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To: PJ-Comix
Do you know why the Amish have beards but no moustaches? I do.

I didn't know they had beards but no moustaches, let alone why. But now I've begun my journey of knowledge, so why not tell me why?

38 posted on 06/06/2002 2:39:57 PM PDT by A.J.Armitage
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To: A.J.Armitage
I didn't know they had beards but no moustaches, let alone why. But now I've begun my journey of knowledge, so why not tell me why?

Because when the Amish started out a few hundred years ago in Germany, moustaches were associated with the military. Since the Amish beliefs told them to avoid the military profession they also avoided the moustaches. That is why there are no Amish with moustaches.

41 posted on 06/06/2002 2:43:15 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: A.J.Armitage
See #28
42 posted on 06/06/2002 2:43:49 PM PDT by ez2muz
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