Models watches signature injury of the increasingly popular sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). Though boxers have been walking around with misshapen ears forever,
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