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Aug-23-2006 22:01

I have created a sleuth miracle!

IT IS THE UNHIJACKABLE THREAD!

Go ahead and try, but this thread is about anything and nothing, all at the the same time!

This is the place where Al can talk about world domination, Crunch can worship David Hasselhoff, SS can try and find even more complicated questions for his pub quizzes, Nikkie can advertise for Tim Tams, cfm can troll for more Sharpie victims, JR can beg for the chance to win Bobo back, and bedazzling can be a way of life!

So go off, rant and rave, talk about anything, i don't care, I just wanted to see my avatar on the page (when its actually me anyways)

So go ahead, I dare you all to try and hijack me :)

Aug-29-2006 16:47

ah the old soup strainer :) spanx, I feel so much more enlightened.

Aug-29-2006 16:54

A moustache (sometimes spelled mustache in the United States) is facial hair usually grown on the upper lip and below the nose. Often the term implies that the wearer grows only the upper lip hair and chooses to shave the hair on his chin and cheeks, whereas growth of all facial hair would constitute a beard.

Vernacular names
Some common vernacular terms for the moustache are stache, tache, tash, pushbroom and mo. There are numerous others mostly reflecting the moustache's resemblence to a variety of animals, its tendency to retain food and drink, or its supposed aid in sexual activity.

History
Historically, moustaches have been worn by military men and the number of nations, regiments and ranks were equalled only by the number of styles and variations. Generally, the younger men and lower ranks wore the smaller and less elaborate moustaches. As a man advanced in rank, so did his moustache become thicker and bushier, until he ultimately was permitted to wear an ever fuller beard.[citation needed] For a glimpse into this colourful and noble past, refer to the works of famous military artists.

In Western cultures women generally remove facial hair, though many are capable of growing it and have done so, usually in the form of thin moustaches. The artist Frida Kahlo famously depicted herself with both a moustache and a unibrow. This tradition is followed by some contemporary women in the arts.

An English moustache was formerly used in melodramas, movies and comic books as a shorthand indication of villainy. Snidely Whiplash, for example, was characterized by his moustache and his cape. It should be noted that stock character 1920s male attire is generally a top hat, a handlebar moustache, and a monocle.

In some countries, it was obligatory for soldiers to grow moustaches. The British Army, for instance, forbade the shaving of the upper lip by all ranks from the 19th century until the regulation was abolished by an Army Order dated 6 October 1916.

Aug-29-2006 16:56

Most men with a normal or strong beard growth must tend it daily, by shaving the hair of the chin and cheeks, to prevent it from soon reverting to a full beard. This necessity has engendered the invention of quite a wide variety of accoutrements designed for the care of a gentleman's moustache, including moustache wax, moustache nets (snoods), moustache brushes, moustache combs and moustache scissors. The moustache cup is a drinking cup with a partial cover to protect the upper lip from froth in the drink.

I'm off to find a snood :D

Aug-29-2006 16:59

And, Squirrel....do you wear a moustache in every day's life as well? ;)

if so....what rank are you?

Aug-29-2006 17:26

I want a GENERAL!

Maybe that should be the next sleuth contest....

Badass also rockin the 'stache :D

I have snood, I bought it so I can play the higher levels....

Aug-30-2006 01:27

Don't make fun, I was hooked on snood all through the nineties! Oh man, this dude Ricky from the poolhall, man he had the straight dope, man. One lip, JUST ONE, of Ricky's snood would have you tellin' it like it is with your fist in your mouth! And the thing with the leg hairs! Man! That was good snood dude.

There have been one or two times in my life when, due to ill-advised boldness (and once due to alcohol-induced shaving urges) I have ditched the beard. When I do this I am compelled by forces beyond my comprehension to shave it in stages, admiring (and once, photographing) myself in various facial hair configurations.

All of these make me look like the last time I worked, it was as a squinty little roadie for The Captain and Tennille. Except for the lone 'stache, which makes me look like a cross between the same roadie's lameass attempt at metrosexuality and a 14 year old Whitesnake fan named Buck.

(Buck don't Bedazzle)

Aug-30-2006 04:35

does anyone else think Crunch should post these infamous picks somewhere for all to enjoy?

Aug-30-2006 06:00

lol Badass... doing the goatee / half beard in RL mate. Doesn't reall rate a rank. Always wanted the Dick Dastardly (Wacky Races) evil villain 'stache, but invariably I can only manage the Mutley shhshhshhshhshhshhhhhhh

Aug-30-2006 09:05

Well, if you got hold of some fast hair growth shampoo you could always try taking on these guys in Amberg:
http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/
I'm sure the evil villain variant would be a sure hit. And if shampoo isn't working, there's always next year in Brighton so you'll have lots more time to perfect it ;D

Aug-30-2006 09:12

Well, Abe Lincoln had a goatee I believe, and he was in charge of the whole army...don't put yourself down like that Squirrel :-)