2/6/2004 » Humor

Japanese soldiers in Iraq were instructed to grow moustaches to blend in with the locals. No word yet on whether the Malyalee contingent was able to comply.

The day started as a Chinese fire drill, but it got hairy. At deadline, they were getting lessons from the Sikhs, with a multinational force of Persians and Greeks airlifted in for emergency cultivation tips. The hirsutest swaggered and taught beauty school in reverse. They exchanged their favorite pilatories and swigged Rogaine by the bottle.

This story has my favorite things: Asians. Camouflage. Military-spec titanium weed whackers. Moustache fu. Manish says two thumbs up.