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Need Halloween costume ideas involving a mustache!

no bueno — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:39:06 -0800

Anyone have any good ideas for a Halloween costume involving a mustache? I'm growing a mustache all month so I figured I might as well incorporate it into my costume. So far I've come up with Rafael Palmeiro on Levitra or a Reno 911/Supertroopers character. I'm about 6'2 210 with dark blond hair if that matters for your ideas. Any and all suggestions are welcome. I'm not shy

I prefer to keep my leftovers in tupperware.

molecicco — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:58:38 -0800

Moustache care options? Moustachioed MeFites, answer me this: are there grooming tricks to keeping a bushy moustache out of the way of incoming food? Or rather, does being the owner of a big moustache require a careful eating style? Should I just relent, and accept that soup-straining is the inevitable consequence of the hirsute appendage?

Basically, I find shaving/beard maintenance a nuissance and would like to just let it keep growing. And I also like the idea of having a big bushy moustache. But every time I let my beard grow out I hit this natural length-barrier when its long enough to catch food. I find it totally disgusting, and that's when I start trimming the moustache.

So, I welcome your thoughts and anecdotes. For example, do you have experience with moustache wax? Is it suitable at this shorter length? Are there alternatives?

Pump him full of testosterone and he'll grow his own mustache! No, wait.

Lucinda — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:57:55 -0800

Need to attach a felt mustache to my kid's face for a school Halloween party. No time to buy anything fancy (a la spirit gum or the like); what should I use? We have masking tape, scotch tape, electrical tape. What will stick to his face the longest?

Mustache costume?

dunderwood — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:05:12 -0800

costume filter: Weak mustache costume? So my mustache is shoddy at best, what costume would get the highest approval this friday?

I mustache you this question...

Ugh — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:38:30 -0800

If there was a greeting card with a fuzzy felt mustache on the outside, what would the inside say? I came across a huge lot of brown wool felt and decided to sew little mustaches that I attached to the front of blank greeting cards. Now i'm stumped wondering what, if any, text I should add either under the mustache or inside the card.

Mustache-O-Gram?
Everything's better with a mustache?

Any ideas?

Firefox says mustache is the correct spelling. I always thought it was moustache.

Anybody know this face?

prior — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:25:39 -0800

Anybody know who this is? I'm wondering if this face rings any bells for anyone--is he a person of historical significance, etc. I recognize the personage but I can't think of where from.

Mustaches: Hot or not?

deeper red — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:46:10 -0800

What is the popular public opinion on mustaches? I'm seriously thinking about growing a mustache. I'm 35 and straight. My dad's had a mustache all his life for the simple reason that, like me, he has a "hang dog" expression. This means that people always mistakenly think I'm unhappy, or upset. A mustache neatly disguises this.

The trouble is that unlike, say, the 1970s, mustaches aren't popular. They might even be indicative of a personality type when appearing on young non-gay men... Or am I wrong?

Guys (of my age or younger) -- what have been your experiences of growing mustaches? Girls -- What are your opinions on mustaches on young(er) men?

The case of the missing mustache

wordsmith — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:34:42 -0800

Where did Alex Trabek's mustache go? I was watching Jeopardy! tonight and remarked on how ridiculous his new mustache looked when, after a commercial break, it disappeared! What could have possible happened? Here's some photo evidence:

Alex with mustache

Alex without mustache

Keep in mind: same episode. WTF?

Why is my mustache mostly white on one side?

chudmonkey — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:08:19 -0800

Why do I grow substantially more white hairs on the left side of my mustache than on the right side? I'm 27, and I've had a mustache for several years now. It grows out mostly brown, but it's getting more "salt & pepper" as time goes by. My fiance likes to pluck the white hairs out of my 'stache, and I let her do so about once a month.

Going by some rough counts over the past several months, I seem to get about 3-4x times as many white hairs on the left side (my left) as on the right, and I'd love to have an explanation as to why.

I understand that there are lots of body phenomena that involves certain sides of the body, but I've never read anything about hair growth being one of them. My googling is probably limited by not knowing what terms or phrases to use. Any ideas or links to literature would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Giving away our pride

plaingurl — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:37:24 -0800

My friends and I are totally awesome (read: willing to make complete fools of ourselves because it's funny) and are searching for the perfect three-person karaoke song. There's one catch... We all want to wear fake mustaches (remember the above mentioned awesome) and rock out. Ideally, we would like to sing a song by a band that had some rad facial hair so we can pay proper homage.

The details:
-2 guys, one girl. Not great singers. That just makes it funnier.
-bands with rad/horrible/awesome facial hair singing rad/horrible/awesome songs that will likely be on a karaoke list.

The Village People seem like the obvious choice, but there are only three of us, and we'd like to avoid doing the YMCA.

I've seen the previous threads on karaoke, and taken those suggestions into account: it's really the facial hair that's the challenge.

Mustachioed gifts

amelliferae — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:00:15 -0800

Quirky gift filter: My friends and I have recently become obsessed with mustaches. I thought it would be great to give some mustache-themed gifts for the holidays, but I'm coming up short. So far I've purchased mustache wax and a mustache mug.
I'd really love something like a mustache belt buckle or non-offensive t-shirt to give the ladies in our group. Any other ideas?

Help me win a mustache contest

scottreynen — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:16:45 -0800

I've entered a mustache competition at work, which will last three weeks from shaving this morning. My coworkers will be voting throughout these three weeks, but I expect mostly at the end. There are no defined criteria for winning, but I'm guessing fullness will be a major factor. Is there anything I can do to cause my mustache to grow more fully in the next three weeks and/or anything else I might do (styling, accessories, etc.) to make my mustache the sort of mustache likely to be judged "best" by whatever criteria people judge mustaches?

I need a bigger soupstrainer... STAT!

jammer — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:17:52 -0800

Where can I find outrageous fake mustachios in Chicago? Something like this would be ideal, but I can't seem to find that anywhere which could get it to me by Labor Day.

I've already thought of Uncle Fun. Who else might have fabulous fake furry facial fuzz?

Where can I find a small electric facial hair shaver for men?

leptin — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:03:13 -0800

Searching for the smallest (lightest and size-wise) electric shaver for men. I'm looking for the tiniest electric shaver for men for my father as a gift. The size is a factor because my mom has to carry a lot of things for him due to his illness so a tiny one that doesn't weigh much would be great. It would preferably use standard battery sizes (AA or AAA) too. Thank you so much for your help!

Beer Mustache

amelliferae — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:22:13 -0800

Beer-filter: My boyfriend told me that a few years ago he saw a beer label that had a man with a handlebar mustache on it... He has recently grown a nice handlebar andI'd like to buy him the label, or a reproduction of it. I am having a hard time figuring out what brand and brew it was. I thought he had said Red Hook, but that didn't pan out.

Jagshemash! (In Kazakhstan, the male lip hair shows virility and ability for sex crime.)

kuperman — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:55:20 -0800

I need a good fake moustache. I need to purchase a fake moustache, a good one, something like this. I need this for Friday, October 27. The more real the better, and definitely something that would need to stay on for six to eight hours, and preferrably something that I could reuse the following day.

I'm in the Baton Rouge area, so finding some place local would be excellent. But if I could be directed some website that could do next-day or two-day shipping (bonus points if I could use my Amazon Prime account), I would entertain that option as well. Help!