I think you should go for the trucker.

I think I will, it’s easily my favorite. I think you’re more of an abra kadabra.

Even left unchecked for a full month, my facial hair would not grow much. It makes even your chin pubes, or Arjubes, look bushy by comparison.

I thought you had grown out your beard.

my dad did the same thing! scared the bejesus out of all of us and took about 10 years off his age. parents ought not upend their children’s world willy-nilly.

thank you for doing your part for erections. i will donate early and often.

“i will donate early and often.” So that we can, too.

what’s really scary is going to the colo-rectal doctor for the first time and having to circle one of the many, many pictures on the form as to what’s wrong and where it hurts. gross. esp. when you don’t have any of those problems.

Will you make weekly photo updates for those of us unable to see the mustache in person?

I will definitely update my moustache status for you guys. But not your colo-rectal results.

you have to go with the gringo. just. have. to. and now i finally get to see what INPY looks like with facial hair, b/c i was convinced he had it and shaved it.

both my dad and stepdad have always had moustaches my whole life, and if either of them ever shaved them it would damage me terribly. and speaking of damage, i absolutely can NOT be attracted to a guy with just a mustache b/c it reminds me too much of my dads. *shudder*

The Princess has actually shuddered at the thought of me with just a moustache. Her dad had one for a long time, which doesn’t help matters.

Sometimes I really miss my beard. But I used to play with it with my tongue all the time. I don’t miss looking retarded.

Who says you don’t look it anymore?

I vote for The Trucker as well. It’s a beaut.

I’m good for ten.

Thanks, K, that’s really sweet of you!

When you saw me on Friday it was just after my bi-monthly shave.

Smooth as a baby’s ass.

if you went for the boxcar that would be kind of… weird.

i like the pornstar. (s)natch.

I kind of like the Jihad Jack, not just aesthetically, but because I like saying, “Jihad Jack.”

Have you read the November Vanity Fair piece about Richard Cohen growing a toothbrush mustache (= the Hitler mustache) to see what kind of reaction he’d get to having the hairy personification of evil plastered to his upper lip? I say you grow the toothbrush. Reclaim it for your people’s sake.

Yeah, I read that last week and it disturbed me.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/11/cohen200711

Even more disturbing—there’s a dude who lives on my street in Adams Morgan who has one. He’s tall, thin, pasty, and has dark hair. And it ain’t Cohen. So um, yeah.

You must stop him the next time you see him, ask him about his moustache choice, and report back to me.

The Chicago improv community used to do this in January and call it “Manuary.” Pretty hysterical!

Manuary probably sounds better than Movember. I think, though, it should have been Moctober, since the sound for the word “mock” would give it added meaning.

You could call it Manvember?

Much better than Manbruary.

I would love to take part in this, but alas, I look like an ex-con when clean-shaven. It’s for a good cause, though…I might just have to donate money. My birthday is December 1st, so I can’t do anything to jeopardize any birthday lovin’ coming my way…like looking like a hairy black/latino Jesus for the second half of the month!

I think you just figured out your Halloween costume.

I also suffered from trauma when my dad shaved his beard and mustache. To this day he reminds me that i was three and I cried and run away from him because I didn’t recognize him.

Oh, and also, about the following statement: “it has continued in Latin America to this day as a veritable — though perhaps misguided — display of masculinity”

Truer words have never been said about the mustache in Latin America. I think ALL of my male family members have one or have had one at some point or another.

The funny thing is, whenever I look at old photos of my moustachioed dad, it looks perfectly normal.

My friends and I often create fake holidays and then celebrate them. For example, March 22, 2008 will be the 10th annual mustache day. It’s a mustravaganza. Concidentally November is beard month, we started that 2 years ago. As result I feel obligated to donate, because I love hilarious facial hair, and I hate cancer in my butt.

You should get your “folidays” sponsored.

Thanks for the donation!

Good thing El Guapo retired - he’d kick all y’all’s asses.

That’s the word on the street.

I don’t have a comment. I just wanted to put that new name out there.

Well done.

If they’re going to do something to raise awareness for colorectal issues, then I would think the proper event would be obvious:

Mune.

With the equally obvious method of observation. Er, as it were.

Also, an updated ’stache chart:
http://www.threadless.com/product/677/Facial_Hair_Club_For_Men

Wow, the Virgin beard is quite the work of facial hair art.

Mune. I love it.

Good luck, Magnum!

I already feel sorry for myself. I’ll donate $100 if you don’t do it!

How about $50 and I only grow half a ’stache?

You will most likely have the creepiest, most child molestester-esque moustache of all recorded history.

Pictures must document this historical event. May I suggest the glasses of the Blogger Crush Happy Hour?

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