Venturing out with my new found friend!

So its been twelve days since I started on my quest to grow the biggest, most ridiculous moustache (mo) that I possibly could to try to raise money for prostate cancer.

For the last eleven days I have been able to keep to the relative comfort of my humble abode,...but today......today I had to face the music & step out into the wide blue yonder & face my work colleugues for the first time! I wont pretend I wasnt scared, truth be told...I was petrified! How was my new upper-lip-warmer going to go down at work? Would anyone even notice? Would they think I was just trying to start up a Village People tribute band? Now I must at this point let you know what type of mo I have gone for....(I havent got any photos yet so you will just have to use your imagination)...I have plumped for the biggy, the mother of all mo's the handlebar!!!!

As some of you may know, hair on my face grows at an amazing rate, some people liken me to Homer Simpson in the rate of growth on my chin! I always have more than enough hair to warrant shaving every single day so, with eleven days growth behind it, I have a rather substantial plumage! With this in mind I new all to well that I was not going to be able hide this from anyone, evry single person I bump into is going to see the large hairy slug (ala Baldrick) stuck to my top lip. But I've known everyone at work for a while now & they were good friends, surely none of them would comment or worse still laugh at me.....would they?

Well I dont think it takes a rocket scientist to work out that I was going to be the laughing stock of the Therapy teams! With the style of mo I have opted for it could be said that I look like a number of stereotypes; american trucker, cowboy, gay pop singer or even (& when this one was pointed out I started to like the idea) a biker dude! With this image in my mind I set off for work (on my little scooter that reaches a max speed of 40....downhill). From the moment the white van driver missed a green light because he was laughing so much at my biker demeaner on a 50cc scooter, I knew today was going to be about other peoples amusement! Security gaurds, nurses, cleaners etc all could not stop staring, patients who havent even acknowledged my existance laughed out loud! Some people (my boss for one (thanks Sally)) tried hard to talk to me as if nothing was amiss, just incase I was doing this for fashion purposes! Probably the funniest reaction came from our rehab consultant Dr P, now Dr P always says hello to me whenever we pass in the corridor etc. On the occasion of him passing me today however he stopped did a double take, allowed himself to smirk but then straight away stopped himself just incase I took offense. He said the usual hello & promptly walked into the unopened door!!! It was priceless!

I have however survived the day & everyone now knows that I am doing this for charity & hopefully will sponsor me for the comedy they are getting at my expense!

If you want to sponsor me (Ineed all the help I can get) please click on the big blue button at the bottom right hand side of your screen & type in my reg number 145253

Thanks, I will be posting photos as soon as I can!!

T

Progress so far!

So things workout quiet well as it happens, as you will probably know I had to start the month with a completely clean shaven face (or as clean shaven as my face ever gets!) & from then on I was not allowed to shave the 'mo' section of my muggin! As I was attending Jacqui's long awaited wedding I must confess to breaking the rules just a tiny bit by just not shaving my face at all for the first 2 days so that I went to the aforementioned wedding with a light spattering of stubble. I have, however, kept to the rules & am cultivating a pretty impressive handlebar moustache at this present time.
As those of you that know me will understand, I am loving the whole 'growing a mo for charity' thing! I did, however, check on my status so far on the movember website & was horrified to see that I am registering £0 on my 'collected so far' section. I know that this will increase as the month goes on so I wont worry just yet but if you are ummm-ing & arrr-ing about how much to give I'd just like to say anything you can spare is great & will help loads so please don't be shy!
I will try to get a few photos of my progress post on here for your amusement & I'm sure when I get back to work I will get endless amounts of stick which I will relay!

So please please please give generously!

Thanks

The Begining

Hi All,

During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I'll be growin a Mo (slang for Moustache). That's right I'm bringing the Mo back to raise funds for The Prostate Cancer Charity because I'm passionate about men's health and the fight against prostate cancer. Why...Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the U.K. with at least one man dying every hour from the disease.Every year about 35,000 men in the U.K. are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 10,000 men die from the disease.One man in 11 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime in the U.K.To sponsor my Mo (moustache) and fight against prostate cancer please go to http://www.movember.com/uk/donate, (alternately, just click on the blue badge on the right hand side of this page which will take you straight there!), enter my registration number which is 145253 and your credit card details. Or you can sponsor me by cheque made payable to "The Prostate Cancer Charity" clearly marking the donation as being for my Registration Number: 145253.

Please mail cheques to: The Prostate Cancer Charity, ATT: Movember, First Floor, Cambridge House, 100 Cambridge Grove, Hammersmith, London W6 0LE.

All donations are made directly to The Prostate Cancer Charity which will use the money to fund high quality research into the causes, treatment and impact of prostate cancer and to provide support and information to men and their families.Movember culminates at the end of the month at the Gala Partés. These glamorous and groomed events will see Tom Selleck and Borat look-a-likes battle it out for their chance to take home the prestigious Man of Movember title. If you would like to be part of this great night you'll need to purchase a Gala Parté ticket.

Thanks for your support

PS
For the rules which I must abide by. please see the link below. I will obviously add posts at regular intervals with pictures of my progress!

http://static-live.movember.com/assets/docs/MovemberRules.pdf


Tom



More info is available at http://www.movember.com/
Movember is proudly grown by Bulldog Natural Grooming and Playboy.

Movember is proud partners with The Prostate Cancer Charity.