Movember November 3, 2008 7:14 AM   Subscribe

Is anyone else participating in Movember? Is there a MetaFilter team? Should there be?

Would it be completely outrageous to solicit donations that go towards prostate cancer research?
posted by Plutor to MetaFilter-Related at 7:14 AM (38 comments total)

Not if it involves growing mustaches, no.
posted by allkindsoftime at 7:29 AM on November 3, 2008


Ah, something for the people too lazy to participate in NaNoWriMo.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 7:37 AM on November 3, 2008


Can I just wear mirror shades instead?
posted by DU at 7:47 AM on November 3, 2008


As long as the mirrors are on the inside.
posted by jonmc at 8:04 AM on November 3, 2008


I sure am, hence the scant beginnings of a sad little moustache....last year was a ton of fun, especially the gala party at the end of it....
posted by Grither at 8:05 AM on November 3, 2008


sad little moustache? Hell, I'm so manly my moustache has a moustache.
posted by jonmc at 8:07 AM on November 3, 2008


And since you're doing it, check out www.movemberusa.com and support Phil. Cause that's me. Or support those other guys, but I have daily pic updates!
posted by Grither at 8:07 AM on November 3, 2008


If I stop shaving now, by Thanksgiving I might be mistaken for a 12-year-old with a taste for bourbon.
posted by uncleozzy at 8:27 AM on November 3, 2008 [3 favorites]


I'm in. My boss won't like it, but I will. Mefi mail me when you've got details and I will sign up
posted by parmanparman at 8:59 AM on November 3, 2008


I will support this boyzone. I hope there will be greasemonkey scripts.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:24 AM on November 3, 2008


Sorry, can't. I am physically unable.
posted by Eideteker at 9:24 AM on November 3, 2008


The first time I heard of NaNoWriMo, I thought it was some nanotech wiring platform. "I can't wait for the new nanowrimo graphics cards!"

This time, when I read "Movember" I naturally thought it was some "National Mow Your Lawn Month" where we all compare tips on lawn mowing in typical Mefi nerd fashion.

I am so not Internet cool.
posted by Pastabagel at 9:25 AM on November 3, 2008


jessamyn: I will support this boyzone. I hope there will be greasemonkey scripts.

Woo! Boyzone! THIS THREAD FOR MOUSTACHE RIDES AND ROLLIE FINGERS JOKEZ! Nanowrimo can't hold a candle to that!
posted by not_on_display at 9:34 AM on November 3, 2008


Sorry, can't. I am physically unable.
posted by Eideteker

Check out my pics here. The first one is me after a full month of not shaving. It's still pretty weak, and doesn't connect in the middle. The rest are my daily updates for this month so far. It starts out pretty quick, but it never gets to full-fledged moustache. Sigh. And I'm 27.

It's still fun to try, even though my fiancee hates it. And it's for a good cause, too!
posted by Grither at 9:35 AM on November 3, 2008


I just frigging shaved off my beard. Let me have time to get used to the weird looking dude who lives in my medicine cabinet first.

I might go soul patch. Does soul patch count?
posted by middleclasstool at 9:38 AM on November 3, 2008


jessamyn: "I will support this boyzone."

Note that girls can not only participate in Movember (sans-Mo, but can join teams and collect donations), but indeed hold a vested interest in the support of prostate cancer research: One of the most common side-effects of prostatectomy is permanent impotence due to nerve damage.

middleclasstool: "I just frigging shaved off my beard. [...] I might go soul patch. Does soul patch count?"

The official rules require you start the month clean shaven, and also say "no beards, no goatees". They do allow a tickler, however.
posted by Plutor at 9:57 AM on November 3, 2008


I have been missing Exambeard since I graduated, and I did shave on the weekend...why not?

If I can find a damsel to tie to railroad tracks, I'll even splurge on moustache wax.
posted by Lemurrhea at 10:55 AM on November 3, 2008


I just LOVE a man with a mustache. Rock on, boyz!
posted by Lynsey at 10:56 AM on November 3, 2008


This thread reminds me of a Penny Arcade comic. Good luck to all who make the attempt.
posted by Tehanu at 11:01 AM on November 3, 2008


My friend participated in this (or a similar mustaches-for-for-charity venture) last year and had to get his drivers license renewed with a new photo taken at the worst point of the growing-in phase.

