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« on: November 11, 2009, 04:25:48 am » |
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I was just sent a link to this gallery by a friend. There are certainly some prime examples of folicular fortitude, as well as some gentlemen who very badly need some sound advise on their chosen facial adornment. I quite like the tale of the older gentleman in the lineup, who claims his moustache had (on at least one occasion) caused a barmaid to fling herself across the bar to give the 'tache a kiss. |
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Train up a moustache in the way it should go, and when it is old it shall not depart from it.
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Flynn MacCallister
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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2009, 04:42:03 am » |
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Sadly, it keeps giving me 404's, even when I try to access it from the Times website.
I do love a good 'stache.
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Flynn MacCallister
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 05:01:33 am » |
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Now it has decided to work.
Some of those are quite good. Some... well the poor boys seem to have missed the whole point of the moustache. It is meant to make you look good. You have to choose a style that suits you. You also have to think about whether it works with your hairstyle (or vice-versa, depending on your priorities!) There is one redheaded young gent on there who pulls of a generally Edwardian style particularly well.
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 05:12:41 am » |
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Now it has decided to work.
Some of those are quite good. Some... well the poor boys seem to have missed the whole point of the moustache. It is meant to make you look good. You have to choose a style that suits you. You also have to think about whether it works with your hairstyle (or vice-versa, depending on your priorities!) There is one redheaded young gent on there who pulls of a generally Edwardian style particularly well.
I thought he suited it best too. Him and the older gent seemed to have the right idea. |
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Choreocrat
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2009, 05:28:36 am » |
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Agreeing with the general sentiment. It has to match the rest of the look! I like myself a bit of facial hair (or stubble) on the right face, but not arbitrarily.
Mr Ginger (no. 4) did it well, but most of the others were just not going my direction.
*strokes full beard*
Alas, I was once the owner of a bad teenage moustache. I kept it for longer than I liked, just to annoy some people who were offended by the thought of it. Some people are offended by my beard. My main thought is that unless you are wearing it, or have to kiss it, you have little say as to its presence.
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von Corax
Rogue Ætherlord
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Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics
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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2009, 05:29:35 am » |
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Yeah, some of those guys shouldn't be wearing a moustache, or at least not that particular moustache. I can't wear a standalone moustache; I just don't have enough upper lip. It really doesn't look right unless it has the beard to anchor it in place.  |
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Angus McCarthy
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« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2009, 05:44:42 am » |
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Gentleman #1 just reminds me far too much of The Interrupter.
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Arceye
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« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2009, 01:46:32 pm » |
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Agreeing with the general sentiment. It has to match the rest of the look! Yes. I recently saw an Asian teenager wearing what seemed to be a false moustache, almost of a Hitler style. It did not suit him at all. |
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Sgt.Major Thistlewaite
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« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2009, 02:09:29 pm » |
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For years I followed a "facial hair regimen" which started when I was working outside in all seasons and all weather as a land surveyor, to wit; clean shaven in the summer months, full beard in the winter. Towards the end of summer this year, in the spirit of experimentation, I allowed the mustache to grow in first, sans beard. My wife, and her sister, both opined that I "looked like Tom Selleck"....I'll take it! Of course, now that full Appalachian Winter is coming upon us, the full beard is back.  ~T |
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2009, 03:22:30 pm » |
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awe. I love the first guy. His mustache over takes his face. It's fantastic.
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Lucius Voltaic
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« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2009, 03:04:06 am » |
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I've been considering moustaching myself at some point. Not sure what my family would think...
...anyway, that's a pretty awesome thread title. I commend you, Mr. McCarthy.
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Flynn MacCallister
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« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2009, 03:25:19 am » |
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I've been considering moustaching myself at some point. Not sure what my family would think...
...anyway, that's a pretty awesome thread title. I commend you, Mr. McCarthy.
That you have turned into a very dapper young gent? Doooo it! |
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Captain Lyerly
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« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2009, 06:57:52 am » |
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The general point of a proper mustache is as an indicator of inherent manliness. When the initial manliness is lacking, it is quite obvious; enhancing a total lack makes the whole thing somewhat ridiculous.
Cheers
Chas.
