to explain, november is recognized as prostate cancer month...i don't know where, but that's beside the point...to promote awareness, men all over have turned it into movember...that is, they grow mustaches during the month of november...men do this with their colleagues, family, friends, etc...for men who don't normally have facial hair, this can be a good thing, or a very bad thing...some guys can grow facial hair, and some, well, let's just say it doesn't look good...of course, it means that significant others have to deal with it for a month, but everyone is a good sport, since it's a good cause...
each year, the survivors have a contest of sorts...they get pledges from their friends/family to raise money for a couple charities they support, and grow mustaches all month...at the end of the month, they raise even more money by having a shave-off auction...all the boys, their significant others, and other assorted friends and rugby hangers on show up...there are prizes for who has grown the best of various types of mustaches...the best dictator 'stache, the best bum fluff (someone who just can't grow thick facial hair) 'stache, and the best chopperee (the best side chops)...pretty funny to see who gets called up as a nominee for each prize...hee hee...anywho, after the awards, the auction starts...most of the starting bids were 10,000, going up from there...people bid for the "honour" of shaving off said person's mustache...this time, the bids were amusing...people started bidding money to keep the mustache, or to change it to another colour, or to shave it and see the person dance/sing...
by the time the monies from the auction were added to the pledges from the month, the boys raised over 4 million won...pretty good, eh?
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