THAT is dedication.
posted by piratebowling at 11:11 AM on November 3, 2008


Not doing it, just 'cuz I don't feel like losing all the progress I've made towards some kind of facial hair, but ... Eideteker? Grither? Thanks. I feel much better now.
posted by spaceman_spiff at 11:12 AM on November 3, 2008


NO GOATEES?

fuck that noise.
posted by desjardins at 12:05 PM on November 3, 2008


I'm going to have to go dig out the right person to give me the form, "Requisition for mustache, growing of", fill it out in triplicate, and then get it denied because I haven't completed the proper training for mustaches yet. And then I'll find out that I have to submit the form with a photo of the grown-in mustache, which won't be possible because I can't grow in the mustache without the form.

(Ask me how my day's been going. Go on, I dare you.)

Oh, and my coworkers at my last job decided I looked like a child molester with a mustache. To the point that it was all people were talking about at the holiday party. I may donate, but no mustache for me, sorry.
posted by backseatpilot at 1:00 PM on November 3, 2008


Bah, I shave every six months whether I need to or not. I won't link to it, but you can see last shaving if you type in "Christopher Gets Shorn" at google. I was thinking of making it into a vblog that gets updates twice a year. So about half as often as I update my personal blog.

I'd do this, but I'm not shaving again until the snow that's not yet here is all gone and it's starting to warm up again. I'd be a fool to get rid of my facial hair in November. I live in Iowa. That's madness.
posted by cjorgensen at 1:12 PM on November 3, 2008


The problem with this idea is that I look like Tom Selleck with a mo.

And not in a good way.
posted by rodgerd at 1:19 PM on November 3, 2008


I'm already participating through my company. If luck holds out, I wind up like Prince Westley from the Princess Bride. If not, I look like almost every other Finnish truck driver.
posted by myopicman at 1:30 PM on November 3, 2008


Looks like I picked the wrong month to stop taking testosterone.
posted by deborah at 1:41 PM on November 3, 2008 [2 favorites]


We've got a bit of a competition at work. I seem to be leading the field at the mo-ment, thanks to genetics (and of course, large amounts of testosterone. Grrr.)
Oddly, it's taking twice as long to shave now that I have to go carefully around all the edges.
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets at 1:51 PM on November 3, 2008


I hate moustaches, but all my guy friends leap at the socially-approved opportunity to grow one, so I end up giving money in the name of whoever asks first. Sorry, they were really early this year!
posted by jacalata at 1:52 PM on November 3, 2008


I'm in, but I'm already part of my mate's team, the Mo-Fauxs. Carry on the good work, troops!

And as for being unable, I'm fairly sure at the end of the month I'll have a wispy patch of bum-fluff where my charity supporting Mo is meant to be, but I can live with that.
posted by twirlypen at 1:56 PM on November 3, 2008


Here's what I think when I think rollie fingers.
posted by turgid dahlia at 3:55 PM on November 3, 2008


What is the captain's reg # and captain's email?

I could join as individual, but team mefi would be better.
posted by dirty lies at 4:18 PM on November 3, 2008


New goal for me.
posted by BrotherCaine at 6:15 PM on November 3, 2008


jonmc - so you have one of these on your face?
posted by russm at 6:23 PM on November 3, 2008


In case anyone needs some... inspiration:
Mustaches for Kids 2007 (video)
Mustaches for Kids 2006 (video)
posted by eamondaly at 6:34 PM on November 3, 2008


Hey jonmc, you may be the one person who knows this -- is this Ace Frehley jamming with (the great fatsby) Leslie West in this vid? It says so in the comments, but it doesn't look like him to me.
posted by vronsky at 7:42 PM on November 3, 2008


Mrs. Plutor mistook the mustache for a rodent of some sort. It's been forcibly removed from my face. Apologies to all.
posted by Plutor at 5:08 AM on November 4, 2008


It's been forcibly removed from my face. Apologies to all.

Ye-ouch, that must have hurt. Sorry to hear it.

For everyone else...if you had been planning on donating to Plutor, feel free to redirect your funds my way. I can guarantee a full month's worth of Mo Grow. With daily pic updates for your ridiculing pleasure. :-)
posted by Grither at 6:20 AM on November 4, 2008


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