Moustaches - classic or dud

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I often think that if I grew a moustache I'd acquire a kind of sophisticated devil-may-care je ne sais quoi kind of thing.

The girlfriend rolls her eyes to heaven and implies I would acquire a new single life.

What do you think of moustaches? Boys - do you have one? do you wish you had? Do you *like* boys with moustaches? Girls - what do you think of boys with moustaches?

― DV, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

sadly any moustache I actually tried to grow would probably look like bumfluff, thus ruining any attempt to become a Saddam Hussein lookalike.

― DV, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It must be said that the moustache bit of the whole Tom's Beard thing is kind of its Achilles Lip.

― Tom, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Moustaches = Freddie Mercury. Which you would think would be classic, but is actually vommo because no-one has Freddie's panache.

― Nicole, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I too have been threatened with dumpdom if I ever grow a moustache or beard. It could be used as a weapon, come to think about it... I'd probably be accused of trying to make up for the lack of hair on my head.

The only people who can get away with taches are those blokes who really don't give a fuck what other people think. i.e. freaks.

― Mark C, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The only permissible variant of facial hair is a mondo set of sidies. Mine are making good progress across my cheeks now and it's tempting to go for a full on Seth and have them join by way of the top bit of a goatee.

This will, however, most likely result in perpetual singledom.

― ogden, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hey! My dad's got a moustache. When I was a little he shaved it off and I refused to acknowledge his existence until it grew back because I thought he was a stranger.

― Jonnie, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dud. Sometimes in The Chap moustaches look sensible, but in reality? No sir. My dad also sports a large hippy beard that was once shaved off. He looked quite different. Leave the facial hair to the bearded ladies, I say.

― alix, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Blech. I would never grow one, nor would I give a second look to a guy with one. I didn't even like Bryan Ferry's.

― Sean, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Whenever I mention the idea of growing a brooding, monstrous Nietzche-type ‘tache my significant other immediately threatens divorce proceedings.

― stevo, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

*ugh* Ferry's moustache was a travesty! Not surprisingly it coincided with the most commercially unsuccessful period of his career.

Just try watching the video to "Sign of the Times" without going "AARAAAGHAH! HELP!!" It can't be done.

The moustache also coincided with his short-lived trout fishing phase, and Jerry Hall dumping him for Mick Jagger. There's a punchline in there somewhere.

So to summarise: moustaches = consignment to a life of misery.

― Trevor, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

moustaches are icky. they look icky and they feel icky and they should be removed from the face of the planet, except a few, for a few fathers, who need them, to look properly fatherly.

oly hipster boys seem to think they are sexy and cool. but it just makes them look like greasy molester thugs.

i had a run in with one. it ended with a sock in the gut.

moustaches are bad. bad bad bad.

― nancy b., Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

greasy molester thugz....have we met ?

― , Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nancy est sur l'argent. Moustaches are evil, bad and wrong. Unless you're in the the Village People of course.

― RickyT, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A dried ginger moustache flecked with pastry crumbs is especially dud.

Also, are moustaches prone to lice infestations? Is there any such thing as lip lice?

I bet there is.

― Nancy Drew, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh god, moustaches. Nonono. BAD. Worse than beards, and by a very very long way. I have met a few bearded people who looked good, but I don't think I've ever found anyone with a moustache and no beard attractive. Don't do it!

― Rebecca, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm so going to try it now. I want that 19-year old surly Dixons assistant look dammit!

― Tom, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Have you warned Isobel?

― RickyT, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No need mate. All the girls like a moustache. The ones on this thread must be frigid or something.

― Tom, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually I think moustaches were a privilege of Empire. When Britain ruled the seas none would dare to mock its sons' facial hair. It's the Victorian mullet in other words.

― Tom, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Be careful, Mr E snr: KatieG withdrew conjugal rights when boyfriend only shaved off the chin bit of his beard.

― RickyT, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Katie G is used to going without meat, though.

― Tom, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

SNAP!

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

tom is on FIAH today.

