What's on your lip??!

My Dad started his career with the Canadian Navy. Growing up, a lot of the time he was away at sea for extended periods. Understandably, it was a warm welcome home when he had the opportunity to return home for a few days. Following one such tour of duty, he arrived home sporting the thickest, blackest, most disgusting-looking mustache I've ever seen. (This goes back YEARS...I'm thinking at least 30...and I still remember it, so it must have been scarring.) It looked fake. It looked precisely like the one pictured. We didn't exactly give him the expected welcome this time...I ran away crying when he attempted to give me his usual hug. Mom refused to kiss him until he shaved the foreign object clear away. Poor fella was pretty darn proud of that accessory, too, but he did oblige.

What started this post? A story from canoe.ca:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2009/04/08/9058596-cp.html

RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties in Richmond, B.C., are thrilled their moustaches have raised money for a children's charity but some will be equally glad to get rid of the hair above their lips when the contest is over.

Corp. Jennifer Pound says about 45 RCMP officers started growing moustaches during Moustache March in support of the Children's Hospital Foundation and have so far raised about $850.

Each participant has donated $10 to be part of the moustache-growing crew while staff members voting for the three distinguished categories are also being asked to pitch in $10.

Besides the Best Moustache award, there's the Most Disturbing Moustache award that would serve as a warning to never grow a moustache again and the Most Pathetic Moustache category applicable for the peach fuzz award.

Pound, who is no doubt qualified only as a voter for the contest, says that although participants are proud to support the cause, they'll be relieved to put the razor to work.

If such a contest was to have been put on by the Navy, I guarantee Dad would have won the "Most Disturbing" mustache award that would have certainly served as a warning to NEVER grow another one.