# Seriously ladies(and fellas) aren't mustaches ridiculous? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325 "2015-09-15T04:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/61 "2015-09-17T12:40:41Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > Haven’t seen the show but just googled “Sam Elliott no facial hair” and was struck that “bald face” (and a relatively short hair-do vs. cowboy-esque unkempt man-locks) knocked 10-20 years from his appearance! _De gustibus_ and all that, but I think Sam Elliott looks better with shortish hair atop his head and none\* on his face. > > \*Except eyebrows, of course. Most people look creepy without eyebrows. 🙂 Holy crap, it’s amazing how tastes can so differ from each other. When I’ve seen him as you mention, his visage is so shocking and out of character for his physical appearance, it’s appalling to me. No offense to Sam, but I think he looks horrible and too old without it. \< shudder \> On the other hand, Dean Koontz looks a million times better. Before, he came across a bit pervy. And to borrow someone else’s hand, I think Tom Selleck is sexy no matter what he is (or isn’t, I’m assuming) wearing. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/62 "2015-09-18T21:30:32Z")
Man, I don’t even want to imagine my dad shaving his stache. It was bad enough when he got an eye operation that left him not needing to wear glasses anymore, but no stache? This topic is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/63 "2015-09-18T22:02:01Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Holy crap, it’s amazing how tastes can so differ from each other. When I’ve seen him as you mention, his visage is so shocking and out of character for his physical appearance, it’s appalling to me. No offense to Sam, but I think he looks horrible and too old without it. \< shudder \> Yeah, his mustache should be mandatory. Without it he looks like the Grinch. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/64 "2015-09-18T22:12:49Z")
You guys don’t know your hockey players. [Lanny McDonald.](https://postmediaprovince.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/lanny-mcdonald.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/65 "2015-09-20T17:51:20Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Almost forgot: > [Coolest 'stache ever.](http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Movie-Mustaches-Big-Lebowski-Sam-Elliott.jpg) Sam Elliott is exactly who I was going to mention. Haven’t seen him in years but that look he gives, along with his 'stache–makes my heart race every time. But I digress. There are those who can’t wear a 'stache and some who can. And then there’s a very few who _most definitely can._ Please pardon me while I retire to my fainting couch… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/66 "2015-09-21T08:46:17Z")
A ‘stache can actually improve the looks of many guys’ faces. Nothing ridiculous about that. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/67 "2015-09-21T13:32:29Z")
I’m not a fan of moustaches. I grew up in the 1970s, and every single guy cast as a child molester on TV (or in those films they showed us in school) always had a moustache and wore aviator glasses. And drove a white van. > [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I can no longer take this post seriously. I’ve worked around too many people with Serious Beard Reek to Ever consider this as appealing instead of as a form of human-repellant. I’ve dated several guys with various forms of facial hair. Never run into “beard reek” because they showered and washed their beard with soap (or shampoo or face wash). Some guys even condition their beard so it’s not scratchy. I’m ok with beards, and, god help me, on some guys a goatee is the hottest thing ever. “If you use proper hygiene” should not even have to be said. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/68 "2015-09-21T13:34:25Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > Now mustaches on women look ridiculous ! I seen some women that could shaved their mustaches or waxed it off. I’m being slightly catty here, but yesterday the female cashier in the dollar store had more beard than my 15-year-old nephew. And I thought, ok, I get it, it can be expensive to treat hormonal conditions. But the dollar store _sells razors_… Maybe other people are less vain than I. /hijack ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/69 "2015-09-21T14:08:48Z")
I’ve never understood the dark peach fuzz on some women. It’s obvious, not at all in style, and easy to remove. I wonder how many of those women have absorbed the old wives tale that shaving encourages both faster growth and thicker wirier whiskers? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/70 "2015-09-21T17:07:26Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I wonder how many of those women have absorbed the old wives tale that shaving encourages both faster growth and thicker wirier whiskers? Quite a few, actually. Waxing is somehow ok, but shaving is bad. _shrug_ I’ve shaved the peach fuzz for a decade because I don’t like how it looks, especially when I wear makeup. One cheap razor, a couple of minutes, done. As a bonus, it exfoliates the skin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325.md?page=3)