― jess, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What do people feel about beards that have no moustache parts? They look very odd, don't they? But you only see them on Quakers and Michael "Upside-Downo Face" Eavis.

― Chris Lyons, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

MUSTASHES ARE LOVELY. I LOVE TO SEE THEM ON A FACE. THEY ARE THE BEARD OF THE MIND. THEY ARE FOR GENTLEMEN. LETS RETURN TO NEITSCHE DAYS!

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had a 'stache from age 19 to late 30s, and as a friend and I were watching Cops he pointed out that the only people who wore them were cops and white trash people. I realized he was right and shaved it off not too long after that.

― nickn, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What I don't get, is that if moustaches = no sex, why all the porn stars have 'em..

― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

EXACTLY. SHATSH = PLAY

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Having a moustache is neat. You start to notice everyone else who has one, and like you say, nickn, they are some pretty out-of-the-way characters. Except trimming it = dud; shaving takes twice as long!

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 13 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't think I've ever found anyone with a moustache and no beard attractive. Don't do it!

what about a beard but no moustache? or would that only make one look like wes borland?

― rener, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ERNEST HEMINGWAY damn sexy in my opinion

― gabe, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it's the only thing putting me off the otherwise eminently nailable "new schmoo" (see other thread)

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

hemingway had thing for BALD BOYISH WOMEN hurrah

― mark s, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20031102/capt.sge.alh49.021103231952.photo00.default-367x308.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 November 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Better on boy/men rather than girls/women.lol

― Gale, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

What do you mean??!!

http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/polho/polho_16.jpg http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/polho/polho_15.jpg

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com

It's in London in 2007 am so going

― Davel, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/chevalier%20lg.JPG

WOW!!!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.tky.hut.fi/~best/sc/2002/images/pringles.jpg

― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

ILXor most in need of a moustache:

NA.

― Allyzay, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

!!!

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

What the fuck, dude? That's a terrible idea!

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I dunno! For some reason I read this thread and thought, dude, NA needs a moustache. Even more than I think Bryan needs a moustache!! Trust me, in my head it looks great!!

― Allyzay, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Also buy some aviators.

― Allyzay, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry if someone's already posted--I've seen this Mustache band, most impressive.
http://www.indieworkshop.com/images/burt.jpg
http://www.indieworkshop.com/articles/26/

― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.indieworkshop.com/images/mustache.jpg

― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

My facial hair-growing skills are pretty lacking, so I would prepare to be disappointed if I were you.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm all stached up.
Cuz I didn't shave all weekend, and then yesterday (monday) I was like, fuckit.
I look like ass, but who cares.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

But there are serious benefits to having skin smooth as a baby's bottom!

(x-post)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Latinas like moustaches... when I grew mine I went from invisible-to-latinas to get-a-look-but-ehh-to-latinas. Also, although my moustache made me invisible to 98% of caucasian women, there was always one moustache fetishist in every bar who approached me MUCH more aggressively than any woman had when I was clean shaven. But I eventually listened to the 98%.

― Bnad, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.beavis-butthead.ru/who/todd.jpg

― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Whoopsie -- I just started a Beard Olympics thread...

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.serbiabook.com/album/images/brka-OK-150.jpg

― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

it's the President and his doppleganger!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

shadow mustaches ...

― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

a few months ago my friends had a mustache party. we all let the staches grow for about 2months and there was a full on contest. i usually have the abe lincoln beard thing going on, mostly because that's the only facial hair that really grows. so some of these guys had more stache hair than me in 3 weeks than i did in months. i ended up being osama (code name "D. Sanchez")

http://www.forstarsmusic.com/moustache/page1.html
http://machtalchemy.com/moustache/
(if you're assed, watch the video on the second link, it's fucking hillarious)

and if you get through all the pictures, yes, the poolboy with the cut off shorts pulled his balls out through the bottom of his shorts, and yes that is a real fireman with a real mustache and a real camaro and yes he really stripped down to his whities.

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:22 (twenty-two years ago)

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