Cinco de Mustache

It is the fifth of Mustache. The one band I was in for about three weeks was named Cinco de Mustache. We rocked. We did have a really sweet song that never materialized but would have blown your mind. The purpose of this post is strictly to talk about mustaches. What in the world is a mustache for I oft wonder. And why can some guys (and women for that matter) grow wicked mustaches and other guys just have little whispy ones? There are few times when I feel a mustache is okay and they are the following: When one has a beard, a mustache is a must. Have you ever seen a beard without a mustache? Creepy. When one has a goatee, a mustache is acceptable. This one is a little tricky. I feel this is most acceptable when the mustache and the goatee connect. If you can't grow facial hair between the section of your lips and chin, get rid of that mustache. For example: the guy from the Backstreet Boys. You gotta shave that stache as well as the soul patch.

Get it?

The only other exceptions are if you are known for your mustache, i.e. Geraldo Rivera, Alex Trebek circa 1970-1997ish, Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters, and the infamous Bert Reynolds of course. That means if you are famous and start out famous with a mustache, you can keep it. Now if you are famous and then grow a mustache? It better be for a movie role and that thing better be going after the movie is done. The only other exception is Zac's uncle Fred.

What kills me is the rule of the mustache on the campus of BYU. Most religious schools, regardless of the religion, tend to have rules regarding dress and appearance. Whether it is a private high school or a religious college, rules are made and kept or you get sever lashings....well, not lashings, but possibly some sort of ticket. I'm not sure, I've only ever gone to public schools. But there is a rule at the institution that is BYU where you cannot have any facial hair except mustaches. Really? The mustache? No goatee or the nicley furnished side burns but a mustache? I have always found it to be quite hilarious to say the least since I feel the mustache is the sickest of all facial hairs (unless accompanied by the beard or connected goatee of course). Or if you look like this guy.

But that is just amazing. Plus I think he is a rebel soldier from the south that is re-enacting a southern civil war battle=Acceptable. I'd like to see any BYU student pull that off.

I feel like this is the way many women feel about the mustache. Maybe I'm wrong but have you ever kissed a guy with a mustache? No, I am not wrong. I am right. So this last month Zac and his brothers (after reading yet another blog entry from the wonderful Mark Titus-Club Trillion on the left side) decided to take the "Movember" challenge and grow out their mustaches for the month of November. I'm not going to go into it and if you really want to know about Movember, read the post. Basically, Nick wussed out after a week of mustache growth, Jake couldn't handle his Jake Plummer stache and shaved on Thanksgiving, and well Mack....he is somewhere in the Ukraine so he couldn't participate. That left Zac. He being the oldest and probably the most stubborn grew out his mustache until the final day in November. He did have his goatee to go with it (minus the connecting hair...I called him backstreet boy) so it wasn't that bad. The last few days of November, Zac decided to shave his goatee and go strictly mustache. This is the result.

I made him put on his aviators so he would look like a cop from the 70's.

I didn't think he looked bad but I could NOT take him seriously. If we even got onto a serious discussion I would just start giggling. I was quite entertained with the whole process and I must report that Zac does not like the mustache. The day of Nov. 30th he stood up in a huff and yelled "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" and ran to the bathroom and shaved his mustache. It was a good time but I am glad that I can now give him a big smooch and not get my teeth flossed. I was just glad he didn't become famous in that month or that mustache would have had to stay on him until he became as infamous as Trebek-because once you become infamous, that mustache can be shaved.