The eccentricity & nonconformity of these fellows at the Just For Men World Beard & Moustache Championships is admirable. They all look fairly benign & since they go out in the public streets with those mugs they can probably handle themselves in a scuffle. But there’s no way in hell I’m answering the phone if one of them calls. There’s no way I’m sitting across a dinner table (they have to skip breakfast & lunch since it takes so long to groom) from a mustache that looks like an attack animal.

(Photo of winners on Oct 25th in Portland, OR by AP)