The importance of the mustache is some cultures

I am continually amazed at the intricacies of culture and how the memes evolve. The other night I happened to be watching a movie that included a formal traditional Thai wedding: the intricate skin decorations: an amazing display of culture-specific evolved memes, as unusual and notable as, say, the bird of paradise flower or the male peacock’s tail feathers. Culture develops in strange ways, but has such a grasp on its carriers (humans). Check on out this article on mustache transplants.