basically, half of me wants to grow a big moustache to raise money to fight testicular and prostate cancer. the other half says not to be such a tool.
as some of you know, i already sport a big pair of pointy sideburns. the plan would be to join them up, a bit like this:
http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/Gallery/Kalle10313072.jpg
only, er, far more refined and elegant. and pointier. and younger. and better-looking.
mrs fiendish is broadly supportive. "it's for a good cause," she says. "and you can always shave it off."
if i do it, i'll set up some kind of fundraising page with pictures. don't worry: i will not hassle people to give me cash. i just want to gauge some kind of public opinion, that's all.
where's marco salvetti when you need him?
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:46 (nineteen years ago)
at my uni there is a fundraising event thingo called 'movember', always good for a laugh to see what the fellas come up with in the facial hair stakes
― gem (trisk), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:47 (nineteen years ago)
― stet (stet), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:49 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:50 (nineteen years ago)
no! do you have a weblink, martin?
Remember the last time?
dude, you have enough embarrassing pictures of me to mount a poorly attended exhibition at one of those galleries on king street. i shall document it mercilessly myself, anyway.
the cons so far outweigh the pros, i think.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:56 (nineteen years ago)
*This may be a lie, in order for the pros to get back on level terms.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 29 August 2005 11:57 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:04 (nineteen years ago)
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:12 (nineteen years ago)
This bloke on the right of this photo here at last year's thingie looks a bit like Ally C. He also has a rubbish moustache, which I am sure you could beat quite easily.
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:23 (nineteen years ago)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:39 (nineteen years ago)
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:43 (nineteen years ago)
and dan: yesterday was the last time i shaved, so ... heh.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:47 (nineteen years ago)
― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:48 (nineteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 August 2005 12:50 (nineteen years ago)
― brg30 (brg30), Monday, 29 August 2005 13:55 (nineteen years ago)
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:00 (nineteen years ago)
i'm 70% certain i'm gonna do this.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:02 (nineteen years ago)
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:03 (nineteen years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:05 (nineteen years ago)
― , Monday, 29 August 2005 14:11 (nineteen years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:17 (nineteen years ago)
in fact, I'm going to tell everyone in the next few days that I've forced you to do it with hypnotic mind control, so they all think I have freaky powers.
― stet (stet), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:29 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.uglyfootballers.com/content/images/footballers/80
http://www.nufc.com/2004-05images/souness-rangers.jpg
http://www.leowilkinson.com/images/photos/bruce_grobbelar_1.jpg
http://www.soc.staffs.ac.uk/am10/graphics/alanrough1.jpg
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:32 (nineteen years ago)
http://forum.cuni.cz/fukVa1/aznar.jpg
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/amcon/images/aznarbush.jpg
― stet (stet), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago)
x-post: FUCK I FORGOT ABOUT AZNAR. stet is right: i will.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago)
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:43 (nineteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:48 (nineteen years ago)
"What is this we hear about moustaches being uncool?!"
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 29 August 2005 14:51 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 15:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 29 August 2005 15:13 (nineteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 August 2005 15:14 (nineteen years ago)
Lets see which one suits you best.
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:06 (nineteen years ago)
grimly's moustache optimism can go down as well as up. past sideburns, goatee beards and shaved heads are not a guide to future performance. the value of an investment in grimly's plans can fall as well as rise and you might get back less amusement than you originally invested. you should take appropriate professional advice before sitting opposite grimly in a pub, especially if he is eating crisps.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:09 (nineteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:13 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/Categories/sideburns.JPG
with the potential to become - yes! - the imperial at a later date.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago)
even though my mum warned me about such things.)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:21 (nineteen years ago)
Of course growing a moustache ironically is as bad as likeing music ironically (not that anyone does this ever, see ILM threads passim) but I guess charity is an decent excuse.
― alext (alext), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:47 (nineteen years ago)
actually, i had a moustache when i was 15. it was fucking terrible. (photographic evidence does exist.) and when i got rid of the goatee, i pared it down to a moustache for one night only and went to the pub with it. t0m g0rdon spent an hour staring at me, then said: "have you had a haircut or something?" the big lovable mook.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago)
Why not wear all black and only listen to 80s electronic music?
