Tuesday, August 5, 2008
I've linked to these beard and mustache aficionados any number of times as an off-beat off-topic subject, but leave it to the Egyptian branch to bring the Arab world's own special psychosis to the subject.
Following are excerpts from an interview with members of the Egyptian Unique Moustache Association, which aired on Egyptian TV on July 11, 2008
Interviewer: Do you respect all types of moustaches - regardless of their size, length, or width?
Allam Muhammad Abdel Al-Halim: Of course.
Interviewer: Even Hitler's moustache?
Captain Sayyed Shahada: By the way, I respect the moustache of this Hitler, because he humiliated the most despicable sect in the world. He subdued the people who subdued the whole world - him with his "11" moustache. By the way, that kind of moustache is called "11." The generation of this Hitler... When I was little, my father, may he rest in peace, grew that kind of moustache, and so did all his class members. They all had this "11" moustache. That was in the days of Hitler... My father...
Interviewer: That was the fashion back then.
Captain Sayyed Shahada: Exactly. I should know - my father was a barber...
