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Mustache contest at work...thanks RM for the idea!

manimal

Ociffer Tackleberry
Feb 27, 2002
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So last november when i was pulling desk duty for 3 months from a broken wrist, i was trying to think of something fun to do here at work. i come from a military background where we have lots of functions and "espirit de corps" type events but, for some reason, we don't have much for fun events in law enforcement.

enter the RM Mustache Contest...i remember thinking how fun that was (even though i didn't notice it in time to compete) and how perfect something like that would be for my agency.

i pitched the idea to the chief back in december and he gave me the unofficial go-ahead but i really had no idea how i'd pull it off. Fast forward 8 months to mid July.....
i approached the chief again about a Mustache Contest and brought up some ideas that would make it possible as a fund raiser.
1) Could we have relaxed grooming standards as the regulation stache is pretty boring.
2) Could we have the contest for 45 days.

He thought long and hard, and, after submitting my request up the chain it was approved! The parameters are as follows:
1. each officer must pay the $20 entry fee
2. mustaches may extend to the lowest part of the jaw line
3. sideburns are permitted and may "flare"
4. no goatee's or soul patches
5. after paying entry fee, each contestant must have picture taken with clean shaven face. then, at end of contest an "after" photo will be taken

in addition to some small gag prizes (gift certificate for a manicure for winner of the best boy band stache) the winner of each category will have their "after" photo placed in a collage with all other winners and the large picture collage frame will be prominently displayed in the back/prisoner hallway.

**all proceeds are going towards the Officer Down Memorial Fund**
http://officerdownmemorialfund.com/missionandgoals.aspx

So then i decided that, in order to increase participation, we needed multiple categories so that the dudes who can grow a dirk digler overnight wouldn't automatically win. so the categories are:

Best Overall
Best 70's
Best stache/sideburn combo
Best pre-teen/boy band
Worst mustache

I started promoting the contest in early august with contest dates from 8/24/09 - 10/9/09. We have about 40 contestants so far and a few are still on the fence.
After the initial contest is over a second one begins for anyone at the department. It will be a matching game of sorts. The before and after photos will be cropped to show only the lips and chin of each contestant. the cropped photos will be placed in a photo lineup format. each packet will be $5 and whoever can guess the most correct before/after cropped photos will win a nice prize.

The event t-shirts will be done this week, i hope...i'll post a pic of one when they come in.

So anyway...the officer responsible for starting the ODMF and i will be on a live newscast early next week to promote the contest and explain to the general public why a bunch of the cops look like cochese all of the sudden :D
I'd like to put a quick plug in for RM for coming up with the idea but i need to do it very subversively in the conversation. I need some suggestions from you guys on how i can work it in.


Here is the flyer i made for the event:


...and of course, my 1 week stache :D



so...throw out some suggestions of how i can work a RM plug into the newscast next week. here's how it's going as of now:
ODMF founder is going to explain the fund, then i'm going to explain the how/why of the contest and show examples of some of the officers with some rad staches. so come on RM...help me rep the forum! :D
 
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Total Heckler

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Kind of funny the local PD here in Scotts Valley CA are divided with staches.

The young guns are clean shaven and nice where all of the non new recruits have sweet staches and actually are super rude. The young guys haven't earned them yet I guess.
 

manimal

Ociffer Tackleberry
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i promoted it at work as "a celebration of a law enforcement icon...the mustache"
we were gonna do a joint contest with the fire department but they'd probably kick our butts
 

MMike

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Sep 5, 2001
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In the interest of preserving this thread, I will not respond. When intellectually bested, manimal has a habit of getting all sulky and deleting his own threads..

But a warning. My benevolence has its limits. You'd better come up with some new material. You rely on the above a little too heavily. AKin to "big fat cops and donuts etc..."

(and in that thread you deleted, didn't every other cop in the pics you posted have a mustache? Perhaps I'm remembering wrong. I can't go back and check....because you deleted the thread......because I humiliated you. It's ok. I understand.
 

jonKranked

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Nov 10, 2005
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Manimal, my honest advice:

Don't plug RM. Think about the audience that watches the evening news. Of those that watch it, at least a handful are bound to check the website (not that there's anything wrong with growing the userbase). More than likely one of those people who does will be offended by some of the ass-hattery that goes on here, and is bound to complain to your pd. Then you'll be 'stache deep in hot water, because it could possibly be misconstrued that your employer and RM are somehow associated.

