My moustache is dumb.

Flint · 10-20-2008, 12:09 AM

I'm shaving it off tonight. I tried growing it out, for the "full beard" effect, but I just don't like it. It looks scuzzy. And it's scratchy.

I can handle the Amish/Abe Lincoln jokes that go along with a moustache-less beard. FYI: it's a Donegal beard (i.e. like a leprechaun).

Stress Puppy · 10-20-2008, 12:16 AM

I always thought they were called Chinstrap beards. But apparently the Abe Lincoln style is called a Donegal or a Chin Curtain.

Flint · 10-20-2008, 12:18 AM

A chinstrap is like... if you're in an R & B video.

A chinstrap is thin (sideburn-width) all the way across.
A Donegal is a full beard... without a moustache.

lookout123 · 10-20-2008, 12:32 AM

I think your moustache is your best feature.

Sundae · 10-20-2008, 04:23 AM

I think we need a picture. And then a vote.

classicman · 10-20-2008, 07:39 AM

I agree with Sundae

footfootfoot · 10-20-2008, 08:01 AM

I don't think your moustache is dumb; it speaks volumes about you.

SteveDallas · 10-20-2008, 08:26 AM

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My moustache is dumb.

Mine is too.. I've given up trying to teach it to read. It just wants to drink and watch TV Land.

glatt · 10-20-2008, 08:28 AM

Back when I had a beard, my mustache was the weak link. It just never got a thick as I would have liked. As much as I didn't like it, I wasn't willing to shave it off and do the Abe Lincoln.

Sundae · 10-20-2008, 09:12 AM

Here we are.
Amish Abe...

footfootfoot · 10-20-2008, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I don't think your moustache is dumb; it speaks volumes about you.

PM Shawnee123 to explain it to you.

LabRat · 10-20-2008, 10:41 AM

When Red and I were dating, he had a nice thick moustache. He grew it back in high school, to cover a scar from a split upper lip. I liked it. At one point while trimming it, he accidently nicked it badly enough that he had to shave it totally off and regrow it. I told him never ever, under any circumstances shave it off again.

Fast forward about 9 years. He decided he wants to be clean shaven for awhile and see how that goes. I told him to go ahead, but was not real excited about it. Whoa! Hello! I told him never ever, under any circumstances grow it back again.

Don't ask me what changed, but I like him much better without it now. He's been that way now for 3 years maybe?

My personal favorite look on him though is a trimmed goatee,

. Just long enough so that it's soft, but not so long it collects things.

Sundae · 10-20-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

Just long enough so that it's soft, but not so long it collects things.

Like Star Wars action figures?

LabRat · 10-20-2008, 10:45 AM

::snort::

lumberjim · 10-20-2008, 11:22 AM

lose the beard while you're at it. It makes you look manky.

10-20-2008, 12:09 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	My moustache is dumb. I'm shaving it off tonight. I tried growing it out, for the "full beard" effect, but I just don't like it. It looks scuzzy. And it's scratchy. I can handle the Amish/Abe Lincoln jokes that go along with a moustache-less beard. FYI: it's a Donegal beard (i.e. like a leprechaun). __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-20-2008, 12:16 AM	#2
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	I always thought they were called Chinstrap beards. But apparently the Abe Lincoln style is called a Donegal or a Chin Curtain. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

10-20-2008, 12:18 AM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	A chinstrap is like... if you're in an R & B video. A chinstrap is thin (sideburn-width) all the way across. A Donegal is a full beard... without a moustache. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-20-2008, 12:32 AM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I think your moustache is your best feature. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

10-20-2008, 04:23 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I think we need a picture. And then a vote. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-20-2008, 07:39 AM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I agree with Sundae __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-20-2008, 08:01 AM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I don't think your moustache is dumb; it speaks volumes about you. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-20-2008, 08:28 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Back when I had a beard, my mustache was the weak link. It just never got a thick as I would have liked. As much as I didn't like it, I wasn't willing to shave it off and do the Abe Lincoln.

10-20-2008, 09:12 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Here we are. Amish Abe... Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-20-2008, 10:41 AM	#12
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	When Red and I were dating, he had a nice thick moustache. He grew it back in high school, to cover a scar from a split upper lip. I liked it. At one point while trimming it, he accidently nicked it badly enough that he had to shave it totally off and regrow it. I told him never ever, under any circumstances shave it off again. Fast forward about 9 years. He decided he wants to be clean shaven for awhile and see how that goes. I told him to go ahead, but was not real excited about it. Whoa! Hello! I told him never ever, under any circumstances grow it back again. Don't ask me what changed, but I like him much better without it now. He's been that way now for 3 years maybe? My personal favorite look on him though is a trimmed goatee, . Just long enough so that it's soft, but not so long it collects things. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-20-2008, 10:45 AM	#14
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	::snort:: __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-20-2008, 11:22 AM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	lose the beard while you're at it. It makes you look manky. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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