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So, in my late 30s I can finally grow a moustache. 😉

Edges down gives me instant '70s pimp, but all's I gotta do is twirl that bad boy upwards and it's 'hello ladies' time'.

Moustaches are amazing.

Why don't more guys have them? And, do you?


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 9:51 am
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I have been sporting something of a Zapata / gringo Mexican type thing since last Movember. It gets very favorable comments from the ladies !

On the downside, it does take some tending esp since I also sport the mini under-lip goatee thingy. 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 9:58 am
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I find I'm already good at repelling women without the help of a ginger tache


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 9:58 am
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Ahh, the Zapata - that's probably beyond my follicle capabilities right now, but I'm trying.

I'm going for a Tom Selleck and I reckon I'm 75% there. 😉

Aside from one 'Ned Flanders' comparison, this has been my best styling decision since I quit the Robert Smith look back in '92.


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:01 am
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[i]I reckon I'm 75% there[/i]

that's a 'hitler' isn't it?


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:04 am
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that's a 'hitler' isn't it?

Nah, width is there, it's depth that's lacking. 🙁


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:05 am
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Tom Selleck. Arguably the best moustache ever, though Peter Ustenov had a fine one as Hercule Poirot


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:07 am
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For some reason people stop me in the street or in shops and congratulate me on mine, which is a little odd, but happens quite regularly.

Last time was a checkout assistant in Halfords on Sunday.


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:08 am
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Damn, Pinkster, you must have a beauty!

So, you're probably the best person to ask this critical question -

to wax or not to wax?

Tom Selleck. Arguably the best moustache ever

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It's got everything a good moustache should have - shape, definition, tidiess and no traces of breakfast.


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:09 am
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[b]Q:[/b] [i]Why don't more guys have them?[/i]

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Posted : 12/07/2013 10:13 am
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Yeah, Dez, but consider the...

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Damn, Pinkster, you must have a beauty!

So, you're probably the best person to ask this critical question -

to wax or not to wax?

I'm trying to find a photo of it at he moment, although there is a very old photo of it in my profile - it's got a bit bushier now and without the squirrel tail on my chin.

I don't wax it, it kind of has a life of it's own.


 
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Re waxing, surely this requires the hairs to be quite long. I find that as mine gets long it gets unruly and loses definition which is surely critical for a stunning moustache. Perhaps wax would solve the unruliness.

On another note, if I extend the legs of the Zapata could I reasonably aim for a Ming the Merciless ? That would definitely be a dream 'tash but would look crap in the transition stage I suspect. :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:15 am
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I think anyone on claiming to have fine face fungus should post pics to prove it?


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:15 am
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Pics to follow wwaswas... give it time, is all I ask. 😉

Pinkster, just checked your profile pic - that's an awesome tache, dude!


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:16 am
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[i]Yeah, Dez, but consider the..[/i]

Eww. imagine kissing that! It'd be interesting to hear from the ladies on that point...


 
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Eww. imagine kissing that!

Wrong time to admit I have? 😳

No complaints from Mrscamo16 on my 75% Tom, luckily. 😀


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:19 am
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[i]Wrong time to admit I have?[/i]

How did your moustaches get on with each other in your imagination?


 
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As I said, very old pic of me and it's developed a bit more since this photo but here's mine
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Bez (yes, he of the Happy Mondays) wanted his photo taken with with me at Festival No.6 last year because of it.


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:21 am
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That's kinda why I asked Pinkster about the wax, Dez. 😉

No way I could ever compete with ^^^^^^^^^ The Camo hair growth genes are deficient across most of the lower face. Tache I can just about do. Goatie I can just about do. Sidies etc, no chance.


 
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Cheers Camo16. You should see it these days. If anyone's riding the Chase tomorrow morning it'll be visible there.


 
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Eww. imagine kissing that! It'd be interesting to hear from the ladies on that point...
From experience they quite like the tickling on their thighs though.

Or was that too much info? 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:35 am
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Kissing + furry face = no (in my opinion)

As for anything else i've never got past the kissing stage to comment 😉 😆


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:42 am
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Kissing + furry face = no (in my opinion)

How's about if a tache-toting fella used conditioner on his furry face decoration?

Don't women go for manly (and by manly I mean moustached) guys any more?


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:44 am
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No, fur anywhere else is fine - just not on the face 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:47 am
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He was so good.... he made it harder for himself

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Miss Tax

Would you kick him out of bed for eating biscuits ?


