Movember is a moustache growing charity event
held every November to raise funds for mens health. Men of all
hair-growing ability let their top lip go wild for 30 days and
people donate cash for their efforts.
My latest challenge saw 50% of the vote going to finding and
kissing a new movember man each day. I'm risking pash-rash on a
daily basis and to make things interesting I'm finding out an
unusual fact about each of these mo-men.
Day 20: Rod Carter at Ocean's Sports Club in
Whangamata
Rod jumped at the chance for internet fame and the chance to kiss
Indiana. It was just a pity his wife wasn't quite as impressed as
he tried to get a leg over!
Interesting fact: Rod's party trick involves rolling himself
in a piece of carpet like a cigarette.
Day 19: Shane Parker in New Zealand but from
Australia
Shane's mo seems to have aerodynamic powers, that's the only way I
can explain how he beat me in the Shweeb in Rotorua.
Interesting fact: Shane doesn't eat cheese, he just laughs at
it.
Day 18: Jeff the bikebuilder from Rotorua
While Jeff's ability to grow a mo was sketchy at best, his ability
to fix my bike 'Meg' was legendary.
Interesting fact: Jeff dreams of being a comic book hero
and often wears his undies on the outside.
Day 17: Simon from the Regatta in
Brisbane
This kid claimed he was growing a mo but it must be nocturnal or
only visible under the right light. Keep trying Simon.
Interesting fact: Simon is considering moving to Antarctica
where body hair grows more rapidly.
Day 16: Freddie from Fosters
This sexy Aussie bloke has been sporting a mo for longer than
anyone can remember.
Interesting fact: Cartoon moustaches need no grooming.
Day 15: Jake from the Under 20s Brisbane Broncos
team
I bumped into this lad at the Courthouse in Port Douglas
on his breakup party for his rugby league team. He was wearing a
dress, the theme of the party was op-shop and decided to lick my
cheek rather than kissing it.
Interesting fact: This isn't the only dress Jake
owns.
Day 14: Matt from Hartleys Crocodile
Adventures, Wangetti
You may have heard of a tree snake or a trouser snake, now meet
the upper lip snake. Matt took me for a special tour around
Hartleys and we got to feed 5 metre crocs and play with
pythons.
Interesting fact: Matt is going to be a stunt double in a
hollywood movie next month wrestling a croc.
Day 13: Farley from Cairns
Movember men don't mind putting their upper lip on the line for a
good cause but Farley didn't stop there. He got a moustache finger
tattoo with a group of his mo-bros and mo-sistas in Cairns.
Interesting fact: Tattoos don't wash off
Day 12: Bruce from Rockhampton
While I didn't meet Bruce in the flesh I was so impressed
with his man-eating crocodile moustache he had to feature.
Interesting fact: Bruce is currently trying to market a
crocodile exfoliation cream to Japanese markets.
Day 11: P-Bird from Brisbane
Just back from a quad biking adventure P-Bird's mo is
helped along by a fresh smattering of mud but his cheeky prickle
was worth getting dirty for.
Interesting fact: P-bird was once a Country Road
model.
Day 10: Bob from Kroombit Park
As soon as I arrived at the Goat Rodeo Bob caught my eye,
he wears his fringe hipster-long and pulls off the beard better
than any 2-legged man I know.
Interesting fact: Bob is the only blonde in his
family.
Day 9: Simon from Denmark
He may have been wearing a chequered shirt on a farm but
this guy was more town than country and wasn't quite pulling off
the cowboy mo at day 9.
Interesting fact: Simon was evicted from the Big
Brother house for sniffing a contestant's underwear.
Day 8: Graham from Nottingham
This wannabe cowboy was on my dinner table at Kroombit
Park Cattle Station and apparently he uses his as a flavour savour,
collecting all the stray crumbs for later.
Interesting fact: Graham occasionally lets his
girlfriend walk him on a leash.
Day 7: Brendon from Noosa Heads
This mo-man decided he would do something special with
his beard for November. I met him at a 'Wet Jocks' competition at
Nomads Hostel in Noosa, which turned out to be far more rewarding
than our conversation.
Interesting fact: Brendon uses honey to twirl his moustache
and it attracts flies.
Day 6: Matt from West End, Brisbane
I got more than a mo from this guy, when he went in for
the kiss I got a little more than I was expecting and the lady in
the black coat behind us was shocked and moved seats. Note to self:
Don't pick mo men who have just left a Sunday afternooon session in
the beer garden.
Day 5: Matt from Regatta, Brisbane
This is our bar man at the Regatta hotel in
Brisbane who informed me that the guys who pre-grow are brandished
with the Moctober brush. Throughout our whole conversation he
creepily licked his dirty mo while telling me there's a female
version of Movember called Fanuary, I'll let you come to your own
conclusions on that one!
Day 4: Chris from Sydney
An old mate from my London days surprised me tonight and
luckily he'd been cultivating an upper lip crop for the past 4
days.
Interesting fact: Chris does DVD aerobics in his lounge before
work each day.
Day 3: Jeff from Rotorua, New Zealand
I'm not sure how this nutty fella was allowed out of New Zealand
but he was more than happy to be one of my hairy henchmen.
Interesting fact: Jeff still sleeps with a night light he
affectionately calls 'Blinky'.
Day 2: Geoff from Eastbourne, New Zealand
After being baked in the Queensland sun all day this kiss
proved to be quite perilous due to the scratchy 2 day growth from
this cute kiwi lad.
Interesting fact: Geoff has a tattoo of the Pencarrow
Lighthouse on his arm.
Day 1: Juzzy from Mooloolaba
This young lad insisted that his narrow velcro lip strip was just
one days growth. He'd been celebrating the Melbourne Cup for 8
hours when I met him and was more than willing to be my first
mo-man.
Interesting fact: Juzzy's pinky fingernail is 8cm
long