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 29 August 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago)
― dahlin (dahlin), Monday, 29 August 2005 17:05 (nineteen years ago)
forward not back, keith. forward not back.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago)
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 29 August 2005 17:19 (nineteen years ago)
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 29 August 2005 17:20 (nineteen years ago)
― dahlin (dahlin), Monday, 29 August 2005 17:46 (nineteen years ago)
nb: after i'd scribbled all over my face in berol semi-permanent marker, i realised i should have done it in photoshop. but hey.
you'll notice how, in the second picture, having a moustache has put a smile on my face. or maybe that's just because mrs fiendish's hysterical laughter was catching. i'm still not sure if she was laughing at the moustache, or the fact it was in berol semi-permanent marker.
neither's she.
anyway.
http://sparky.thehold.net/pix/muswithout.jpg
http://sparky.thehold.net/pix/muswith.jpg
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 29 August 2005 20:12 (nineteen years ago)
Grimly, you are now officially my favourite person EVER!
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 August 2005 20:14 (nineteen years ago)
um, so do I. Mate, don't do it. Please. I need time to mock you for all the other stuff, and that would take up all available slots.
― stet (stet), Monday, 29 August 2005 21:46 (nineteen years ago)
― dahlin (dahlin), Monday, 29 August 2005 22:44 (nineteen years ago)
― Stew (stew s), Monday, 29 August 2005 22:45 (nineteen years ago)
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 01:46 (nineteen years ago)
Have you gone into work with semi-permanent marker on your face today?
The other day, I got some paint on my trousers on my way into work and cleverly decided to colour over the offending painty bits with a black marker pen so no-one would notice. This was a really successful idea until I got home, took my trousers off and realised my leg was all covered in black permanent marker blotches (it took about three hours of scrubbing with a loofah to get them off). I am therefore imagining you will have the most exfoliated upper lip area in West Central Scotland today.
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 06:10 (nineteen years ago)
― dahlin (dahlin), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:09 (nineteen years ago)
however, i'm definitely doing this. you can follow my progress at this rudimentary website.
i am absolutely not on the hunt for donations here, okay? seriously: i've already beaten my expected total of ten quid. if anyone does want to contribute, be warned that once you click "donate", you've donated: if i get all razor-happy, you don't get your cash back. (i won't, though. i'll see this through till the end of september. and MAYBE BEYOND. heh.)
er, that's it. all future picture updates will be posted on the site linked above.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Aimless (Aimless), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:08 (nineteen years ago)
i mean, i don't want to look stupid, do i?
anyway: it might be a week or two before i look like anything other than a scruffier version of my usual self.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 4 September 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago)
― dahlin (dahlin), Sunday, 4 September 2005 19:24 (nineteen years ago)
― scotstvo (scotstvo), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago)
new photo tonight. probably. i just look beardy, though, so you might want to consider 50p.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago)
― scotstvo (scotstvo), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:41 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:42 (nineteen years ago)
― stet (stet), Monday, 5 September 2005 15:48 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 5 September 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 5 September 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago)
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 5 September 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago)
http://sparky.thehold.net/pix/Finally.jpg
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:23 (nineteen years ago)
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:27 (nineteen years ago)
― carly (carly), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:28 (nineteen years ago)
(only joking, donation to come once I get paid)
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:30 (nineteen years ago)
nabisco: that is a very good idea ;)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago)
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago)
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:55 (nineteen years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 15 September 2005 10:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 15 September 2005 10:43 (nineteen years ago)
― alext (alext), Thursday, 15 September 2005 10:48 (nineteen years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 15 September 2005 10:50 (nineteen years ago)
― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 15 September 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Ally C (Ally C), Thursday, 15 September 2005 11:24 (nineteen years ago)
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 15 September 2005 11:25 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 September 2005 11:36 (nineteen years ago)
― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 15 September 2005 11:41 (nineteen years ago)
― The Brocade Fire (kate), Thursday, 15 September 2005 11:41 (nineteen years ago)
― alext (alext), Saturday, 17 September 2005 10:08 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.ourreallybigadventure.com/activities/pictures/facial/threatening.jpg
― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Saturday, 17 September 2005 10:21 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 07:13 (nineteen years ago)
I say KEEP IT!
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 08:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 8 May 2006 07:37 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.justgiving.com/images/UserImages/UK/EGG/Pic(05).jpg http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/09/29/fr_cave_narrowweb__200x334.jpg
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 8 May 2006 07:38 (nineteen years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 8 May 2006 08:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 8 May 2006 09:06 (nineteen years ago)
Suggestion for grimly's next charity venture.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 2 June 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 2 June 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)
― stet (stet), Friday, 2 June 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 4 June 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 4 June 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)
*does little happy dance*
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 4 June 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)