DRESS CODE ALERT - The Month of the Mustache...

The stache is coming to a workplace near you.  Absolutely nothing you can do about it, and before you consider me a hater, just know that I used to kick a "fu" back in the day.

Here's the scoop - with baseball's stretch run coming up, you're about to see an uptick in the number of mustaches in the workplace.

That's right - I estimate for every 100 dudes you have in your company, you'll see 1.5 of them grow brand new mustaches by the end of the month.  Why, you ask?  Just take a look at the pictures to the right, and you'll know why.  Michael Phelps thought about sporting a stach, but shaved the stache for the games.  Jason Giambi just shaved his, but don't kid yourself - as soon as he starts hitting, it's coming back quicker than you can say "flavor saver".

When it's rally time, it's stache time.  See the notable staches here.

It's even the month of the mustache in Fallujah.  From the Grand Junction Free Press:

"The “month of the mustache,” as it is now dubbed, is a common tradition for Marine units deployed. For the most part, Marines do not have facial hair; according to the regulations we can have a mustache, but the rules and regulations on it are so stringent that we typically refrain from growing one. However, in Iraq growing a mustache has become a fun and somewhat easy pastime for some of us.

The growing of the mustaches has evolved into a pseudo competition on who can grow the biggest mustache within the month. The month of the mustache seems to have taken on a life of its own; Marines are constantly speculating on whom they think has the most “wasta,” who will have the grand champion ’stache by the end of the month. It may sound trivial but the introduction of the month of the mustache has been a new welcome distraction to continuous combat operations."

So, when you see Ricky from Operations walk in with a weak attempt in the flavor saver department, be gentle.  He's trying to get his "wasta" on....

Comments

[Meg Bear]

"You've got to get a job"

http://tubearoo.com/articles/79877/Seinfeld_Mustache_Men.html

[KD]

Meg -

Classic clip. But if you don't get them to me earlier, I can't use them in the post!! Where's the ESP? Where's the love...?

Thanks for dropping in.. and the leads!

KD