MOVEMBER general discussion thread

Sauve · 29-10-2013 9:24pm #1

As the title suggests - it's almost time for Movember...

Will you be taking part?

How extreme will your tache be?

Feel free to post pics and progress reports as the month goes on...

Wise Old Elf · 29-10-2013 9:29pm

Sadly I won't be taking part as I would have to have stopped shaving in june to grow anything borderline acceptable!
My brother is doing it, so I guess he'll be getting this year's donation, it'll be amusing though, none of my family have beards or 'taches.

jimbobaloobob · 29-10-2013 11:15pm

got the whole family doing it for last few years, by end of november we looked like those chilean miners that got trapped for few weeks underground.

Loomis · 30-10-2013 12:29am

Considering doing it this year. I tested a Tom Selleck look over the long weekend. The family thought it was hysterical and I got a few funny looks when I dropped into the chipper. I'd be self-conscious at the best of times so not sure about how I'd get on with this.
The site is pretty adamant about keeping it a moustache and not joining to a beard or goatee.
To anyone who's done it in previous years - how strict is it/should it be?

Kev.OC · 30-10-2013 1:23pm

I'd love to take part, but I can't grow the facial hair required.

Woodward · 30-10-2013 8:48pm

already have a beard and work wont let me grow it back if I shave it off

Mr. CooL ICE · 30-10-2013 10:10pm

Signed up today as part of work.

However, I've had a beard for a month. How frowned upon is it to not start from scratch?

Grid. · 31-10-2013 12:37am

Yep...no tache....I'll grow the goatee back though.

hfallada · 31-10-2013 12:39am

I know its for a good cause and everything. But most people that do look like they should be on ABCs to catch a predator. Irish people generally cant pull off facial hair.

Pawwed Rig · 31-10-2013 10:11am

hfallada wrote: »

Irish people generally cant pull off facial hair.

I don't think many people can pull off a moustache no matter where they're from. That is the point of Movember. Noone does it for the coolness factor. Most do it and endure the embarrassment and abuse from their friends because it is in aid of a good cause.

naasrd · 31-10-2013 10:44am

Will be avoiding it like the plague, it's for men who've no goal in life, and who have taken to following the herd. Bereft of imagination, style or individuality it could make a weaker man ashamed to be one...

Mr. CooL ICE · 31-10-2013 10:55am

naasrd wrote: »

Will be avoiding it like the plague, it's for men who've no goal in life, and who have taken to following the herd. Bereft of imagination, style or individuality it could make a weaker man ashamed to be one...

Well aren't you a treat

Panthro · 31-10-2013 11:56am

naasrd wrote: »

Will be avoiding it like the plague, it's for men who've no goal in life, and who have taken to following the herd. Bereft of imagination, style or individuality it could make a weaker man ashamed to be one...

Which is a roundabout way of saying "I can't grow a beard!!" :pac::pac:

awec · 31-10-2013 12:08pm

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Kev.OC · 31-10-2013 12:42pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I don't think many people can pull off a moustache no matter where they're from. That is the point of Movember. Noone does it for the coolness factor. Most do it and endure the embarrassment and abuse from their friends because it is in aid of a good cause.

I think the majestic Mr. Selleck would disagree.

Pawwed Rig · 31-10-2013 12:47pm

Kev.OC wrote: »

I think the majestic Mr. Selleck would disagree.

I did say 'I don't think many people' rather than 'I don't think anyone'. I chose my words carefully and actually had Tom Selleck in mind when I wrote it

Panthro · 31-10-2013 12:48pm

I've left my trusty Mac 3 razor back home, so I'm accidentally getting on the beard bandwagon for the forseeable. Anyone else a bearer of the black hair/red beard phoneomenon?! Shyts crazy.

Kev.OC · 31-10-2013 2:51pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I did say 'I don't think many people' rather than 'I don't think anyone'. I chose my words carefully and actually had Tom Selleck in mind when I wrote it

Of course you did. It's Tom Selleck! He's the epitome of many Movember aspirations, and rightly so.

Anyway, I think it's time I stopped letting my man-crush on Tom Selleck derail the threat. :pac:

I think "ginger beard" is the phrase you're looking for Panthro.

Zennith · 31-10-2013 4:06pm

Joinedn up for this today....thought it would be a bit of craic for a good cause. Problem though is that it may take the month for my upper lip to grow stubble...........

KonFusion · 31-10-2013 10:04pm

What's involved?

Never done it before. Do you just grow a mo and try and raise money or...

Also is there a boardsie team?

Sauve · 31-10-2013 10:52pm

That's it pretty much in a nutshell KonFusion. Have a look at the link in the first post, it explains all about it.

Galwayguy35 · 01-11-2013 2:15am

Panthro wrote: »

I've left my trusty Mac 3 razor back home, so I'm accidentally getting on the beard bandwagon for the forseeable. Anyone else a bearer of the black hair/red beard phoneomenon?! Shyts crazy.

Slight difference, have dark blond hair but a dark red beard which I'm 2 weeks into growing at the moment.

Professey Chin · 01-11-2013 8:53pm

Doing it with some friends.
Clean shaven today for the 1st time in years since we're all starting from scratch.
Design still undecided

sonny jim bob jones · 01-11-2013 10:53pm

naasrd wrote: »

Will be avoiding it like the plague, it's for men who've no goal in life, and who have taken to following the herd. Bereft of imagination, style or individuality it could make a weaker man ashamed to be one...

And they are smug bast***s.

The Big Smoke · 02-11-2013 6:38pm

Brilliant cause and one that has gained serious momentum. If only I could grow a tache'

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I'll be donating plenty of money to it anyway.

A-Trak · 03-11-2013 5:02am

naasrd wrote: »

Will be avoiding it like the plague, it's for men who've no goal in life, and who have taken to following the herd. Bereft of imagination, style or individuality it could make a weaker man ashamed to be one...

In 3 years I've raised over a grand for mens health by looking stupid with a ginger tache. What other plagues do you like avoiding? So your goal is to be an asshole?

Apologies mods, I'll take my ban/card. nasserd post really got me.

Easy Rod · 04-11-2013 4:43pm

I've signed up this but I am one of the facially follically challenged so i'm not expecting much growth. I'm in my late twenties but already quite young looking, i'm expecting to get ID'd quite a bit over the coming weeks.

Who knows though, maybe after a week or two it will blossom!

Sephiroth_dude · 05-11-2013 9:31am

Easy Rod wrote: »

I've signed up this but I am one of the facially follically challenged so i'm not expecting much growth. I'm in my late twenties but already quite young looking, i'm expecting to get ID'd quite a bit over the coming weeks.

Who knows though, maybe after a week or two it will blossom!

Same here lol

ronn · 05-11-2013 7:16pm

Just wondering if I can print off sponsorship cards and use them or do I have to get the cards from the Irish cancer society. Think I'll get more sponsorship the old fashioned way.

Any suggestions ?

ongarboy · 06-11-2013 9:07pm

I wonder has the effect of Movember been diluted more recently as it seems more than half of guys have beards along with taches these days anyway. Shaving just your beard just doesn't seem as dramatic as a clean shaven guy growing a tache.

Burky126 · 07-11-2013 12:14am

So this year for Movember,I decided to do something a little different.

I signed up with the website,Gallery Of Mo, to participate in creating Movember portraits in return for donations to various prostate and testicular cancer initiatives and men's mental health charities.

So far,the sites raised over £1800 in mo's and we've just got started! It would be great if you could take part (and get a sweet piece of art in the process!)

If anyone is interested,request a mo'trait on my profile here

Thanks

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