# Firemen's moustaches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 28, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652 "2002-03-28T23:11:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652/1 "2002-03-28T23:11:05Z")

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Are firemen required to wear moustaches? Nearly every fireman I have seen wears a moustache.

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652/2 "2002-03-28T23:32:44Z")

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Yes.  
Yes they are.

Even the women.

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**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652/3 "2002-03-28T23:48:28Z")

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They fall under the same ruling as Police.

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**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652/4 "2002-03-29T04:36:27Z")

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Well, if they didn’t they wouldn’t all be so _durn_ sexy.

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**Author:** ![Alexxandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alexxandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alexxandra)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652/5 "2002-03-29T05:52:03Z")

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Heh…the women too…good one Jack!

I know they can’t have facial hair OTHER than moustaches. It has to do with their masks making a good seal against the skin.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652/6 "2002-03-29T06:48:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lucretia \*  
> \*\*Well, if they didn’t they wouldn’t all be so _durn_ sexy. \*\*

Hmm… I gotta disagree with you here. Maybe 1 in 100 guys looks better with a moustache, but most of the time, clean shaven is the sexiest 🙂

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**Author:** ![Marley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Marley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemens-moustaches/100652/7 "2002-03-29T07:14:02Z")

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**I** don’t have one!

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