M.O.U.S.T.A.C.H.E. Tuesdays
I’ve always been of the opinion that Tuesday is the worst day of the week. Monday is a fresh start; Wednesday is hump day; Thursday is almost Friday; and Friday is Friday! What is Tuesday but filler in our corporate, capitalist workweek? Therefore, to perk up our spirits (and our facial follicles) on this 24-hour span of time that serves as little more than wadding between Monday and Wednesday to keep them from catastrophically colliding into one another, Tuesday shall henceforth be known as “Moustache Day” at designthatkills.
But before I begin today’s topic, it has been brought to my attention that I neglected to include a key style of facial adornment in last week’s entry: the leather daddy moustache (known to some as the “Zapata”). Behold perhaps the most recognizable example:
(Thanks, Dee!)
Now, moving along…in light of our nation’s recent presidential election, I thought I’d dedicate this entry to the presidential moustache, and in particular to Howard Taft, who held the position from 1909-1913 and was the last U.S. president to wear facial hair.
Taft also has the dubious distinction of being the heaviest president ever, weighing in at 300+ pounds. However, as would seem evident from his staunch advocacy of world peace, Mr. Taft was a gentle giant. I like to think, then, that President Taft was a jolly fellow and that his upturned handlebar moustache was simply an extension of his smile.
And to all of you presidents since–what gives? What’s your beef with facial hair? You know, I think Mr. President-to-be Obama wouldn’t look too shabby with maybe a little pencil ’stache. What do you think?
Come on, Mr. Obama, bring the change that this country really needs!
-Richard Wayne, founder of the Men’s Organization for the Utilization of Style and Taste in the Advancement of Countenancial Hair Enhancements (MOUSTACHE)
November 17th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
you have so much moustache in your life Kristin