Preparation

Unaccustomed as I am to shaving twice a week - it's time to go and prepare for Day One of Movember.

Tomorrow, all the LEWIS Lads will have their photo taken on the first day of the rest of their lives.

Apart from Head of Corporate Affairs Clive Booth, who already looks like this:










His excuse is that he's openly cheating. Fair enough.

The Mo Bro Runners

Eb 'Motorious b.i.g' Adeyeri
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Clive Booth

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John Broy

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Sam Child

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Sam 'bumfluff' Childs

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Mike Dickson

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Michael 'handlebar' Hay

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Chris MOlder
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Marcel Kay

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Jay Li

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Simon McGrath

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Scott Pettet

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Jon 'Salvador' Silk

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Greg Tulett

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Ben 'Wario' Wilson

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Alex Yeni

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Men: in need of as-SISTA-nce

"Sexism!", I hear you cry!

I know. It's just so not fair that we women can't have itchy faces and look like tramps for the next month.

But before you start burning your bras – take heart! We Mo Sistas can get involved in a fundraising capacity. So please stand by our men and register your asSISTAnce here.

We'll be doing a variety of FUNdraising activities throughout Movember. First of all, we will be given cress trays (cast your minds back to primary school) to grow the most outlandish 'tache shapes we can – with prizes for the best and worst.

Alternatively, you can grow your own mo (see picture). Best stick to cress, no?

As good as it gets

For some reason, nobody has yet mentioned the man who invented the moustache.

Please. put your hands together and say a warm Hawaii welcome to...

Mo Pressure

So with a week to go until Movember commences the pressure is starting to build.

Last night I sent out a begging mail to friends asking them to sponsor my efforts and I've already had a couple of pledges. There really is 'mo way out'.

I will now spend the weekend trimming my one-week-old beard into various styles until a winner is decided upon.

The current pre-shave favourite is the mo sported by infamous Aussie psycho - Chopper.















John Broy

Movember Launch Party

I became a fully-fledged citizen of Movember last Thursday at the official launch party where I pledged my allegiance to the mo.

The night also involved speeches and videos from the main organisers, explaining what Movember is all about and how it is helping to ‘change the face of men’s health’.

We were then given a few words from a senior member of the Prostate Cancer Charity before seeing his mo of 35yrs shaved off on stage in preparation for next month.

Then we all got drunk.

Mo rules - the official rules

Here's an update of the Mo rules - this time, it's official... From Jim BBQ himself.

01: You don’t talk about Movember outside of the month.

02: Movember runs for 30 days. No more.

03: There is to be no joining of the Mo to side burns—That’s a beard.

04: There is to be no joining of the handlebars—That’s a goatie.

05: A small complimentary growth under the bottom lip is allowed (aka a tickler).

06: You must remain clean shaven apart from your Mo for the entire 30 days.

The Movember Committee accepts no responsibility for lost jobs, lost girlfriends/boyfriends, rashes to you or your partner or any other such mishaps caused by a Movember Mo.

Thoughts on a style

So as not to look like Tosh Lines off the Bill:










Many of us will be attempting to grow a 70s-style 'Superfly' mo:










On the surface it appears to be an easy choice, and close enough to a goatee to pass as normal.

But will we end up looking like the fellow off Movember.com:









Or will we all just turn into this?











We shall see.

Mo rules

OK - so the first question we normally get is: "So, I can just leave my beard to grow for a month, right?"

Wrong.

Here are the three main rules of Movember:

• On October 31 the complete moustache region, including the entire upper lip and the handlebar zones, must be completely shaved
• Mo hair must not meet on the chin (the 'no goatee' rule)
• There is to be no joining of the moustache to sideburns

Once growing starts, it's your choice whether to groom or let run wild. But it must be a MO.

Are we clear?

Proto-mo

Like many LEWIS lads in the run up to Movember (I hope), I fashioned a prototype moustache out of a week’s worth of facial hair growth last night.

I choose a Brandon Flowers-esque small mo, with shaved centrepiece and slight chin orientation.

I didn't look like Brandon Flowers. I looked like my Dad in 1983.

No offence to Mr Silk, but this isn't 1983, and I'm not a pub landlord.

At this rate, I may have to take November off and stay at home.

Welcome to LEWIS PR's Movember blog

After much discussion... It's finally happening.

The LEWIS Lads will be proudly growing moustaches throughout November to raise money for Movember, the charity event dedicated to raising awareness of men's health issues.

Why? Well, did you know...

• Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the UK, with at least one man dying every hour from the disease
• Every year about 35,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 10,000 men die from the disease
• One man in 11 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime in the UK.

We'll be back with details on how to sponsor a mo.

(And if nothing else we're all going to look great for a month.)