She Knows The Rules: The Sportiest Movember Ever

The Sportiest Movember Ever
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SKTR Admin on 21/10/2009 11:46:00
 
Yes, we're serious. MOS. The Kangaroos Four Nations rugby league team are taking
part in Movember. Excuse us while we do a small dance of joy. The boys will be
wearing the Movember logo on their jerseys when they play in France - all thanks
to the generosity of the usual sponsors, VB - but they'll also be growing their
own footy moustaches.
It's music to our ears! Can't you just imagine Robbie Farah with a jaunty
little Errol Flynn moustache? Or Anthony Watmough with a handlebar?
Apparently Jarryd Hayne needs about six months to even start growing facial
hair, so he's out of the running, and Billy Slater isn't much better. Our pick
to grow the greatest mo in the team is Cameron Smith. He's already admitted that
his moustache will be a monster, due to the fact he is the hairiest man in the
NRL (and possibly the world).
We are massive fans of a moustache on a man, the more ridiculous the better. So
it's no wonder we're also huge supporters of Movember: the month when guys grow
their facial hair to make men more aware of men's health issues, and also
succeed in making us clap with delight whenever we see a boy growing a mo.
It's no suprise we are passionate supporters of Movember. One of Sassy's
proudest moments was, as a child, finding out that her uncle and his lustrous
moustache had won a 'Con the Fruiterer lookalike' contest. Kiki's father has
sported a lustrous moustache since the early 1970s, has never once shaved it off
and asserts it will stay there till the day he dies. Her entire family,
including her mother, has NEVER seen his top lip. That's mo-dedication!
There is nothing more delightful than walking through Sydney's CBD
approximately halfway through November and seeing groups of besuited businessmen
in huge moustaches seriously discussing sales figures over a coffee. Except,
perhaps, seeing a blonde mate sign up for Movember and discover for the first
time that he has a red moustache. Suprise rangas are the best kind of rangas.
And for the record, yes, we have both literally turned down dates with men in
November just because they didn't have a legitimate reason for not taking part
in Movember. What sort of real man refuses to grow a mo for charity? Considering
Movember is now so popular, we would go so far as to say any man that isn't
rocking a mo during the month of November should be shunned by all womankind.
So we couldn't be more proud that our beloved Rugby League will be part of such
a great initiative this year. Did you know each year in Australia, 1 in 11 men
will develop prostate cancer before they are 70 and close to 3,000 men will die?
Or that 1 in 8 men will experience depression in their lifetime?  This is the
kind of stuff Movember wants men to start talking about, and it's been doing it
for six years now. Last year they raised $8,135,630 for the Prostate Cancer
Foundation of Australia and beyondblue.
But it's not just the Roos that are getting in on the mo-action this year.
Pretty much every sportsman you can think of is giving their top lip to the
cause for a month: the awesome cricketer Brett Geeves, paralympian Kurt
Fearnley, surfers Tom Carrol, Matt Hoy and Jamie Mitchell, even Paul Harrogan.
We can't wait to see the Chief rocking a mo. We'd like to suggest he have one
permanently, in fact.
(We also suspect that Brett Geeves will be like Cameron Smith from the
Kangaroos and grow his mo in approximately four days).
And if you want to be like the cool kids, you can register too and start
collecting donations. Girls and guys can both join to raise money, or you can
donate to whoever your favourite mo-growing man is.
Did we mention it's tax deductible? ... and kinda hot?
To find out more about Movember, register, or donate to your favourite
sportsman, you can hit them up here.
To see a few of the Kangaroos talking about Movember, click here.