# Movember - The sworn enemy of the beard thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Pub\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678 "2011-10-26T03:23:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![dfunkt](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/dfunkt/32/392_2.png) [@dfunkt](https://fixed.org.au/u/dfunkt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/101 "2012-10-24T20:32:21Z")
i spent the last three months growing the below ‘pushbroom’, so i’m not allowed to participate this year, by order of the Minister. ![](http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/2a45455215eb11e284a91231382040e4_7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/102 "2012-10-24T20:52:35Z")
> [@rcoh](#): > > I may leave the Mo’ and do Movember for realz and actually try and raise some $$$. You know you have to start clean shaven, right? ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/103 "2012-10-24T20:54:08Z")
> [@dfunkt](#): > > [![](http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/2a45455215eb11e284a91231382040e4_7.jpg)](http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/2a45455215eb11e284a91231382040e4_7.jpg) So metal. [![](http://images.mylot.com/userImages/images/postphotos/1683460.jpg)](http://images.mylot.com/userImages/images/postphotos/1683460.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![rcoh](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/rcoh/32/46_2.png) [@rcoh](https://fixed.org.au/u/rcoh)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/104 "2012-10-24T21:04:57Z")
> [@P\_N20](#): > > You know you have to start clean shaven, right? I have to start clean shaven, there’s no point in me doing it - as my facial hair grows at a glacial pace. I am coming on 10 weeks of not shaving atm, and a couple of my italian mates seem to get more growth in a day! ---
**Author:** ![rcoh](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/rcoh/32/46_2.png) [@rcoh](https://fixed.org.au/u/rcoh)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/105 "2012-10-24T21:06:08Z")
> [@dfunkt](#): > > ![](http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/2a45455215eb11e284a91231382040e4_7.jpg) I look like the left picture now. ---
**Author:** ![dubrat](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/dubrat/32/472_2.png) [@dubrat](https://fixed.org.au/u/dubrat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/106 "2012-10-27T01:39:36Z")
Alright I’m in this year… Signing up tonight… Who’s in? ---
**Author:** ![coglife](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@coglife](https://fixed.org.au/u/coglife)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/107 "2012-10-27T03:09:10Z")
I will sponsor $5 for everybody who signs up on this forum. My teen-age facial fluff is a poor excuse of an entry this year, but count me in next year ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/108 "2012-10-28T16:47:39Z")
> [@coglife](#): > > I will sponsor $5 for everybody who signs up on this forum. Nice one; [https://www.movember.com/au/donate/payment/member\_id/718196/](https://www.movember.com/au/donate/payment/member_id/718196/) ---
**Author:** ![heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetal/32/69_2.png) [@heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/u/heavymetal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/109 "2012-10-28T17:21:34Z")
Considering getting involved this year. Just want to do a bit more research on how much of the $$$ goes to mens health funding etc… Edit: may as well ask here. Anyone know how reputable this mob is? I did it a few years ago and seem to remember rumblings of not that much money making it towards actual men’s health issues. Hope I’m wrong, but just thought I’d check. ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/110 "2012-10-28T17:29:44Z")
^ I believe (without any Googling) that they got into a bit of controversy a few years back as they weren’t being all that clear with where the money was going. I think that was mainly attributed to bad accountancy as opposed to AGM’s at tropical destinations. I believe that has all been rectified now. ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/111 "2012-10-28T17:31:23Z")
From the Movember website: [Movember Australia - About Movember](http://au.movember.com/about/money/) ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/112 "2012-10-28T17:34:15Z")