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darkshines
Rogue Ætherlord
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« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2009, 10:09:07 am » |
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Oof, if only my better half could grow number 12, phwoar.....
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« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2009, 11:16:40 am » |
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i loved the 11th guys comment that his mustache was to warn people he was a little bit odd! now if girls could grow mustaches i would have one for the very same reason!
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Lucius Voltaic
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« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2009, 03:28:58 pm » |
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i loved the 11th guys comment that his mustache was to warn people he was a little bit odd! now if girls could grow mustaches i would have one for the very same reason!
I don't think a moustache on a girl would give the impression of being a little odd...  |
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« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2009, 05:18:32 pm » |
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i loved the 11th guys comment that his mustache was to warn people he was a little bit odd! now if girls could grow mustaches i would have one for the very same reason!
I don't think a moustache on a girl would give the impression of being a little odd... Well, it could work....  |
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Capt. Dirigible
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« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2009, 05:41:34 pm » |
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Up until very recently it was compulsory for members of the Indian and Punjabi police to grow moustaches...bloody huge ones at that. I think it's to do with (in Indianan culture) the size of the 'tache being representative of the 'manliness' of the wearer. Like this guy!  Which would explain the Indian guy in the link having such a whopper (Ooh- er, Missus!) |
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I say, Joe it's jolly frightening out here.
Nonsense dear boy, you should be more like me.
But look at you! You're shaking all over!
Shaking? You silly goose! I'm just doing the Watusi
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Lucius Voltaic
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« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2009, 07:26:44 pm » |
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i loved the 11th guys comment that his mustache was to warn people he was a little bit odd! now if girls could grow mustaches i would have one for the very same reason!
I don't think a moustache on a girl would give the impression of being a little odd... Well, it could work....  That is just, um, that is just so...truth to tell, I have no bloody idea what that is.  |
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Rockula
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« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2009, 07:36:08 pm » |
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i loved the 11th guys comment that his mustache was to warn people he was a little bit odd! now if girls could grow mustaches i would have one for the very same reason!
I don't think a moustache on a girl would give the impression of being a little odd... Well, it could work.... That is just, um, that is just so...truth to tell, I have no bloody idea what that is. That Sir, would be Salma Hayek, Miss Santanico Pandemonium herself, in 'Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.' |
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Mr. Boltneck
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« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2009, 08:32:30 pm » |
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I don't think a moustache on a girl would give the impression of being a little odd... A few years ago at the Folsom Street Fair, I bought a new wallet from one of the vendors. The assistant who helped me was a small, slightly androgynous young woman. The next year, I was browsing their booth, and noticed that she was sporting a thin but rather natty mustache and goatee. I assume that exogenous hormones were involved. Nonetheless, it can be done. Last night, I was one of a group of students taking part in a martial arts demo. On one technique, my teacher waved me out, handed me the club, and said "Here, you have the bad-guy mustache, so you can be the attacker." All of us, in fact, had facial hair, although not as extravagant as some of the exuberant growths in the slideshow above. |
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Sgt.Major Thistlewaite
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« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2009, 09:52:17 pm » |
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From a strictly martial arts standpoint, the rule-of-thumb is generally the less hair the better. Extravagant facial hair, or, worse still, a pony-tail or queue, is for all intents and purposes a convenient grab handle in a hand to hand contest. Hence the bald head and clean-shaven face of the Shaolin monk, and the "high-and tight" crewcut of the US Marine. Long hair is also problematic if one needs to ascertain the location and severity of a head injury, and contributes to the problem of foreign matter and contaminants being introduced into a puncture wound. ~ Thistlewaite ps: Depending on from which angle the altogether lovely Ms. Hayek was approached, I for one might be hard pressed to notice whether or not she even had a head, sporting facial hair or otherwise.  |
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Capt. Dirigible
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« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2009, 10:00:26 pm » |
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From a strictly martial arts standpoint, the rule-of-thumb is generally the less hair the better. Extravagant facial hair, or, worse still, a pony-tail Someone should tell this guy.. |
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The Reverend Catmandoo
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« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2009, 05:58:27 am » |
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I am a proud mustache wearer. Here is a pic of mine, it's still slightly singed from that nasty little incident in the laboratory.  The Reverend Catmandoo |
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