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The sad and curious exile of the American mustache
Boston Globe ^ | October 11, 2009 | Wesley Morris

Posted on 10/10/2009 2:13:01 PM PDT by GQuagmire

...What happened? For the past 20 years, a parade of facial hair has taken root on the faces of movie stars and American men - sideburns, the three-day beard, the chinstrap, the soul patch. The goatee returned from the 19th century and seemingly brought eight cousins with it. But the mustache? As far as pop culture is concerned, the mustache remains trapped in the land of porn and irony.

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KEYWORDS: fashion; mustache
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To: Candor7

“Mujer con bigote no necesita dote” is a Spanish proverb. It means, “A woman with a mustache doesn’t need a dowry,” which I think implies that the higher testosterone levels indicated by the mustache means the husband will be “taken care of” in non-monetary ways.


41 posted on 10/10/2009 3:05:11 PM PDT by Tax-chick (There is no "I" in "Tejano conjunto." It's all about the mission.)
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To: GQuagmire

After various beards, goatees, van dykes, mustaches, I have decided to go with the double chin.


42 posted on 10/10/2009 3:05:13 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for an idea I will have in 2012.)
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To: Tax-chick
“A woman with a mustache doesn’t need a dowry,”

Says to me she won't be getting married due to the aforemention facial hair....
43 posted on 10/10/2009 3:07:33 PM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: Candor7
Frieda was weird. Cool, but weird.

/johnny

44 posted on 10/10/2009 3:08:12 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
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To: GQuagmire
she won't be getting married due to the aforemention facial hair

That would mean a *lot* of single women (and men) in Mediterranean countries.

45 posted on 10/10/2009 3:10:30 PM PDT by Tax-chick (There is no "I" in "Tejano conjunto." It's all about the mission.)
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To: jessduntno
I have one of those, but with mutton chops. I haven’t trimmed my ‘stache since december of last year, and if I don’t trim my chops about once a months I look like I should be in a BBC production of A Christmas Carol.
46 posted on 10/10/2009 3:12:24 PM PDT by Genflag
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To: Candor7

Frida Kahlo? Mexican


47 posted on 10/10/2009 3:14:31 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for an idea I will have in 2012.)
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To: GQuagmire
Beginning with Lincoln, who began growing a beard after his 1860 election and before his inauguration, through William Howard Taft's term, all Presidents save Andrew Johnson had facial hair of some sort. Taft, elected in 1908, was the last.

Thomas Dewey, GOP nominee in 1944 and 1948, attempted to bring the trend back. But once Alice Roosevelt Longworth (TR's daughter and socialite) referred to Dewey as "that little man on top of a wedding cake," it was pretty much over for mustaches, at least at the Presidential level.


48 posted on 10/10/2009 3:15:58 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (Now with ConstructionCam! Click on my name and follow the progress.)
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To: Genflag
"I have one of those, but with mutton chops. I haven’t trimmed my ‘stache since december of last year, and if I don’t trim my chops about once a months."

You should head to Gettysburg to be a re-enactor...

49 posted on 10/10/2009 3:16:26 PM PDT by jessduntno (Tell Obama to STFU - Stop The Federal Usurpation.)
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To: Bad Jack Bauer

Ft. Gordon? That’s a 25mos.

From flag and torch in the civil war to signal satellites above...


50 posted on 10/10/2009 3:16:51 PM PDT by 240B (he is doing everything he said he would'nt and not doing what he said he would)
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To: Clemenza
Shiver~~~~~~ I'll bet there are crawly things living in that mustache~~~~~
51 posted on 10/10/2009 3:20:18 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: GQuagmire
I have only shaved off my mustache one time in my adult like. Currently it holds it's place of honor for almost 25 years.

In college, I added the goatee several years before they became popular and took a bunch of crap from my friends for it ("Don't you think that's kind of old fashioned?"). Funny how none of them remember that I was ahead of the curve on that particular trend (probably the only time in my life).

Later on I went from the 'stache and goatee to the full beard and mustache and that's how it's been ever since.

My wife says she really likes how it looks on me and that's good enough for me (besides, I only have to trim it up once a week instead of shaving every day).

52 posted on 10/10/2009 3:21:08 PM PDT by Pablo64 (Political Correctness is a DISEASE. <==> TRUTH is the CURE.)
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To: GQuagmire

53 posted on 10/10/2009 3:22:33 PM PDT by mikrofon (Inspector Baracques Clues'0)
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To: SatinDoll

I agree, facial hair is nasty.


54 posted on 10/10/2009 3:23:56 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: GQuagmire

I’ve always worn one - when I was in the Army - the Colonel only had to see me at a distance and he would shout “Trim that Mustache” I had a real nice thick full one also.


55 posted on 10/10/2009 3:23:59 PM PDT by Patrsup (To stubborn to change now)
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To: GQuagmire
I have had a full beard and mustache since May of 1969. It's gone from bright, flame red to cinnamon splashed with more grey than red but I simply can't imagine shaving it off for any reason.

The problem is, if I did shave it off it would be back in about a week. It grows too fast for me to keep up with.

56 posted on 10/10/2009 3:24:03 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Buck Ofama!!)
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To: SatinDoll
"The only ones who don’t care or prefer beards/mustaches are women who don’t want sexual activity. Who really wants to kiss a haribrush?"

You couldn't prove that by my wife. She will not allow me to shave the mustache and she tells me several times a year how good the beard looks (and Mrs. Pablo64 is always right!!).

57 posted on 10/10/2009 3:27:17 PM PDT by Pablo64 (Political Correctness is a DISEASE. <==> TRUTH is the CURE.)
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To: GQuagmire
Couldn't resist posting on this thread... Had it, in varius forms, since 18. Will probably die with it.

58 posted on 10/10/2009 3:30:32 PM PDT by In The Defense of Liberty (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: School of Rational Thought
Si, es Frida.
59 posted on 10/10/2009 3:31:56 PM PDT by Candor7 (The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
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To: GQuagmire; a fool in paradise

Moustache? That’s so gay!


60 posted on 10/10/2009 3:32:08 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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