But I digress. Jules pointed out that Tom Selleck is one of those guys who can pull off a mustache outside of the 70's. But then again, I think Tom has been growing that thing since infantcy. His mustache, and his TV show Magnum P.I. launced an entire generation of jokes aimed at my profession, and anyone in the wan-a-be colum.
If I had a nickle for everytime I heard "Hey, Magnum!", or "Good job there Magnum.", or "Take these things off me you fucking Magnum P.I. wan-a-be!" I could cure world hunger. If I had a dime for everytime I though about beating the living shit out of someone spewing those words with my PR24, I could buy world peace.
While doing an image search for the PR24 so everyone would understand that I was talking about a fancy night stick, I came across the mustache rich photo below. I'll refrain from making a comment. I don't know if the guy is police or not, but if he is...well...let's just say I refrain from making any cracks about fellow brothers and sisters I know nothing about.
Finally, this move out west has me thinking about the 4 years Selene and I spent in Miami for some reason. Before I started shaving my head down there, I had a reasonable mop of neatly styled brown, and gray hair. While going through the hiring process for Miami-Dade, I even shaved my goatee. But I kept my mustache. Not only did Selene weep when I shaved my goat, she giggled, laughed out loud, and rolled on the floor lauging and crying all at the same time. Inbewteen laughing, and crying I believe the words "You...mustache...no goat...look...fucking...retarded..." came out staggared.When she finally composed herself, she pointed out something interesting to me. With just my mustache, I looked exactly like 90% of all white male cops in Florida. WTF!?
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You are safe from me ever saying anything Magnum related to you. I hate the saying "before your time" because my dad uses it all the time and 99% of those times, even though I was not yet a living entity I know what he's talking about.
A lot of the music and movies I like are from 'before my time'. But I think it's safe to say that unless it's something like "I Love Lucy", tv shows can fall into the 'before my time' category - Magnum P.I. obviously being one of them as I didn't even know he was a cop. I just knew he had a penchant for really short shorts.
As for the Miami look-alike contest you tried to pull, maybe your subconscious was really trying to get you the job and you thought looking like them would help?
And by the way...I had no idea a word could be made creepy but you definitely pulled it off with moist. Ew.
Your description of FL.cops...ya nailed it! Just trying to fit in with the natives, huh?
Jules - Those short, shorts give me the creeps. And he wonders why some people thought he was gay. His character was not a cop though. For whatever reason, the phrase is over used towards cops.
Thinkinfyou - I was just trying to get through the interview process. Believe me, the goat was back 2 weeks after I was on.
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