the Polish moustache

[Gość: Sir Mixalot]

So what is the Polish moustache all about? Why is it so popular with the
average middle-aged gent here? And what possesses younger blokes to try
growing one? This one's been bothering me for some time now, so I'd welcome
informed opinions.

[Gość: Wojtek]

Polish moustache or a moustache? I mean,while it's rare in England it is even
more common in the Balkan countries.

[Gość: rafi]

But in Balkan countries it`s because of islam, I guess. OK, maybe not all
of them but many. And in Poland? Why?

[Gość: Wojtek]

Maybe rural culture? It's qiute popular in France, especially in the south.
It's more common in rural communities anyway.

[Gość: rafi]

it cannot be the case coz if that were i would expect a lot of man with
moustache in switzerland. and you can rarely see one! so think about sth
else!

[Gość: Withnail]

It's probably fault of the climat - men get cold under the nose and to keep
this place warm they grow a moustache (well, it would look a bit strange if
they choose to wear hmm... something covering all the face)

[Gość: rafi]

oh man, so why men on iceland dont have them?!

[Gość: woman]

what about women? they don't get cold, huh?

[Gość: Withnail]

Ah, such a beautiful theory and now it's down the drain.

[Gość: KRIS]

You're just all fucking stupid .I don't know anybody my age who's got facial
hair so just let it go .Morons!

[musimarek]

because they fan of Freddie Mercury!

[Gość: rafi]

and that sounds really convincingly...

[Gość: Sir Mixalot]

I'm afraid I'm not convinced. I don't reckon a moustache would keep your face
warm. I heard once taht it's all to do with the old aristocracy. All those
portraits of kings and they've all got the old facial hair. So is it an
attempt to be a bit more 'noble'?

[Gość: Sir Mixalot]

I still don't think we've got to the bottom of this one. Come on moustachateers
out there, what's the secret. What goes through your mind when you're shaving
around it in the morning? How about handlebars? What's THAT all about?

[Gość: gent]

I have one.
Been trying to shave off for years, but women want it there.
The hell for? Can't figure out.
Must see a shrink about it.

[Gość: Flo]

I think it is because of old traditions having roots in the so called
sarmatism culture indeed. They were depicted as a moustached men and they were
a symbol of many virtues in the XVII century. It was so popular that almost
everybody then had a moustache - bigger or smaller but had it. Look at the
pictures of Piast Kolodziej or Jan III Sobieski. These are well known pictures
every kid can describe them mentioning the moustache. It was the symbol of
beeing a strong healthy in body and mind man, symbol of masculine etc. It is
definitely because of the culture roots I think and it has nothing to do with
the climate.

[Gość: erwas]

> I think and it has nothing to do with the climate.

You've got to be right, Flo.
The all-body moustache, perhaps. This little patch of warmth between the upper
lip and nose? no, I don't buy it.

the truth is that the moustache symbolizes sexual ambivalence. the moustache
lacks both the brutal commitment of total severe shaving and the glorious
abandon of hairy facial stuff. it's a timid little symbol of partial manhood.
it says: "peek-a-boo girls, I'm still here". Can you imagine Dionysius, Zeus or
Apollo with a moustache? or Adolph, Joseph or Lech without one?

erwas

[Gość: Sir Mixalot]

Gość portalu: erwas napisał(a):

> > I think and it has nothing to do with the climate.
>
> You've got to be right, Flo.
> The all-body moustache, perhaps. This little patch of warmth between the
upper
> lip and nose? no, I don't buy it.
>
> the truth is that the moustache symbolizes sexual ambivalence. the moustache
> lacks both the brutal commitment of total severe shaving and the glorious
> abandon of hairy facial stuff. it's a timid little symbol of partial manhood.
> it says: "peek-a-boo girls, I'm still here". Can you imagine Dionysius, Zeus
or
>
> Apollo with a moustache? or Adolph, Joseph or Lech without one?
>
> erwas


Flo is quite clearly on the money with this. And while intrigued by
erwas' "partial manhood" idea, I just don't see Freddie Mercury fitting into
the 'sexual ambivalence' category. At what age should a bloke seriously
considering getting moustached-up? My own feeling is that 30 should be the
lower boundary. What do you reckon?

[Gość: woman]

I suppose it's kind of oldschool, and that's why younger blokes grow it, too.

[nyo]

In many western countries, a moustache is something like wearing a badge
saying "i am gay"!

[Gość: Sir Mixalot]

Don't you think that's a bit of a cliche now. I mean, it's all a bit 'Village
People-ish', that big tache idea. Plus aren't beards big in some sectors of
the gay scene? I heard once that there's the "bear scene" with really hairy
blokes.

[nyo]

Beards are quite different though ...

[Gość: gent]

How come you can't see Freddie fitting in the category of sexual ambivalence???
He was an out-of-the-book example of a sexually ambivalent bloke. After all,
perhaps that killed him, too.
(ain't saying the moustache killed him ;-)