The 'Tache Chronicles, Concluded

So, finally....here we are at the end of Movember.... a whole month of mesmerising moustachery reaches it's magnificent...er...conclusion.

For the past 30 days, my hubby has been sprouting facial hair for a good cause - to raise funds and awareness to help combat men's cancers, specifically prostate and testicular cancer.

Without mo ado, here he is, in all his hairy glory......



Drum roll.....

Nah.... that's not him!

"I want to break free!
I want to breeeaaaak free!!!
I want to break free from this 'tache and these over tight white jeans!
I don't neeeeeed them!"

Neither is that.

Or that.

Not that.

Or even that. Cute though!

OK! OK! Enough! This time it's really him.....

Gotcha!

Enough already....here's the real deal......

Day 30

To be honest, I won't be too sorry to see the back of the hairy lip rug. Hubby's apparently thinking of keeping it for the upcoming party season, just for a bit of comedy factor. Hmmmmm....

I leave you with this little 'tache ditty by That 1 Guy, courtesy of the lovely (and highly talented plasticine artist) Stephanie off of Love, Life Project: a happy living blog.....

The 'Tache Chronicles, Continued

Exactly halfway through the Movember Challenge.... and hubby is getting hairy!

It's uncanny!

Day 15

To mark this most momentous moment, here are some completely random yet titillating titbits about 'taches...

Sweet home Alabama!

It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church. 

All dolphins are born with a moustache, it helps them locate their mothers while nursing… it sheds after a few days.

In 1967, The Beatles gave away cardboard moustaches with their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Salvador Dalí published a book dedicated solely to his moustache.

Narcissus is a type of flower, whereas a narcissist....

Two of the most famous moustaches were actually fake and only on when filming - Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin.

On average a man with a moustache touches it 760 times in a 24 hour day.

The longest recorded moustache belongs to Bajansinh Juwansinh Gurjar of Ahmedabad, India. It had not been cut for 22 years and was 12 feet, 6 inches long in 2004. Imagine how long it is today!

Now that's just ridiculous!

The King of Hearts is the only playing card king without a moustache.

The prize for weirdest moustache research goes to researchers in 1936. They found that if you attach a false moustache to the face of a wild female woodpecker, a male woodpecker will attack her as if she were a rival male.

In the 16th century, King Francis I of France, introduced the death penalty for anyone wearing a beard or moustache.

Off with his 'tache

In 1955, the Belgian tenor, Jan Verbeek, accidentally swallowed a false moustache during a performance of Mefistofele. This did not stop him from carrying on with his performance, however, and he continued to finish the show, although it was clear to the audience that high notes were more difficult for him to hit as he had some throat irritation from the hairs sticking to the back of his throat.

Another famous Belgian 'tache

The 'Tache Chronicles...

It's Day 7 of the Movember Challenge.... and hubby is well on his way to achieving a White Goodman (Ben Stiller) of 'Dodgeball' fame.....

"Yeh, that's me taking the bull by the horns, it's how I like to run my business. It's a metaphor. But that actually happened though."

Day 7

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In other news, is it just me... or is it somewhat ironic that Johnny Depp aka Captain Jack Sparrow ("Why is the rum always gone?") is currently starring in a film called "The Rum Diary"? 

By the way, for anyone interested, the Christmas cake got its first top-up of rum this past weekend.... no one strike a match!

Mo, Mo, Mo, Movember!

Where has 2011 gone? It's November Movember already... and this year, my hubby will be joining thousands of men around the world who'll be sprouting moustaches for a good cause - to raise funds and awareness to help combat men's cancers, specifically prostate and testicular cancer.



Here's the official Mo-Down from the UK's Movember web page....


"On Movember 1st, guys register at Movember.com with a clean-shaven face and then for the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo-growing efforts.

Mo Bros effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November and through their actions and words raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health.

 At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas celebrate their gallantry and valor by either throwing their own Movember party or attending one of the infamous Gala Partés held around the world by Movember, for Movember."

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Now, there are some men who can rock a 'tache....

I'm stirred... not shaken

Bad Boy Does Miami Vice

It was acceptable in the 80s...

Johnny Depp ... 'nuff said

Mr Smooth

And then there are those who just don't know when to get the trimmers out....

Pretzel anyone?

Don't mess with me - I'm a tightly coiled spring!

It helps with my perception of space...

I'm standing in for a wicker basket...

Arachnaphobic?Me?

My beloved hubby has voracious facial hair growth, so I reckon he'll be sporting a 'Magnum PI' by the weekend.... and be well on his way to looking authentically 1970s porn staresque a few days after that (not that I'm any kind of authority on 1970s porn stars of course... I'm just going on hearsay!)



Anyway, may the Force of Hirsute be with him.....

Day 1