I've a real hankering to grow a moustache :o

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Patt

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Grow the goatee, and then one day shave off the bottom just to see people's reactions ;)
 

Gooberlx2

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Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I do think the general consensus is that mustaches are reserved for the creepy folk. It didn't use to be that way though, I wonder what happened.

my dad has had a mustache his entire life, i in fact have never seen him without it , im 26
i dont think hes creepy

Everyone with a mustache prior to whenever the new stigma came about gets grandfathered in.

Honestly, I dunno what it is, but this is a conversation I had several times back in school. The vast majority of people (that I've talked to anyway) associate mustaches with creepiness.

 

JulesMaximus

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Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I grew a stache a couple years ago. A couple girls who saw pictures of it recently told me they were surprised that I looked good with it.

I'm thinking of growing one out again for Mustache March

We have Cinco de Moustache here. :p
 

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: hanoverphist
ive had either a goatee or a moustache for most of my life. people tell me that i look creepy without one. my kids are currently trying to get me to grow mine really long so they can braid it. right now the goatee is abour 2.5" below my chin. not bad for a couple months growth. usually i keep it trimmed at about 3/4" long. when its just a moustache, i go for the manchu with a soul patch.

the moustache only:
http://members.cox.net/clandagta/twist.jpg

the goatee (just took it)
http://members.cox.net/clandagta/hanover1.jpg

i say if you want a stache, grow one. its not just the ccreepy people, its for anyone that wants one. i feel more comfy with mine than i do without it so i keep it. i do shave it off one in a while (like every year) to restart the shape or just for something different. kids hate it when i do that tho, they dont recognize me for a while after hehe.
Yeah you don't look creepy :roll:














j/k;)








 

AbAbber2k

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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I grew a stache a couple years ago. A couple girls who saw pictures of it recently told me they were surprised that I looked good with it.

I'm thinking of growing one out again for Mustache March

We have Cinco de Moustache here. :p

Don't get too crazy... wouldn't want to send la policía after you. :D
 

hanoverphist

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: hanoverphist
ive had either a goatee or a moustache for most of my life. people tell me that i look creepy without one. my kids are currently trying to get me to grow mine really long so they can braid it. right now the goatee is abour 2.5" below my chin. not bad for a couple months growth. usually i keep it trimmed at about 3/4" long. when its just a moustache, i go for the manchu with a soul patch.

the moustache only:
http://members.cox.net/clandagta/twist.jpg

the goatee (just took it)
http://members.cox.net/clandagta/hanover1.jpg

i say if you want a stache, grow one. its not just the ccreepy people, its for anyone that wants one. i feel more comfy with mine than i do without it so i keep it. i do shave it off one in a while (like every year) to restart the shape or just for something different. kids hate it when i do that tho, they dont recognize me for a while after hehe.
Yeah you don't look creepy :roll:














j/k;)

its the shirt, isnt it?
 

theknight571

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Originally posted by: hanoverphist
ive had either a goatee or a moustache for most of my life. people tell me that i look creepy without one. my kids are currently trying to get me to grow mine really long so they can braid it. right now the goatee is abour 2.5" below my chin. not bad for a couple months growth. usually i keep it trimmed at about 3/4" long. when its just a moustache, i go for the manchu with a soul patch.

the moustache only:
http://members.cox.net/clandagta/twist.jpg

the goatee (just took it)
http://members.cox.net/clandagta/hanover1.jpg

i say if you want a stache, grow one. its not just the ccreepy people, its for anyone that wants one. i feel more comfy with mine than i do without it so i keep it. i do shave it off one in a while (like every year) to restart the shape or just for something different. kids hate it when i do that tho, they dont recognize me for a while after hehe.


Whenever I see someone with a moustache like in your "moustache only" pic, I think of the guy from Spinal Tap. :p

I've had a full beard + moustache since the day after my high school graduation ceremony... I say... go for it.

 

dug777

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If my better half finds out you've been encouraging me, there'll be hell to pay ;)
 

Cerpin Taxt

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Originally posted by: mooglemania85
Go for it! Don't forget the Daisy Dukes as well.

linky

It's funny that you would post that, because I just came in to add that I had planned on dressing as Officer Dangle for Halloween, and I was going to top it off by growing a real mustache.

Alas, I couldn't put together all the necessary details to complete the costume, so I abandoned it. No mustache for me.
 

mooglemania85

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Originally posted by: Garth
Originally posted by: mooglemania85
Go for it! Don't forget the Daisy Dukes as well.

linky

It's funny that you would post that, because I just came in to add that I had planned on dressing as Officer Dangle for Halloween, and I was going to top it off by growing a real mustache.

Alas, I couldn't put together all the necessary details to complete the costume, so I abandoned it. No mustache for me.

So are we to assume that you kept the Daisy Dukes? ;)
 

Cerpin Taxt

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Originally posted by: mooglemania85
Originally posted by: Garth
Originally posted by: mooglemania85
Go for it! Don't forget the Daisy Dukes as well.

linky

It's funny that you would post that, because I just came in to add that I had planned on dressing as Officer Dangle for Halloween, and I was going to top it off by growing a real mustache.

Alas, I couldn't put together all the necessary details to complete the costume, so I abandoned it. No mustache for me.

So are we to assume that you kept the Daisy Dukes? ;)

Even more ironically, that was one particular element of the costume that I could not locate.
 

BurnItDwn

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I've had a mustache and beard since I was 16. I've shaved it off a few times, but it always seems to grow back, and I'm not about to shave it every damn time it grows back .... so I have a mustache and beard instead.
 

BurnItDwn

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Originally posted by: Platypus
Wear the really creepy pencil-thin type that sort of looks like you bit into a chocolate donut but didn't wipe your face off.


I've always wanted to grow my sideburns out like insanely thick and then route them into a moustache like an old school banker. That would be so badass.


I practicly did that in High school ...
I shaved my full beard off when I was 16 or 17 but left inch+ long chops and a stache....
I didn't like how it looked all that much, so I let the beard grow back ....

I really ought to trim mine more than I usually do, cause my Drivers License and FOID cards don't exactly look the best .... hehehehe