Twit: Tim Bierman's moustache

YoullseeDragons wrote:

tremors wrote:

YoullseeDragons wrote:

OOPS! :oops:

We shall never speak of this again!

- you know I'm only messing - I'm sure Tim will overlook this on one occasion. Any more lapses like that though, and you may have your membership revoked! No, I didn't know who he was until a few weeks ago either :oops:

Back to work!

You did have me going for a minute! I thought I REALY screwed up!

Our President is surely a magnificent, munificent and benevolent presence, ready to forgive all transgressions. I feel he is watching over us currently. Ready to shower favours on those who praise his splendid moustache. I have printed out the picture above and it is currently in a frame above my hearth - It is like the president is watching over me. I'm optimistic about my next seat allocation too....

aNiMaL wrote:

This whole over glorifying the manager of the Ten Club as "our president" is just a tad creepy. He doesn't preside over any of us. He manages a good business that we all like, but he's not royalty.

And, if it weren't for such a good cause, I would say that a thread dedicated to his mustache is even creepier.

But, it is a really good cause, so I will let that last one slide.

It was an attempt at a dose of good old fashioned British irony. It's creepy on purpose, aspiring to a little 'tongue in cheek humour'. I started the thread as an observation on the president's new found celebrity status having seen the twitter 'tweet', and it got made a sticky, go figure. Yes it's a good cause. Let's put it down to 'lost in translation'

aNiMaL wrote:

tremors wrote:

aNiMaL wrote:

This whole over glorifying the manager of the Ten Club as "our president" is just a tad creepy. He doesn't preside over any of us. He manages a good business that we all like, but he's not royalty.

And, if it weren't for such a good cause, I would say that a thread dedicated to his mustache is even creepier.

But, it is a really good cause, so I will let that last one slide.

It was an attempt at a dose of good old fashioned British irony. It's creepy on purpose, aspiring to a little 'tongue in cheek humour'. I started the thread as an observation on the president's new found celebrity status having seen the twitter 'tweet', and it got made a sticky, go figure. Yes it's a good cause. Let's put it down to 'lost in translation'

Sounds good! That British humor sometimes goes right over my head.

Anyhow, again, I agree; it is a VERY good cause!

It's a very good cause! Maybe we should put some information about men's bits into the mix. Educational and fun all at the same time

http://www.movember.com/

My Brit humour *rarely* works on here - and every 3 months I vow never to try it again, because it always produces confusion. Then I get the urge, and a sticky! help!

The Mo, slang for moustache, and November come together each year for Movember.

Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.

The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia. The plan was simple – to bring the moustache back as a bit of a joke and do something for men’s health. No money was raised in 2003, but the guys behind the Mo realized the potential a moustache had in generating conversations about men’s health. Inspired by the women around them and all they had done for breast cancer, the Mo Bros set themselves on a course to create a global men’s health movement.

In 2004 the campaign evolved and focused on raising awareness and funds for the number one cancer affecting men – prostate cancer. 432 Mo Bros joined the movement that year, raising $55,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia - representing the single largest donation they had ever received.

The Movember moustache has continued to grow year after year, expanding to the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, South Africa, the Netherlands and Finland.

In 2009, global participation of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas climbed to 255,755, with over one million donors raising $42 Million US equivalent dollars for Movember’s global beneficiary partners.


The funds raised through Movember’s US campaign benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) and LIVESTRONG, the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

The PCF uses the money raised by Movember to fund research that is accelerating the discovery of better treatments and ultimately finding a cure for prostate cancer. One such program is the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center’s research, which has recently made a significant breakthrough. They identified 24 different kinds of prostate cancer and how aggressive each is. This should enable scientists to soon be able to answer the agonizing question facing men with prostate cancer: does their cancer need immediate treatment, and if so what is the best treatment, or can it be left alone?

LIVESTRONG uses the money raised by Movember to fund important programs to support young adults and their families battling and surviving cancer. These programs include:

• Fertile Hope, an initiative dedicated to providing reproductive information, support and hope to cancer patients and survivors whose medical treatments present the risk of infertility.

• My Planet, an online community of peer support that allows young adults to find and communicate with other young adults whose lives have been affected by cancer.

• Continuing Nursing Education program on Young Adult Cancer Survivorship. LIVESTRONG encourage nurses to know the warning signs of cancer, understand what types of cancer for which young adults may be at risk, and learn about cancer screening.

The success of Movember can be directly attributed to the more than 627,000 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas who have supported our cause since 2003. Movember is sincerely grateful for their efforts and appreciates all they do.

For those of you new to Movember, we challenge you to join us in changing the face of men's health.

For detailed information about the Movember Foundation, financial and annual reports, men’s health, the programs being funded and the social impact Movember is having, please visit:

http://us.movemberfoundation.com/

The other significant outcome of the Movember campaign is the awareness of prostate cancer and our men’s health messages we are collectively generating. Men of all ages are not only listening, they are acting on this messaging and taking positive action with their own health, diet, exercise and lifestyle. We recently surveyed the Movember community and found that because of their involvement in Movember, 39% of the Mo Bros sought medical advice, whilst a further 36% encouraged someone else to seek medical advice.