Prostate Cancer, Movember and Chicks With Moustaches

Guess what. It’s Movember and that’s not a typo. Movember is the month of the year that men (and women. maybe) grow “the mo” or moustache to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer and other cancers and health issues that affect men. You’re supposed to start the month without a moustache, grow it for the entire month, shave it off at the end of the month and then start thinking of ideas for next Movember.

Prostate Cancer Is Not the Same as Prostrate Cancer

I really just wanted to include the word prostrate somewhere. I love commonly misused and mispronounced words and phrases, as well as those that are completely fabricated. Like prostrate. If anything, maybe this blog post will break the habit for at least one person. Except that wouldn’t be fun. Not sure what I’d laugh at if people stopped saying prostrate, aks (ask), liberry (library), real-a-ter (realtor)…you know what I mean. By the way, Snoop doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It is not a doggy dog world, it’s a dog eat dog world. Yeah, I know. I do it too.

Anyway, my dad had prostate cancer and luckily the doctor  found it very early and was able to remove it quickly. As my mom said, his annual exam saved him. So even though you hate those exams and you hate the bills and missing work, I’d guess you’d hate dying from prostate cancer more. I, for one, would’ve hated losing my dad.

Reasons Women Should Grow a Moustache

1.  Attention. Pure, unadulterated attention. Women can either get buck naked or grow a moustache. Either way, people will notice you. Just depends upon whether you want them to whisper “That chick is naked”, or “That chick has a moustache”.

2.  No more staring in the mirror and worrying whether you’re growing a moustache. You have one and you’re not hiding it. There. Problem solved. Don’t worry about whether you’re growing a beard either, because once people see a woman with a moustache, they assume a beard is on the way anyway.

3.  Your boyfriend/husband will know what it’s like to kiss someone with a moustache. Unless he already has. Then he’s used to it.

4. Save money on lipgloss. You no longer have to be concerned with lipgloss because I’m pretty sure a moustache will make your lips stand out enough. Unless your moustache is cascading over  your lips and in that case I’d say you probably took the moustache thing too far. Plus, lipgloss and moustaches just don’t go well together. I’m guessing.

5. Prostate Cancer Awareness. This one’s for the men. Kind of. Except men probably don’t really want their chicks growing moustaches. But anyhoo.

If you’d like to just donate instead of actually growing a moustache or if you don’t want to shave off your moustache to regrow it or for whatever reason, you can donate at the Movember website. Donations from the US campaign benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) and LIVESTRONG, the Lance Armstrong Foundation.  Don’t forget that Movember is all about awareness as well, you can also read about it here.

This is me and it’s only Day 3 of Movember…

That Chick Has a Moustache