It’s one of them symbols (in all kinds of variations) which you find just about in every continent. In nothern parts of Europe, for instance, it was a symbol for the sun (at least, as far as one knows). Finland used it for its Air Force long before the nazists came along, by the way, but it was standing up, not tipped on one side, so the swastika was hijacked by the nazists, just like this thread is being hijacked by us.
Someone - possibly Winston Churchill? - when asked whether he was frightened of Herr Hitler replied that, if ever he was, all he had to do was imagine Hitler shaving in the morning. Just think of what a twat he would look like while shaping it. That explains why the Allies won WW2.
How about John Waters or is his too thin.
Yeah, Steve Canyon didn’t need no stinking moustache
Ah… a 1920s style “Death Mustache”
I heard it was recovering next to Tom Sellecks old mustache… viva mustachio (yes, im plugging www.vivamustachio.com.
I saw mustaches similar to Hitler’s in the military. Regulations required men to keep their mustaches from extending past the corners of the mouth. Some men trimmed a little too much off one side, balanced on the other and ended up with a Hitler 'stache.
Not sure why they didn’t just shave the whole thing. Maybe they believed it was a little wider than Hitler’s, so it was okay.
Oh, too thin – makes it an entirely different style.
Waters was on Letterman several years ago plugging his movie Cry-Baby. Letterman asked him about his moustache. John offered Dave a chance to touch it.
He declined.
No, no, no. That wasn’t Spanky with Hitler. He was with Oliver Hardy.
I’d always heard Hitler’s mustache called a “postage stamp.”
Dan Brown?
The swastika is found in a number of different cultures. It’s really a pretty basic design. Apparently, Nazis weren’t even the ones who linked it with racism in Germany; they just continued to capitalize on associations other had made.
That’s a “pencil-thin moustache,” something completely different from a “toothbrush moustache.”
Which is one of the many reasons Chaplin despised Hitler. He thought Hitler wore the mustache to capitalize on Chaplin’s popularity (especially among the working classes) to advocate an odious political agenda.
When I was a little kid (mid 60s), my grandpa had a rather hitlerian moustache. I really didn’t know who Hitler was at that age, so I said something in Grandpa’s hearing about how his moustache looked like Hitler’s. He didn’t wear a moustache for very long after that. I only remembered this incident a couple of years ago, long after Grandpa had died. I felt a little guilty – my naive comment probably hurt his feelings.
And he looks like he is even sportin’ a mustache.
Traitor!
Thanks for the replies, I’ve been rather taken aback with a nasty cold and in my Nyquil induced fog have had these bizarre images of Hitler’s Mustache running through my head.
I have to admit that I never noticed that the mustache of Oliver and Hardy (whomever the fat one was) and Charlie Chaplin were the near same as Adolph’s. I guess because the former brought joy and laughter to many and the latter is an evil bugger writhing in the depth of hell right now.
There’s a guy at work who is a smaller guy and tried to grow a mustache. Well, it seems he’s greying a bit and the ends of his 'stache were pretty grey except for the middle bit which was jet black. We called him the ‘Littlest Nazi’.
And then there’s [url=http://newsfeed.tcm.ie/images/people/robertmugabe.JPG]Robert Mugabe**'s effort, which really gives me the willies.
Does it count as a Hitler moustache or is it too narrow?
It’s (Stan) Laurel and (Oliver) Hardy.
Hardy is the fat guy with the 'stache.
Fixed link.
:: slinks off in embarassment ::
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Davis Wolfgang Hawke (aka Andrew Britt Greenbaum, the Jewish Spam Nazi)