The Finger Mustache, a question of dedication.

**TheDon** · 12-15-2010, 06:10 AM

Where did it all start? Where was the birth of the iconic finger moustache?

Why, where all greatness begins at TGR. It has caught on and is now sweeping the nation.

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These small hairs are finding a warm home on both male & female, young & old...

I mean people are even doing it at their weddings for hell's sake.

I know some are thinking, "that is so stupid" or "how lame".
But before you throw it all to the way side, consider this.
1- TGR actually started the finger mustache.

2- There are WAY WORSE tattoos out there. Case in point:

This is tech talk, anybody have one? Please provide a full review of your finger-stache in this thread.

**Tap** · 12-15-2010, 07:52 AM

It is true. I created the Finger Moustache out of thin air.

Read the Hall of Fame thread.

then lick my balllllllllz.

**TheDon** · 12-15-2010, 11:07 AM

That tattoo artist should lick them for thinking that he invented it, that's kind of my point.

**teleposeur** · 12-15-2010, 12:03 PM

really?! I thought it was a hipster invention. Should I be glad or sad that TGR is responsible?

**Toby** · 12-15-2010, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Tap

It is true. I created the Finger Moustache out of thin air.

Read the Hall of Fame thread.

then lick my balllllllllz.

Isn't the icon actually a picture of you? I always imagine it's you doing the rooster strut anyway. It's a shame the Finger Moustache has been so corrupted and misused over time.

**Buzzworthy** · 12-15-2010, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Toby

Isn't the icon actually a picture of you?

Yeah, it is. He is that ugly.

**TheDon** · 12-15-2010, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by teleposeur

really?! I thought it was a hipster invention. Should I be glad or sad that TGR is responsible?

It's not good or bad, it just is. Hipsters took a lot of things and made them theirs. Skinny jeans belonged to the rockers, fix gears belonged to the messengers but now hipsters have claim on both.

TGR is on the fore front of what ever is cool. I mean all of us were skiing "those new rockered shapes" like a decade ago.

**kidwoo** · 12-15-2010, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by teleposeur

really?! I thought it was a hipster invention. Should I be glad or sad that TGR is responsible?

Like tap said. It originated completely with him. Literally no one else on the planet had ever done it up until the point he decided there existed a tenet of humanity that could only be expressed through an instaneous stache and the best appendage through which to achieve this.

He completely made it up.

Completely.

Never been done.

Ever

**donkeykong** · 12-15-2010, 05:51 PM

from wikipedia:

The finger moustache tattoo, otherwise known as the "fingerstache", is a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo"]tattoo[/ame] of a stylized [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moustache"]moustache[/ame] on the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_finger"]index finger[/ame]. The finger is then placed between the nose and the lips, simulating a moustache. Its particular origin is unknown, however, the recent revival dates to the summer of 2003 in Columbus, Ohio, where a local tattoo artist began tattooing mustaches as a joke.[1] Photos and stories about the tattoos spread to the internet, becoming a minor phenomenon after landing on the forums of popular comedy website [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Awful"]Something Awful[/ame]. This prompted many to procure similar tattoos, eventually culminating in social networking communities such as Fingerstache.com. Oftentimes the fingerstache is paired with a top hat tattoo and a rabbit tattoo on the other hand.
The fingerstache tends to be a short lived tattoo, a factor which may have contributed at least somewhat to its popularity. The side skin of the finger is not an optimal area to be tattooed, as it is a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint"]joint[/ame], which puts a lot of wear on the tattoo. The type of skin there is also prone to fading and blurring, although the tattoo will almost certainly never fully drop out. Fingerstaches will have a shorter lifespan compared to other tattoos on less stressed areas of the skin, and should be considered a novelty tattoo.[[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/ame]]

It is popular on the skiing forums of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teton_Gravity_Research"]Teton Gravity Research[/ame] used as an emoticon.

**Steven S. Dallas** · 12-15-2010, 06:01 PM

Look at Tap's picture- whether or not you are adopting east or west coast usage, there is no mustache drawing or tattoo, just the finger mustache itself. This tattoo bullshit is a weak way of adopting ironic facial hair without making the commitment (whether not shaving or, in the case of the ladies, undergoing treatment for gender reassignment), whereas (to most east coast types, anyway) the finger mustache represents one thing and one thing only: your shit's busted and your game is weak.