> [@Wikipedia](#): > > In 2007, the Movember Foundation events were featured on Australian tabloid current affairs program [Today Tonight](http://www.fixed.org.au/wiki/Today_Tonight), which accused the foundation of spending a disproportionate amount on running costs and high salaries for its directors.[[19]](http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/#cite_note-18) The financial summary of the Australian 2008 Movember campaign listed campaign costs (administration and fundraising) as being 8% of the total amount raised.[[20]](http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/#cite_note-19)[[21]](http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/#cite_note-20) In 2007, campaign costs were listed as 9% of total amount raised. …because Today Tonight is the pinnacle of investigative journalism. ---
**Author:** ![heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetal/32/69_2.png) [@heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/u/heavymetal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/113 "2012-10-28T17:50:03Z")
Yeh, I read the deets on the movember website, but they can say whatever they want. The bad-vibe rumours I recall may have been around that bad/opaque accounting, and I haven’t heard any other bad stuff in the last few years, so that might’ve been all it was. Thanks for the follow-up. I’ve got 2 days to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Balki](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/balki/32/113_2.png) [@Balki](https://fixed.org.au/u/Balki)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/114 "2012-10-28T18:35:06Z")
> [@P\_N20](#): > > …because Today Tonight is the pinnacle of investigative journalism. I watched an episode recently where they told told you which of the family meal dels from the ‘BIG 4’ fast food restaurants constituted the best value for money. McDonalds, Red Rooter, Hungry Jacks and Pizza Hut squared off… It was established that given The Hut were offering all you can eat pizza with unlimited refills, that this was the place to go if you were in need of sustenance on a budget and were too much of a lazy ₪₪₪₪ to cook your family a proper nutritious meal. ---
**Author:** ![Balki](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/balki/32/113_2.png) [@Balki](https://fixed.org.au/u/Balki)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/115 "2012-10-28T18:37:42Z")
Other highlights included an episode in which Tarax cola beat out big guns Pepsi and Coca-cola in a blind taste test. Absolute mindfuck. ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/116 "2012-10-28T18:39:16Z")
^ Remember Schweppes Cola? That stuff rawked. ---
**Author:** ![heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/heavymetal/32/69_2.png) [@heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/u/heavymetal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/117 "2012-10-28T18:39:20Z")
> [@Balki](#): > > too much of a lazy ₪₪₪₪ to cook your family a proper nutritious meal. On a similar note, those stories that claim that the economically disadvantaged are at risk of bad health because they HAVE TO eat fast food because they’re poor. Such a fucking copout for lazy fucks. Heard of a stir-fry? Cheapest healthy/tasty dinner around. Also, pensioners eating dog food ffs. But back to moustaches. ---
**Author:** ![Balki](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/balki/32/113_2.png) [@Balki](https://fixed.org.au/u/Balki)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/118 "2012-10-28T19:39:40Z")
There is actually a theory [citation needed] regarding the lack of nutrients in fast food contributing to social repression… i.e less nutrients, cant be fucked cooking, get fat and lazy, eat more donuts, dont want to get a job, eat more fried chicken, smoke crack etc… Amazingly the most popular fast food restaurant in the US is not McDonalds, but Donut King… fucking DONUT KING! People go there for dinner… my christ. > [@P\_N20](#): > > ^ Remember Schweppes Cola? That stuff rawked. AC cola or GTFO. ![](http://www.canmuseum.com/Staging/Images/Cans/6123L.jpg) > [@heavymetal](#): > > But back to moustaches. I am going to Rockit tonight for ‘the beckham’… ![](http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article879036.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/DAVID+BECKHAM+.jpg) Mmmmmm… break me off a piece o’ dat! Sadly, I dont have enough on top to manage the rest of the look, so its probably going to end up more of a bald pirate type affair. ---
**Author:** ![Hungry\_Stu](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@Hungry\_Stu](https://fixed.org.au/u/Hungry_Stu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/119 "2012-10-28T19:45:56Z")
hmmmmmm donuts … ---
**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678/120 "2012-10-28T20:01:23Z")
> [@Balki](#): > > AC cola or GTFO. Word. I always had a theory it was Schweppes Cola in disguise, but the forensic analysis came back inconclusive. [Previous page](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678.md?page=5) [Next page](https://fixed.org.au/t/movember-the-sworn-enemy-of-the-beard-thread/53678.md?page=7)