Don't think for a second that I wish for something like this to happen, but this America™, and you gotta account for the low end of the bell curve.

You can always say that you got the idea from a contest on a internet forum you frequent, but don't mention a specific website. Perhaps mention that it was a cycling oriented forum (but then again this could also be misconstrued, as the cyclist vs vehicle war continues), but I wouldn't get more specific than that.

Just my $0.02
 

Serial Midget

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Jun 25, 2002
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No porn - no problem. :)

Manimal, my honest advice:

Don't plug RM. Think about the audience that watches the evening news. Of those that watch it, at least a handful are bound to check the website (not that there's anything wrong with growing the userbase). More than likely one of those people who does will be offended by some of the ass-hattery that goes on here, and is bound to complain to your pd. Then you'll be 'stache deep in hot water, because it could possibly be misconstrued that your employer and RM are somehow associated.

Don't think for a second that I wish for something like this to happen, but this America™, and you gotta account for the low end of the bell curve.

You can always say that you got the idea from a contest on a internet forum you frequent, but don't mention a specific website. Perhaps mention that it was a cycling oriented forum (but then again this could also be misconstrued, as the cyclist vs vehicle war continues), but I wouldn't get more specific than that.

Just my $0.02
 

manimal

Ociffer Tackleberry
Feb 27, 2002
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In the interest of preserving this thread, I will not respond. When intellectually bested, manimal has a habit of getting all sulky and deleting his own threads..

But a warning. My benevolence has its limits. You'd better come up with some new material. You rely on the above a little too heavily. AKin to "big fat cops and donuts etc..."

(and in that thread you deleted, didn't every other cop in the pics you posted have a mustache? Perhaps I'm remembering wrong. I can't go back and check....because you deleted the thread......because I humiliated you. It's ok. I understand.
that thread was deleted not because of "humiliation" but because of your inability to keep your douchebaggery from derailing the topic. the thread was about a fork exploding, something we don't all get to see on video everyday and your pompous ass turned it into another cop thread. it wasn't worth trying to explain the intricacies of my profession to an engineer when the intention was to show a fork exploding. .....and only one cop in that pic had a stache, within regs. the contest allows him to grow it to his chin instead of having to keep it on just his upper lip.

jonkranked...good point, i didn't really think about that. i just don't want to take credit for the initial concept being my idea. i suppose ambiguity would be best.
 
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Hunter

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Manimal, my honest advice:

Don't plug RM.
Actually some good advice from jonkranked - amazing! ;)

Manimal...way to spice things up at work and doing it for a good cause :thumb: I'm sure RM wasn't the first group/club/etc to do a mustache contest, so I don't think anyone has a reason to get their panties in a bunch about your take on it. Too many idiots snooping around looking for dirt on cops, and too many idiots on RM to bother with a plug. By posting this thread I think that's all the disclaimer you need for RM fans.
 

jonKranked

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jonkranked...good point, i didn't really think about that. i just don't want to take credit for the initial concept being my idea. i suppose ambiguity would be best.
just say "it came from the internet!" Laugh diabolically, whoosh a cape in front of yourself and run away.
 

CrabJoe StretchPants

Reincarnated Crab Walking Head Spinning Bruce Dick
Nov 30, 2003
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This thread has inspired me to grow some type of facial hair setup for the winter. I've always been clean shaven, so this could be interesting.

I wonder if I can trim a crab leg-shaped mustache?
 

manimal

Ociffer Tackleberry
Feb 27, 2002
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Manimal,
For a subtle reference we can all catch without letting the general public in on the joke, plus a dig at mmike, slip in the phrase "try it now!".
excellent idea...i'll think about how i can work that in.


forgot to mention earlier: on the entry form i have a question: "Why do you think you have what it takes to win this contest?"

some of the answers are great!
"I will win because of my Polish heritage. We Poles are prolific hair growers and must have thick facial hair to survive the harsh winters. I will win, I must, for my country."

"I will win because my testosterone is so potent that I once sold a vial of it to Clay Aiken so that he could grow chest hair for a show."

"..because I have large balls."
<--that officer was unaware that the comments would be seen by anyone other than me, he has since had to change his comment as the list is now on our intranet :rofl: