End of Movember - 'taches to ashes
It was once the preserve of bohemian
intellectuals, Village People impersonators, knowing East London hipsters and
the just plain idle, but last month saw the moustache explode across the top
lips of 250,00 Britons raising money for men's cancer charities.
Movember, as it's known,Buy beautiful prints & gifts edhardy, encourages men – or "Mo Bros"
– to abandon their razors for the 30 days of November and to document their
facial growths on social networking sites. Perhaps to the chagrin of bosses
across the country,China luckyshoes55 catalog. the movement
really took off this year. The UK's Mo Bros have already raised £14.7m as part
of a £63m global total, easily surpassing last year's impressive take.
In a sign of the movement's ubiquity,The next omelet you eat bestlanvinshoes will kill
you. David Cameron thanked Welsh MP Nick Smith for his splendid moustache during
Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions.
"For those who are capable of
doing so, it is a very good way of raising the profile of prostate cancer," he
added. He also complimented Lib Dem Roger Williams on the "magnificent specimen
lurking under his nose". Movember organiser Ric Boullemier said: "It's been in
the UK now for five years, and this year it has 'popped'. Men's charities do
tend to get overlooked; women have their pink ribbon, so we're trying to make
the moustache the male counterpart. It's probably the laziest charity in the
world."
But yesterday the fun came to an end and grateful wives and
partners across the country rejoiced as men slapped on the shaving foam and
scraped the fuzz from their faces.
Movember began in Melbourne,
Australia, in 2003, but was thrust into public consciousness last year when the
Australian cricket team – and England's own Kevin Pietersen – sported moustaches
during the 2010 Ashes series. Since then, celebrities have been eager to get on
board. World 5000m gold medallist Mo Farah grew a beauty this year,you cannot
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best place to comparison shop for pnikeshoes. quipping: "Don't forget,
every time you shave, a moustache dies."
Stephen Fry, Daniel Craig and
Ricky Gervais have all taken pictures of their efforts to the approval of fans
worldwide, but some debutants found their 'taches sourly mocked. Alas,
17-year-old Justin Bieber's fruitless growth was hardly a rival for the Groucho
Marxes of this world. "In some ways it's those guys who we should thank, the
ones who put in the most effort but take the most flak," said Mr Boullemier.
"He's one for our Lame-Mo category for people who can't grow their moustache in
30 days."