Zeitgeist Freitag - the Mustache

So on Fridays I thought I'd focus on one random cultural phenomenon/fascination/trend.

And really, where else could I begin but with the mustache?

(and for your random edification/amusement "mustache" in German is "Schnurrbart." How great is that?!)

 Let's review our 'stache knowledge, shall we...

• Some of the manliest 'staches ever to grace the face of man. 

• In Australia, they have the month of Movember where men start the month clean shaven and have the whole "...month to grow and groom their moustache. During Movember, each Mo Bro effectively becomes a walking billboard for men’s health and... raises essential funds and awareness for Movember’s men’s health partners – The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue – the national depression initiative."

         (side note: apparently "mo" in Australian is equivalent to "stache" in American... which makes Movember make more sense, at least to me at any rate.)

• And of course there's the World Beard and Mustache Championship

• There is also the American Mustache Institute. Please go read the history of mustaches (under the mustache information tab)... it's informative, fascinating, and hilarious

• And one last trivia tidbit, apparently Peter the Great ordered men to shave off their beards/mustaches in 1698 and then further imposed a tax on facial hair in 1705 in the attempt to get Russians to look more like Western Europeans.

And now onto the big show... the mustache's amazing proliferation in all things pop culture etc.

Mustaches on a Stick, Whiskerworks
Ahoy T-shirt, MustacheandFriends 
Mustache Field Bag, theboldbanana 
Mustache Hairclip, Liven
Giraffe Messenger bag, rainbowswirlz
I Mustache Therefore I Am, Dummypress
Resin Necklace, Stoopidgerl
Stache a Day Buttons, Hownice
Little Gentleman Onesie, Hutchme 
French Toast Earrings, The Tiny Fig
Sock Monster, Stuf'd

Mustache Men, Tosya
Mustache Tote bag, PaisleyMagic
Octopus Earl card, earthtogirl
Monster Pillows, cronopia6
Framed Handlebar, gentrynightstudios
Mustache Comb Over, Drywell
Mustache Mugs, Peter Ibruegger
Mustache Flask, Man Eating Flower   <-- I own one of her "Temperance" flasks and it's Awesome!!
Hot Short Fundies, maybeyoushoulddie
Home for your Mustache, ChopShopStore
Eyeglass Holder, ArtAkimbo