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:52 am
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Wwaswas, try as I might I can't get photo to paste into this thing so you'll just have to imagine


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:58 am
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It's ok, I snuck a look at your profile pic.

I'm sure there are thighs all over the land tingling at the memory 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 10:59 am
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Update: pulling the ends of your moustache perfectly sideways provides that all-important RAF pilot look. 😉

Laydeez loves pilots.


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 11:50 am
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It's great being able to twiddle a tache in meetings. Makes you look far more important & distinguished. 🙂

That's what I keep telling myself, anyway.


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 12:08 pm
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Bez (yes, he of the Happy Mondays) wanted his photo taken with with me at Festival No.6 last year because of it.

He's been a fan for a while 😉


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 12:09 pm
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The bromance-o-meter is currently in the red because of this thread!


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 12:14 pm
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Women really can't get enough of a good 'tasche.

I popped out for a pint of milk last weekend and this happened on the way back:

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Posted : 12/07/2013 12:29 pm
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Flash, it ^^^^^^^^ is a genuine occupational hazard. I generally try to avoid wearing my "Peter Oostertrousers" when women are present. This plus a fab tash have actually hospitalized some members of the fairer sex.


 
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Update: pulling the ends of your moustache perfectly sideways provides that all-important RAF pilot look

If you're going to go for that look, you really need a white silk scarf with a long bit of straight wire in it to make it look like you're permanently flying your open top plane.


 
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Bez (yes, he of the Happy Mondays) wanted his photo taken with with me at Festival No.6 last year because of it.

He's been a fan for a while

Ahh but that's Sean and Paul Ryder.


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 2:05 pm
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surely a beard is the epitome of manly facial hair.... having a caterpiller under your nose is just odd....

as i see it, it's like roadies shaving their legs... a bit odd.

any bloke who spends more than five minutes a week manicuring their face in front of a mirror is a bit odd.

all or nothing.


 
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Posted : 12/07/2013 9:40 pm
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Shit that's a good suit.


 
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Alan had a whole group of good suits. He would roll up in Saigon or Tel Aviv in a three piece and a tie and look composed and unfettered while the locals were sweating away in t-shirt and shorts. Awesome.

But tasche? no,


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 11:18 pm
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My Dad looked like Burt Reynolds when I was a nipper. Once, when I was about ten, he shaved his tash off.

I cried. A lot.

Thankfully, he never did it again.


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 11:23 pm
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i grew a tasche once, i looked like a french:

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i had to lose it as it made my wife cry when she treid to kiss me... but let me tell you chaps something, the world feels right when you have a tasche, everyone should do it at least once


 
Posted : 12/07/2013 11:37 pm
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A man sporting a solid stache is a man to be trusted. Especially if he's pulling a full 'strawbridge'

http://www.dickstrawbridge.com/


 
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and this happened on the way back:

You were mugged by a gang of burlesque hat thieves?


 
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I would love to grow a moustache but I sadly can't.

Alan looks AMAZING in that suit and finely tended moustache.


 
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i grew a tasche once, i looked like a french:

The stripey top didn't really help matters though 😉

I've accidentally ended up with a full-on Grizzly Adams tash/beard setup purely out of laziness, however I want to get rid but now I have such a good suntan that I can't risk the pale scotsman hiding underneath the good old flavour-saver 🙁

My sister used to have an excellent Magnum PI tash until my mum decided she was finally old enough learn how to bleach that bad boy lol!


 
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UPDATE: moustaches can scare small children on campsites. 🙁

surely a beard is the epitome of manly facial hair.... having a caterpiller under your nose is just odd....

There's a subtle law of manliness you're missing - beards suit short or round faces, but for the long-faced gent a 1940s Biggle moustache is just the ticket.


 
Posted : 15/07/2013 8:22 am
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I've had a few attempts at growing one....alas my top lip isn't very well designed so the end result always looks like it should belong to Nigel Mansell....
so I've decided to grow a beard instead...minus the tache of course...it now makes me look like wolverine (apparently) except my hair isn't as long nor are my muscles as big.... 😉


 
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the world feels right when you have a tasche

This. Buckets and buckets of this. Liking that tache robgclarkson, BTW!

gonzy, release your inner Mansell!

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release your inner Mansell!

the wife would not be amused....


 
Posted : 15/07/2013 4:12 pm
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If I had a big hooter, or the lips of a muppet, I'd have one, maybe


 
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i grew a tasche once, i looked like a french

Like a French Francis Begbie..


 
Posted : 15/07/2013 8:14 pm