The Remarkable Fools Letter

The Remarkable Fools Letter

Mustache guy!

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Jim Dalling
Mar 08, 2022
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With the upcoming publication of the Book of Wrong Answers, it occurred to me that as an author, I would need to appear more sophisticated.

Unfortunately I have neither the time nor the budget for a new look. You know, that author look.

sophisticated.

respekable.

writer-like.

Instead, I’ve opted for a low-budget approach to worldliness and sophistication.

I began with glasses. All writers have a pair of glasses somewhere right?

Glasses were not sufficient.

I needed more.

So. I’ve shaved my beard. Mostly.

I’ve entered into the land of the mustache.

It’s a mythical realm.

Inhabited by the likes of Tom Sellick, Charlie Chaplain and Eddie Murphy.

Standard and understated like Alex Trebek or as odd as Dali, mustaches require more maintenance than a beard. They’re a conscious choice to NOT to shave a very specific area.

A quick search yielded no images of people with a ‘cheek’ mustache - a mustache shaped clump of hair existing only on one cheek.

Perhaps they are out there and are not yet doccumented.

Or…

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