Life All About My Mustache
posted by on September 6 at 12:30 PM
I used to look like this.
Now I look like this.
I know, it looks a little weird, but the looks it gets are even weirder—people keep asking whether it’s an ironic mustache or an unironic mustache or an aggressively anti-ironic mustache, which is really a kind of backwards irony. It’s hard to keep up.
Fact is, it’s a charity mustache. A mustache for the kids. A mustache for the annual Mustache-A-Thon for 826 Seattle, the youth tutoring and writing center.
It’s like a walk-a-thon for lazy people—some of us grow mustachios, others sponsor them.
So if you don’t hate children and don’t hate literacy and don’t hate me, you might consider donating here (via Paypal) or sending a little something to:
826 Seattle
8414 Greenwood Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
And now for the first Mustache Fact of the Week: The Dutch slang for mustache is de befborstel, which refers to the mustache specifically as a tool for stimulating the clitoris, probably from beffen “to stimulate the clitoris with the tongue.” (Dirty Dutch.)
I know I've said this a zillion times, but I fully reject the notion that facial hair can be at all ironic. And Lord KNOWS I've had to address the topic (and all the attendant "mustache ride" jokes), as I've worn a mustache for nearly three years.
Keep it, Brendan. It works well on you.
Beffen, eh? Close to beef which might explain why the Brits refer to the labia as meat curtains. Odd and kind of disgusting, isn't it?
Almost every guy wants to explore the effects of facial hair. It's a rite of passage. I like the 70s porn star look, but you're pretty handsome either way. My guess, though, is that most people would prefer you shaven.
Your choice of charity is brilliant and thanks.
Have you been doing any stimulating? You know, for the kids.
Too bad you're straight or you'd be gettin' tons of action from the 'stache.
And you could don a pair of aviator sunglasses and give people speeding tickets for fun.
I forget, is facial hair popular with het gals? My friends say no and hell no.
I have a beard without the mustache (it's just too itchy) that I'm quite proud of.
Today's Porn Stache brought to you by Brendan Kiley! Thanks Brendan!
Some people look better with mustaches. (Tom Selleck, Burt Reynolds)
Some people don't.
Brendan would fall into the latter category, sad to say. He's MUCH cuter without the 'stache.
Can I comb your moustache, Mr. Kiley?
I'm with Bauhaus -- 826 Seattle is a fantastic organization.
It's very much an Officer Dangle look on you, Brendan. I personally think you look better without.
I do like the full beard and stache but I'm ready for that trend to go away because I can't grow a good beard and I feel left out.
Example: I've had a goatee/stache combo for the last year and shaved it off a couple weeks ago. So far only two people have noticed it was missing. sigh.
I had no idea that you are the spitting image of Martin Short...
You looked much better without it Kiley, much better
One Word: HAWT.
that is all.
I too am growing a mustache for 826
Ik heb geen befborstel, maar ik hou van beffen.
I've seen that moustache before, on Eric Idle during a Monty Python skit. Where's your ascot?
Dude. Hot. (With or without 'stache.)
how about some super props for Olympia homie, Burke Kelly? WORLD MUSTACHE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD! nice work Burke, way to represent for Evergren and for the '501!
Kiley, you look A LOT like Kaiser Wilhelm II. Check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhem_II
Don't listen to those hairophobes, Brendan.
The'stache is frackin' hot - keep it!!
Dude! Brendan Kiley is hot! Who knew?
I'm not seeing it, No. 18: perhaps we can get him to pose in a Pickelhaube?
to mustachioed brendan: come on and stay at the Y...M-C-A!
and i'm sorry, but i'm already supporting blaire @ 13's mustache. i don't like kids enough to support two mustaches. kids dressed as santa killed my grandma. you understand.
that shit is hottt
Wow, I'm disappointed there are no comments about the guy with an octopus attacking his face...
Wait, make that one.
Um...you're hot either way Brendan and you know it. Stop teasing all the queer guys with your visage. We've accepted that we can't have you. ^_^
Why aren't there any women participating. I would donate to that.
btw - check out Beard Team USA!
http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/
I also have a very-nearly-non-existent moustache that I'm nurturing for 826 Seattle. Go Team Duffell! Go 22-year-olds with skimpy upper-lip hair...
@24: I totally love the octopus beard/moustache on the guy with the pipe & hat. Awesome. Very Baron Munchausen. If I could grow that kind of beard/moustache, I would.
I've been looking for an excuse to grow an aweful mustache. Thanks to 826 for providing one, and to Brendan for the assist.
It's worth noting that because of our awesome Mustache-a-Thon last year, both 826 Valencia and 826 Michigan jumped on the trend.
Give 'em some love:
www.826valencia.org
www.826michigan.org
Now, give us some love and/or some of your cash money at the main Mustache Blog page, updated in a fashion that is nearly more than weekly:
www.826mustaches.blogspot.com
@14- Dat is ok, de vrouwen zullen hoe dan ook van je houden
Brendan, kudos on the 'stache! My dad (63) has had a mustache for over 32 years. He's NEVER once shaved it on all that time. My parents have been married for 31 years, so my Mom's never even seen him without it. Pretty neat!
I read about the Dutch slang term and it's meaning. Similarly, my Dad calls his "the womb broom"
Kinda gross, but funny nonetheless! :)
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